• Henk van der Poel, Willem Brinkman, Ben van Cleynenbreugel, Panagiotis Kallidonis, Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, Evangelos Liatsikos, Kamran Ahmed, Oliver Brunckhorst, Khan Mohammed Shamim MS MRC Centre for Transplantation, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, King's College London, London, UK. , Minh Do, Roman Ganzer, Declan G Murphy, Simon Van Rij, Philip E Dundee, and Prokar Dasgupta.
• Department of Urology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• BJU Int. 2016 Mar 1; 117 (3): 515-30.

ObjectivesTo describe the progress being made in training for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in urology.MethodsA group of experts in the field provided input to agree on recommendations for MIS training. A literature search was carried out to identify studies on MIS training, both in general and specifically for urological procedures.ResultsThe literature search showed the rapidly developing options for e-learning, box and virtual training, and suggested that box training is a relatively cheap and effective means of improving laparoscopic skills. Development of non-technical skills is an integral part of surgical skills training and should be included in training curricula. The application of modular training in surgical procedures showed more rapid skills acquisition. Training curricula for MIS in urology are being developed in both the USA and Europe.ConclusionTraining in MIS has shifted from 'see-one-do-one-teach-one' to a structured learning, from e-learning to skills laboratory and modular training settings.© 2015 The Authors BJU International © 2015 BJU International Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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