Resources

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1. Interview and Rank List Tips! - Thank you to our moderator Evon Rose (UIWSOM) and our panelists Dr. Marne Louters (McLaren Health Macomb) and Dr. Baine Herrera (Baylor Scott & White Health) for their time!

1. Success in Your Urology Sub-I - Thank you to our moderator, Dr. Jake Taylor (NYU), and our panelists: Dr. Brian Barnes (Iowa), Dr. Justin Dubin (Miami),  Dr. Efe Chantal Ghanney Simons (UCLA), Dr. Giovanni Gonzalez Albo (Mayo Jacksonville), and Dr. Ashley Johnston (Duke) for your time and advice!
2. Success in Your Urology Application - Thank you to our moderator, Dr. Erin Hays (MedStar Georgetown), and our Program Director panelists: Dr. Akanksha Mehta (Emory), Dr. Richard Sarle (Sparrow/Michigan State), Dr. Chandru Sundaram (Indiana), Dr. Simone Thavaseelan (Brown), and Dr. Erica Traxel (WashU)

1. Suture Practice Kit - One of the best available suture kits. Great for practice and comes with all the materials at an affordable price 
2. Surgical Sutures - Need more sutures for practice? You can get a kit with different sutures types to practice and look like a rock star in the OR
3. Medical Clipboard - Want rounds to go smoother? Use this clipboard with common equations and information written on the back!
4. Maxwell Quick Reference pocketbook - This reference pocketbook will fit in your white coat pocket and provides quick high-yield information for rounds!

1. AUA Medical Student Core Curriculum - A nice resource for all major key Urological topics that you will likely encounter. It is a very good brief overview and not too in-depth 
2. Wieder's Pocketbook - A staple for medical students for the past decade, this easy-to-read book has all the important facts you need to know about Urology.
3. Smith and Tanagho's Urology Textbook - A Urology textbook aimed at medical students. Perfect for those who love textbooks
4. Hinman's Surgical Textbook - Advanced textbook highlighting important surgical Steps
5. Campbell-Walsh - the Urology Bible. Contains all the information you ever want to know. The information level is primarily for residents

1. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - One of the best books about medicine and what being a physician means and how to deal with mortality daily. A must read
2. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande - Another terrific book about how a surgeon's craft is perfected and how to improve yourself as a surgeon and a person
3. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande 

STAY UP-TO-DATE AND CONNECTED

1. Twitter - Join over 200 fellow applicants and program directors on Twitter to stay up to date on what's happening this cycle. 
2. Google Doc - Chat with other applicants about this cycle on this crowd-sourced page with daily discussions on the latest news 
3. Discord - A free communications app for hosting real-time text, video, and voice chat with fellow applicants