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8 AUA2021 DAILY NEWS • SATURDAY • SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 t Zoom-in 300% to Micro-Ultrasound learn more www . exactimaging . com MICRO-ULTRASOUND TARGETED BIOPSIES 29MHz Micro-Ultrasound for targeted prostate biopsies Transperineal and transrectal biopsy system Cognitive Assist™ or FusionVu™ real-time MRI fusion available WE’RE ON A global mission! Scan this code to donate or visit UrologyHealth.org/Give Help us reach our fundraising goal of $100,000! Donate to support Humanitarian health care missions in urology through our Humanitarian Endowments! THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO GIVE! For every dollar donated (up to $100,000) the AUA will donate 50 cents! On the virtual front for educational tools, coauthor Bristol B. Whiles, MD, a resident at KU Medical Center in Kansas, presented, “When virtual becomes reality: Development and implementation of a virtual urologic subinternship program for fourth year medical students.” Dr. Whiles said that although the COVID-19 pandemic disturbed the training of future physicians, it also inspired educators to get creative. “The purpose of our study was to implement a virtual urologic surgery subinternship program and evaluate medical student impressions of the experience,” Dr. Whiles said. “We successfully implemented a two-week virtual urologic subinternship rotation with a wide variety of clinical and educational experiences. This is a unique experience in surgery that can easily be implemented by other urology or surgical subspecialty programs in the future.” Wayne Brisbane, MD, coauthor of “Virtual Hands-on Training of Image- guided Urologic Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” said the pandemic forced his team to determine the value of using virtual training on inanimate models that closely replicate the prostate gland on ultrasound and MRI. “This was the first demonstration of remote learning on a physical prostate phantom,” said Dr. Brisbane, who is assistant professor in the department of urology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “The Covid-19 pandemic provided the opportunity to introduce a novel training approach. Expansion of this method to more complex procedures could substitute for teaching on live patients. Providing phantoms to instructors and attendees represents a future expansion of remote learning.” TRAINING continued from page 3 We successfully implemented a two-week virtual urologic subinternship rotation with a wide variety of clinical and educational experiences. This is a unique experience in surgery that can easily be implemented by other urology or surgical subspecialty programs in the future.” Bristol B. Whiles, MD