Sofi Atehar Rasool

Urology Skills

• Urological patient evaluation and clinical decision-making
• Urethral catheterization (difficult catheterization included)
• Suprapubic catheter insertion
• Cystoscopy skills
• Double-J (DJ) stent insertion and removal (if experienced)
• Percutaneous nephrostomy assistance
• Management of urological emergencies
• Endourology assistance (URS, PCNL, TURP, TURBT)
• Exposure to laparoscopic and robotic urological procedures
• Uro-oncology patient management

• Male lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) evaluation
• Andrology and reconstructive urology exposure (if applicable)
• Surgical Skills
• Preoperative patient assessment and surgical planning
• Comprehensive perioperative patient management
• Aseptic surgical techniques and infection prevention
• Tissue handling, dissection, haemostasis, and wound closure
• Basic and advanced open surgical procedures
• Surgical assisting and independent performance of common procedures
• Trauma assessment and emergency surgical management
• Postoperative care and management of surgical complications
• Interpretation of radiological imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound)
• Surgical documentation and operative note preparation

• Basic laparoscopic surgical skills
• Endoscopic instrumentation handling
• Ultrasound-guided bedside procedures
• Interpretation of urological imaging
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR) documentation

• Clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning
• Management of critically ill surgical patients

• ICU and HDU patient management
• Pain management and enhanced recovery protocols
• Evidence-based clinical practice
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration

• Clinical research methodology
• Scientific manuscript writing
• Medical literature review
• Oral and poster presentations
• Clinical audit and data analysis

• Leadership in surgical teams
• Effective communication with patients and families
• Time management and prioritization
• Teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Clinical decision-making under pressure
• Ethical and professional medical practice

• Open nephrectomy (assisted/performed under supervision)
• Orchidectomy
• Varicocelectomy
• Ureteroscopy (URS) assistance
• Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) assistance
• Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) assistance
• Transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) assistance
• DJ stent technique
• Suprapubic cystostomy