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Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Urology Volume 36, Issue 23: Radiation Exposure/Urethral Complications.

The goals of this program are to improve diagnosis and treatment of stone disease and posterior urethral complications in patients with prostate cancer. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Conduct a frank discussion about exposure to radiation with a patient who has renal stones, encompassing lifetime risks, the need for accurate diagnosis, and the statements recently issued by the American College of Radiology. 2. List indications for computed tomography in patients with renal stones. 3. Discuss alternative imaging techniques and emerging technologies aimed at decreasing the dose of radiation required to diagnose and treat patients with urinary tract stones. 4. Discuss diagnosis and treatment of postoperative and postradiotherapy complications in the posterior urethra in patients previously treated for prostate cancer. 5. Compare the prognosis of posterior urethral complications encountered after surgery vs radiation therapies for prostate cancer.

The original programs were presented by Brian H. Eisner, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery (Urology), Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, and Anthony R. Mundy, MD, Professor of Urology, University College London Hospitals, London, England.

Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, records over 10,000 hours of lectures every year in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology, by the leading medical researchers at the top laboratories, universities, and institutions.

Recent researchers have hailed from Harvard, Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, UCSF, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of California, San Diego, The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and many others.

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Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Urology Volume 36, Issue 23: Radiation Exposure/Urethral Complications.

Medical students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Tuesday protested what they described as school fee extortion by the management of the university.

Carrying placards with various inscriptions, they stormed the Ogun State House of Assembly, demanding an immediate stoppage of the fees.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that the inscriptions read, Injustice is cruel and it breeds anger; we will not pay illegal school fees; stop this unnecessary student extortion, and Who will pay for my 10-year fee in a six year course?

The President of the OOU Medical Students Association, Mr. Yemi Adegbesan, alleged that the Vice-Chancellor of the school, Prof Sabur Adesanya, had asked them to pay an extra two years illegal fee.

According to him, the medical school curriculum runs for six years, which automatically requires them to pay for six sessions with or without strike actions by academic or non-academic staff of the institution.

Is Prof. Saburi Adesanya above the law? He has refused to allow final year medical students from OOU do their induction just because he wants them to pay two extra school fees each.

This is a wicked illegality that is unprecedented in the history of university education in Nigeria. The students have extra time in school because of unions strikes.

We had, on December 17, written a petition to the Assembly on the issue, but up till now, nothing has been done and that is why we are back, he said.

Adegbesan pleaded with the Speaker of the Assembly to wade into the matter as time is not on the side of the final year students.

Addressing the protesters, the Speaker, Suraj Adekunbi, assured them that the lawmakers would look into the matter with a view to finding a lasting solution to it.

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An outsiders perception of the life of a medical student likely consists of a tedious courseload and hours spent memorizing facts and processes. But, more than a few books aside, more experiences outside of a lab lie ahead for those aspiring to become a healthcare professional.

In a lecture Tuesday, Joseph Kolars, senior associate dean for education and global initiatives at the Medical School, emphasized the development of a curriculum that produces socially aware students. The lecture occurred as part of a series of town hall meetings aimed at professors, researchers, students and other members of the Medical School community.

The town hall series exists to allow the community to take part in discussions about important issues related to the Medical School and offer a variety of perspectives on changes that will affect them. Tuesdays meeting was the fifth in the series, which was first announced in the fall.

Kolars said this lecture was focused on advising professors to step back and reconsider the central ideas of success within the Medical School before developing a new curriculum.

While the series emphasizes change within the Medical School, Kolars addressed why many people ask, If the school is doing so well, why do we need to change?

Kolars lecture responded to this question with the suggestion that conversations shift from romanticizing quantitative successes of the past and instead focus on creating a conscious student that can be an agent of change.

The first reflex to What should we be teaching? is Well, whats on the test? What does the board say? And this is not necessarily a well-reasoned position in terms of whats foundational and what we should be working on, Kolars said.

He added that an emphasis on test scores and placement rates may blind educators to the evolution of other relevant topics that should be woven into Medical School curriculum. Kolars said the impetus to create a well-rounded curriculum stems from broader societal changes.

Society is asking for a different kind of health system, he said. The public wants more quality and value for their dollar, they want a system that is easier to work with, where theres more access and one they can understand better when it comes down to making choices. This shouldnt just be based on advertisements on TV or hype; we should be able to help address that.

He added that the school must address the importance of diversity with conversations rather than numbers or quotas.

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