It is my pleasure to present report of activities of education Cell of USI. Members of Education Cell had set some goal for this year and I am happy that slowly and steadily but definitely we are cruising on this path.

• We have completed the database of the teaching institutions conducting M.Ch and DNB courses in Urology in India. This has helped us in direct communication with these institutions for informing them educational programme conducted by USI. This process is on going and we are trying to complete this data in the form of Directory. 
• Compiling database of National Faculty in various subspecialities is in the process. Dr. Rajeev Kumar and Dr. Madhu Agrawal are working on this project 
• Education Cell is trying to co-ordinate all teaching activities under the aegis of USI . The activities of 2009-2010 were presented in our earlier newsletter. We are also working to prepare calendar of events for the year 2010-2011 in advance to enable PG students, members and Zonal Organisations to plan out their activities in such a way to avoid clash of dates and topics.

Continuous Urological Education programme was very well organised by Dr. P. V. L. N. Murthy at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad on 13th and 14th June 2009. More than 90 students from all over India participated in the CUE. National and Local Faculty conducted this CUE. Topics covered were:

1. Case Discussion 
2. Panel Discussion on Ca Prostate and Stricture Urethra 
3. Video Presentation on various Surgical Techniques 
4. Lectures on Role of CT Scan, MRI, PET SCAN in Urology

This year with efforts of President, Secretary and Education Cell seven Post Graduate Students had an opportunity to attend International Teaching Programme. Five students attended EAU teaching programme held in Prague and two students attended Residents Urology Course at Singapore. PG students were selected on the basis of their CV, MCQ test held at Hyderabad and interview conducted by senior teachers Dr SS Joshi, Dr P Venugopal and Dr Ganesh Gopalakrishnan. With hard work and vision of senior members and office bearers of earlier councils - Education Bridge between USI and International Organisations is strengthening all the time. Two of our students attended the AUA Conference. Two junior faculty from AUA will be visiting centers of Urology in India and will participate in Annual USI Conference.

A circular was sent to all the teaching institutions to know if they were willing to participate in this faculty exchange programme between AUA and USI. Seventeen Institutions have responded with list of Subspecialities. We will be circulating this information again on website/ newsletter for more centers to appraise of this programme. This database will be provided to AUA faculty who inturn will select institution of their choice and make direct arrangements with those institutions.

USI-AUA Instructional Course and Mock Exam for Urology Post Graduate Students was conducted at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai on 28th to 30th September 2009. This was the first USI - AUA combined venture for Post Graduate training in Urology in India.

More than 100 PG students participated in the programme from all over India. This was a good chance for them to practice and understand the nuances of appearing for the final exam. This was 3 days of intense teaching programme from 7.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. To our satisfaction Auditorium was full all the time till the last minute of the day. Mock Examination in the form of Case Presentation, Uropathology, Instruments and Uroradiology was conducted by panel of National Examiners for M.Ch and DNB students. During this course students also appeared for theory questions and answers were evaluated by panel of examiners. American Urology Association's Board Review Course was conducted by Four International Faculty - Dr Gopal Badlani, Dr Richard Santucci, Dr Karim Kader and Dr Ajay Nehra. We also conducted Self Assessment Study Programme (SASP) prepared by AUA-School of Education. 150 MCQ questions were given to 2nd and 3rd year students doing MCh and DNB in Urology. It was a novel experience for our students but was received with great enthusiasm. MCQs were given to PG students to assess their understanding of the subject at the end of the teaching programme. Feedback forms were given to PG students. PG students and Faculty have expressed overall great satisfaction and encouraging feedback about this course.

Pre Conference Instructional Course for members and PG Students is being organized on 3rd February 2010 at Agra. Various International Faculty will conduct this course. Topics covered will be Infections and Urological Oncology.

A meeting of members of Education Cell was held on 27th September 2009 at Mumbai. We are keen on finalizing educational activities of 2010-2011 in advance and present calendar of events in Agra Conference.