
This four-week opportunity is offered to OSU students completing their first year of medical school.
Students will spend 2 weeks on the Oncology service and 2 weeks on the Benign service. This experience can be adjusted based on your particular interest, but we want to ensure a broad exposure to the different aspects of urology.
Students will have a faculty mentor they can connect with regularly. Connecting with your faculty mentor gives you the opportunity to benefit from their expertise and will be a good resource in the future. We can help you pick a mentor based on your interest and goals.
Participate in morning rounds and outpatient clinics.

Develop skills associated with the diagnosis and initial management of common acute and chronic urologic issues.
Describe the pathophysiology, presentation, evaluation, management and appropriate disposition of patients who have the following broad-based urogenital conditions: Bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, BPH, stones, urinary incontinence and void dysfunction.
Develop advanced skills in performing a thorough genitourinary exam.
Operating room exposure.
Participate in didactic sessions and simulation sessions.
Participate in a urology research project during the rotation with a faculty mentor. This can be the same mentor as the clinical faculty mentor or they can be different. Following consultation with a faculty mentor, students will identify a research question and objectives, develop a study plan and execute a research strategy.

Students will present their research to the department the last week of their rotation during a grand rounds.
Includes a $2,500 stipend paid in two installments of $1,250 each.