Trainees will benefit from excellent exposure to a number of different areas during their time in Urology and will gain ‘on the job’ experience of specific topics covered in the Urology syllabus. Areas covered include:
Operating Theatres
All the urological operations are carried out on the Eastbourne site. It is a very busy unit and trainees have an excellent opportunity to get exposure to a wide variety of cases. There are two full-day theatre lists on a daily basis and on Fridays there is an additional (full) day case list.
The typical weekly theatre timetable:
| Day | Theatre | AM LIST | PM LIST |
| Monday | Theatre 5 | Mr P Rimington | Mr P Rimington |
| Theatre 6 | Mr R Plail | Mr R Plail | |
| Tuesday | Theatre 5 | Mr Garnett | Mr Garnett |
| Theatre 6 | Mr G Watson / Mr S Mackie | Mr G Watson / Mr S Mackie | |
| Wednesday | Theatre 5 | Mr J Moore | Mr J Moore |
| Theatre 6 | Mr G Watson /Mr S Mackie | Mr G Watson / Mr S Mackie | |
| Thursday | Theatre 5 | Mr S Ahmed | Mr S Ahmed |
| Theatre 6 | Mr S Garnett | Mr S Garnett | |
| Friday | Theatre 5 | Mr P Rimington | Mr P Rimington |
| Theatre 6 | Mr S Ahmed | Mr F Kapasi | |
| Theatre 8 | Mr S Mackie | Middle Grade Rota |
Outpatient clinics
Trainees do have opportunity to attend consultant led and supervised clinics including:
- General urology clinics
- Kidney clinic
- Prostate cancer clinic
- Bladder cancer clinic
- Female urology clinic
- Stone clinic
- Erectile Dysfunction clinic
- One stop haematuria clinic
Urology Investigation Suite (UIS)
As mentioned earlier, UIS is a busy out-patient unit with dedicated three clinical/procedure rooms and it is staffed by specialised nurses. Trainees do benefit from the opportunity of carrying out a wide variety of procedure including flexible cystoscopy, prostate biopsy and bladder-pressure studies.
Inpatients
The Consultant of the week carries out a daily teaching ward round with the Registrar of the week and the juniors.
Emergency patients are initially admitted to the Urology Assessment Unit where they are fully assessed and transfer to the main ward if required. Elective patients get admitted on the day of their operations to the dedicated admission ward. Trainees will gain significant experience in managing complex and seriously ill patients on the intensive care unit.