Practise the Urology conversation that can shape your match

Question practice

Questions drawn from the realities of Urology

Practise explaining the clinical decisions, patient conversations and career experiences that matter in Urology—then handle follow-ups that ask for evidence behind your first answer.

1. 01

   Describe a moment during your urology rotation, whether in the OR assisting with a robotic prostatectomy or in the clinic managing kidney stones, where you felt a strong connection to the specialty.

2. 02

   A post-operative patient after a radical cystectomy with ileal conduit develops fevers and increasing abdominal pain on post-op day 5; what are your primary concerns and how would you investigate them?

3. 03

   Describe a time you had to explain a complex urologic condition, like bladder cancer staging or management of an overactive bladder, to a patient or their family in a way they could understand.

4. 04

   You discover that a senior resident is frequently performing certain urologic procedures, such as cystoscopies or circumcisions, without proper supervision as required by institutional policy; what is your ethical obligation?

5. 05

   Tell us about a research project you were involved in, preferably in urology, and describe your specific contributions and what you learned from the process, perhaps about data collection for kidney stone analysis or patient recruitment for a BPH study.

6. 06

   What specific resources or faculty within our urology department, perhaps our robotic surgery program or our specialized pediatric urology clinic, are you most excited to learn from and contribute to?