Alexander Beulens

118 Chapter 4 Results Snapshot questionnaire amongst Dutch residents and recently graduated specialists in Urology The questionnaire was sent to a total of 137 residents and 55 specialists in Urology who graduated in the year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. 56 (40.1%) residents and 41 (74.5%) urologists have responded. Results of the questionnaire are displayed in Table 1. Most of the young urologists who responded to the questionnaire graduated in the years 2018 and 2019 and most of them (61%) have a job as a staff member at their hospitals. More than half of them had performed or were performing Robot Assisted Surgery (RAS) at the moment of the survey. Table 1 the results of the questionnaire on the availability of training for robot assisted surgery and the possibility to perform robot assisted surgery during Dutch residency curriculum. Residents, n (%) Urologists, n (%) Number of respondents 56 (57.7) 41 (42.3) Age, median (IQR) 32 (3) 36 (3) Gender Male 26 (46.4) 28 (68.3) Female 30 (53.6) 13 (31.7) Year of graduation <2018 - 6 (14.6) 2018 - 13 (31.7) 2019 - 16 (39.0) 2020 - 6 (14.6) Current job Staff member - 25 (61.0) Fellow - 6 (14.6) Urologist,Temporary position - 10 (24.4) Currently performing or in the past performed RAS Yes - 23 (56.1) No - 18 (43.9) Year of residency 1st 8 (14.3) - 2nd 6 (10.7) - 3rd 9 (16.1) - 4th 12 (21.4) - 5th 9 (16.1) - 6th 12 (21.4) -

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