Giving feedback on clinical skills: are we starving our young?

Background: Feedback to clinical learners about their performance is crucial to their development into competent clinicians. Most feedback is provided by clinicians who have little or no formal training for this aspect of their teaching role.

Method: Narrative review.

Cartilaginous symphysis pubis cysts: report of two cases, technique for removal, and review of the literature.

Cartilaginous symphysis pubis cysts are rare. There are 7 cases previously reported in the literature. Patients are commonly asymptomatic or may present with a slow-growing, painless vulvar mass, voiding difficulty, and/or dyspareunia.

Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women. Current practice and the effect of antibiotic resistance on empiric treatment.

Objective: To review treatment recommendations for empiric therapy of uncomplicated urinary tract infection (uUTI) in light of evolving antibiotic resistance and to consider use of guidelines to promote optimal practice.

Quality Of Evidence: PubMed was searched and additional relevant references were identified by reviewing articles found in the search. Guidelines were identified through discussion with family practitioners.

Congenital hydronephrosis who requires intervention?

PURPOSE: To analyze the predictive value of early postnatal ultrasonography in congenital hydronephrosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted of 77 affected infants at our institution. All postnatal ultrasound studies were evaluated using 2 classification systems, the Anterior-Posterior Diameter (APD) system and the Society for Fetal Urology (SFU) system.