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Urology Residency Program

Resident Evaluations

The residents are evaluated at three-month intervals by all faculty having contact with the resident during the particular period. Although specific attendings may ask for input by other residents, there is no formal input by residents regarding other residents. Residents are evaluated on the six competencies delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). All evaluations are performed via the Urology Resident Evaluation System provided by the Residency Review Committee and the ACGME. Each resident is required to electronically maintain on-going surgical logs to ensure the appropriate number of procedures are being performed.

Specifically, attendings are asked to evaluate residents for each rotation on the following points:

  1. H&P, progress notes, chart documentation, dx and rx plan
  2. Conference attendance, punctuality, preparation
  3. Basic medical knowledge, clinical application
  4. Surgical judgement
  5. Preparation & technical abilities in the O.R.
  6. Postoperative care
  7. Initiative, industry, interest, attention
  8. Responsibility and reliability
  9. Professional appearance and attitude
  10. Relationship with patients and co-workers
  11. Overall evaluation

Each six months, the Urology Program Director has a meeting with each resident regarding their progress. The American Urological Association In-Service Examination results are reviewed with the resident. At these meetings, the resident is informed of the general progress they are making and where they need to improve. Failure to improve in specific areas on consecutive meetings would result in probation.

Certification of program completion is only appropriate for those residents in whom the faculty and program director are confident that a safe, practicing urologist is being produced. Faculty evaluation is performed each spring by the Division of Urology Chairman in concert with the Chairman of the Department of Surgery.

Documents taken into account in the evaluation include:

Resident evaluation of faculty is done anonymously and includes rating the faculty on the following points:

Evaluation of the urology residency is performed each year by the Chairman of the Department of Surgery. This occurs during the evaluation of the Division of Urology Program Director. The University of Maryland also reviews the urology training program which is included in the five-year review of the Department of Surgery. The AUA In-Service Examinations and the American Board of Urology Part I Examinations are used to evaluate the overall education of the residents.


This page was last updated on: August 16, 2007.

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