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Hacettepe University, Division of Pediatric Urology, Department of Urology
Ankara, Turkey
Two-year paediatric urology subspecialty programme in the Hacettepe urology department, run since 2000, mixing supervised open and endoscopic surgery, outpatient clinics, shock wave lithotripsy and urodynamics with seminars, multidisciplinary meetings and research.
Length2 years
Spots1 subspecialty trainee, alongside 3 faculty and 1 attending
ESPU/EBPU certified training programme since 2008, re-accredited 2013 and 2018EBU Host Centre for paediatric urology (2019)
What stands out
- Paediatric shock wave lithotripsy under anaesthesia
- Video-urodynamics unit, including spina bifida patients
- Hosted International Pediatric Urology Fellows Workshops (2019, 2020) with scrubbed hands-on cases
- Fellow helps train urology residents
- Program lead
- Serdar Tekgül
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Focus
- Paediatric urology fellowship within the urology department at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital; graduates sit the FEAPU qualification
Training
- Structure
- Weekly timetable: daily ward rounds, clinics on three days, a full operating day on Tuesday, SWL and urodynamics sessions, Friday teaching and research meetings
- Research
- Trainee plans clinical and basic research with basic science, biostatistics and epidemiology groups; periodic research meetings and paper writing
- Case numbers
- Over 5,000 paediatric urology patients a year (division)
- About 600 major paediatric urology operations a year (division)
- About 120 shock wave lithotripsy procedures under anaesthesia a year
- About 250 video-urodynamic studies a year
- Hospitals
- Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara · Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital (10-bed paediatric urology ward)
- Faculty
- Fazil Tuncay Aki, Hasan Serkan Dogan, Ali Cansu Bozaci