When Things Go Wrong In Urology

Mr Faiz Motiwala, BMBS, MRCS, MSc. qualified from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his Master's degree in Surgical Sciences with the University of Edinburgh alongside his Foundation Years and Core Surgical Training. He has contributed chapters to the 'Core Surgical Procedures for Urology Trainees' and has presented at several conferences around the world including Dubai and after qualifying, visited Sudan to perform voluntary work. Mr Hanif Motiwala, MB BS, ChM, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Urol), FEBU, was Professor of Urology in India and has also served as an FRCS Urol Examiner. He has been training programme director for the London Deanery, Imperial Rotation. He has also been a Lecturer for Institute of Urology and Oxford Trainees. He has over 25 years' experience as a Consultant in Urology and extensive exposure to senior leadership roles within healthcare provision and professional institutions including Chairman of the Surgical Division at Wexham Park Hospital, UK. He also has a strong track record of achieving clinical targets within tightly controlled budgets, developing innovative strategies to improve patient care and optimise use of resources, for which he received a Bronze Award. He is a dedicated and committed surgeon, utilising teaching, surgical and medical skills for the greater good through international voluntary work, building capability and skills in reconstructive surgery in India and Africa. He was conferred a position as Visiting Professor - University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2009 in recognition of voluntary work in Sudan, conducting final Urology Examinations to train qualified surgeons, providing training to surgeons in reconstruction and carrying out complex surgery. Sanchia Goonewardene MBChB (Hons.Clin.Sc), BMedSc, PGCGC, Dip.SSc, MRCS, MPhil Urology Registrar qualified from Birmingham Medical School in 2006. She has a specific interest in academia during her spare time, with over 845 publications and 10 books published. She has added a section to the European Association of Urology Congress on Prostate Cancer Survivorship and Supportive Care and has been an associate member of an EAU guidelines panel on Chronic Pelvic Pain. She has also been asked to Abstract Review for EAU and EMUC and is a member of the YAU-ERUS board. She has been the UK lead in an EAU led study on Salvage Prostatectomy. She has also contributed to the BURST IDENTIFY study as a collaborator. Her research background entails an MPhil, the work from which went on to be drawn up as a document for PCUK then, NICE endorsed. She is also an Alumni of the Urology Foundation, who sponsored a trip to USANZ trainee week. She is Associate Editor with the Journal of Robotic Surgery and is responsible as Urology Section Editor. She is an Editorial board member of the World Journal of Urology and was invited to be Guest Editor for a Special Issue on Salvage Therapy in Prostate Cancer. She is also a review board member for BMJ case reports. She has taught for both Royal Colleges, RCS Edinburgh and England, and is currently an MSc Tutor for the University of Edinburgh and Royal College of Edinburgh Surgical Sciences course and has also been a MSc Thesis marker for them, and written exam questions for the MSc course. Additionally, she is on The International Continence Society Panel on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, is an ICS abstract reviewer and has been an EPoster Chair at ICS. More recently she has been an ICS Ambassador and is an ICS Mentor. She has also chaired semi live surgery at YAU-ERUS and presented her work as part of the Young Academic Urology Section at ERUS.

1. Medico-legal pitfalls.- 2. Communication.- 3. Equipment problems.- 4. Prescribing.- 5. Diagnostics.- 6. Managing patient expectations.- 7. Administrative complications.- 8. Theatre issues.- 9. Staff training.- 10.  Human factors in healthcare.- 11. Access to healthcare.- 12. NHS culture.- 13. Raising concerns and problems in training.- 14. Managing a complaint.- 15. Managing an GMC investigation.- 16. Medical indemnity.