id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-327207-bwuag9ek Matloubieh, Jubin E. Strategies to Encourage Medical Student Interest in Urology 2020-08-07 .txt text/plain 4158 172 38 RECENT FINDINGS: Barriers to interest in urology include educational factors, such as timing of exposure to urology in medical school, USMLE scores, research experience, and deciding in time for an early match, as well as socioeconomic barriers, such as cost, being underrepresented in medicine, and gender. Barriers medical students face in pursuing urology include educational factors, such as audition rotations and research, as well as socioeconomic factors, such as cost, underrepresentation in medicine, and gender. Future steps that the urological community can take include increasing involvement in the medical school curriculum during the preclinical years, increasing faculty availability as mentors, broadening the range of urological experiences that students have, lowering academic and socioeconomic barriers, and finding ways to continue vetting quality applicants despite changes in board exam scoring and possible restrictions in the number of programs students can apply to. ./cache/cord-327207-bwuag9ek.txt ./txt/cord-327207-bwuag9ek.txt