It is the first time that the Ministry of Health has set up a Committee for establishing a new Education/Training System in Urology along with a Specialty Degree/ Certification Exam System. The Committee has taken into account the proposal that the Hellenic Urological Association had submitted and processed in the past. In addition, a new Law is coming to bring changes in Continuing Education/Training and Scientific Societies. So, what is changing in Urology Education & Training? What are the eligibility criteria for a candidate to take the exams and get the specialty degree?

Radical Prostatectomy is a difficult surgical procedure with many traps even for experienced surgeons. We will follow such a case trying to identify the most crucial signs and severe complications. Only a few Urologists have been trained in the management of postoperative complications.

Fistulae are a nightmare for the Surgeon. What should we try to avoid? How can we diagnose them transoperatively? What are the basic principles for treating them?

In Uroschool, we have always emphasized the high significance of the physican-patient communication skills. During the last years, these skills have been wordwide recognized as equally essential as surgical skills. Therefore, let us get ready for an experiential seminar that will give us the opportunity to learn the crucial principles of the so-called “Soft Skills”.

The ‘Virtual patient’ session is among the participants’ most favorite parts of UroSchool. Under the Trainer’s guidance, we will all try to approach step by step a particularly difficult case. Lithiasis is a disease that concerns us all with regard to both its therapeutic treatment and postsurgical management.

Suddenly the entire approach has totally changed. MRI has been introduced and used as a diagnostic tool before biopsy and not only. Multiparametric MRI has become an everyday tool for Urologists. Yet, what do we actually know about MRI? How well do we understand and interpret the PiRΑDS scoring system? The time has come to learn everything about the above imaging technologies.

After 30 years of silence, here come the wonders of Immunotherapy for the treatment of urothelial cancer. But what do we actually know about the required checkpoints? Where is modern Immunotherapy based on? What do immunotherapeutic drugs actually offer?

Much has changed in prostatic cancer and there are even more changes taking place that we may not be aware of. We will get to know these changes through a difficult case.

It seems that we have to reconsider the clinical practice of prostate biopsy. Transrectal biopsy has been losing ground. MRI has been well established as a diagnostic means while U/S scan (frequency of29Hz) has brought new diagnostic potential.

P. Dimopoulos              Biopsy Techniques

S. Giannakopoulos       Dilemmas & Perspectives