Program Overview
The Urology Residency Program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center involves the Section of Urology and the Department of Surgery at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, The Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic, Dartmouth Medical School (Lebanon, NH campus) the Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Officer Center, White River Jct., VT and Concord Urology in Concord, NH.
In June 2002 we began an expansion of our residency program by taking 2 residents every second year. As of June 2006 we were given permission to expand to two residents per year. We will be matching two residents for the PGY3 postions for July 2008.
Two years of General Surgery training in an approved residency program is a prerequisite. The length of the urology program is four years, making a total of 8 residents per year in the Dartmouth Program. There are 8 full-time faculty members who provide a complete range of subspecialty urologic training.
The section emphasizes one-on-one interaction between the faculty and residents, fostering an apprenticeship style whereby a resident can progress at his or her own pace rather than to the strict format of advancement by rank. Residents are involved at all stages in patient management from the first office visit through surgery and subsequently to post-operative follow-up.
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Urology Program has provided laparoscopic training since 2001. The majority of nephrectomies and nearly all radical prostatectomies at DHMC are performed laparoscopically. Our residents continue to have a robust open surgical experience both at DHMC and at the VA. In 2007 with the purchase of a d'Vinci robot by Concord Hospital the residents will also be trained in robitc procedures.
While didactic teaching is a major component of the residency program, individual faculty/resident interactions epitomize the teaching philosophy.
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Program Objectives
The Dartmouth Urology Residency is dedicated to providing residents with not only basic science and clinical knowledge, but also with urologic skills sufficient to permit the private or academic practice of urology at graduation. The program encompasses the scientific basis of urologic pathophysiology and therapeutics, decision making in urologic diagnosis and management, urologic surgical technique and socioeconomic perspectives of urologic practice.
Residents are exposed to the continuum of urologic care, through the outpatient clinic, the outpatient surgical unit, the inpatient service, the consultation service and the Emergency Room.
The performance of all major surgical cases by the residents under direct supervision by the responsible surgeon is encouraged. Residents acquire an understanding of basic principles of research through their involvement in research activity.
