Urology (URO) School of Medicine

URO 199 — Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5 units)

Course Description: Special study for advanced undergraduates.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

  • Learning Activities: Variable 1-5 hour(s).
  • Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass only.

URO 400 — Office Urology (1 unit)

Course Description: Introduction to ambulatory care of urologic patients including basic therapeutic and diagnostic procedures from case material referred to private clinic. Management of urinary tract infection will be emphasized.

Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year medical students with consent of instructor.

  • Learning Activities: Clinical Activity 4 hour(s).
  • Grade Mode: Honors/Pass/Fail.

URO 460 — Urology Clinical Clerkship (5-18 units)

Course Description: Clinical experience in diagnosis and treatment of urologic disease. Student will work closely with house staff, participate in conferences and surgery, and perform initial patient evaluation on new patients.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; third-year medical student; physical diagnosis or the equivalent.

  • Learning Activities: Clinical Activity 8-40 hour(s).
  • Enrollment Restriction(s): Limited enrollment.
  • Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
  • Grade Mode: Honors/Pass/Fail.

URO 461 — Externship in Urology (3-18 units)

Course Description: Under supervision, student acting as intern will assume full inpatient responsibility including admission history, physical examination, management of hospitalization, and participate in surgical procedures, outpatient clinic and learning diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor; fourth-year medical students.

  • Learning Activities: Clinical Activity 60 hour(s).
  • Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
  • Grade Mode: Honors/Pass/Fail.

URO 499 — Research in Urology (1-12 units)

Course Description: Research in oncology, male infertility, urodynamics, neurogenic bladder. Unique opportunity to apply recent technologies (nuclear medicine resonance, flow cytometry, recombinant DNA) in investigation, diagnosis and treatment of GU cancer, infectious disease, male infertility and development of genitourinary bioprosthetics.

Prerequisite(s): Medical or veterinary medical students with consent of instructor.

  • Learning Activities: Variable.
  • Repeat Credit: May be repeated.
  • Grade Mode: Honors/Pass/Fail.