Pereira-Lourenço Mario, Ucar Taha, Nikles Sven, Pang Karl H, Almeida João, Carrion Diego M, Esperto Francesco, Freire Maria José, Karsza David, Mantica Guglielmo, Mattigk Angelika, Rodríguez Socarrás Moises, Rivas Juan Gomez
Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Department of Urology, Coimbra, Portugal.
Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cent European J Urol. 2022;75(4):418-428. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2022.173. Epub 2022 Dec 8.
The aim of this article was to evaluate the personal monetary costs associated with the urology residency.
The European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU) designed a 35-item survey and distributed it via email and social media to urology residents in Europe.Monthly net salary and educational expenses (general expenses, literature, congresses and courses) and opinions regarding sponsorship and expenditure were evaluated. Comparisons between different countries and salary cut-offs were made.
A total of 211 European urology residents completed the survey from 21 European countries. The median interquartile range (IQR) age was 30 (18-42) years and 83.0% were male. A total of 69.6% receive less than €1500 net per month and 34.6% spent ≥€3000 on education in the previous 12 months. Sponsorships came mainly from the pharmaceutical industry (57.8%), but 56.4% of trainees thought that the ideal sponsor should be the hospital/urology department. Only 14.7% of respondents stated that their salary is sufficient to cover training expenses, and 69.2% agreed that training costs have an influence on family dynamics.
Personal expenses during training are high, are not sufficiently covered by the salary and impact family dynamics for a majority of residents in Europe. The majority thought that hospitals/national urology associations should contribute to the educational costs. For homogeneous opportunities across Europe, institutions should strive to increase sponsorship.
本文旨在评估泌尿外科住院医师培训相关的个人经济成本。
欧洲泌尿外科住院医师协会（ESRU）设计了一份包含35个条目的调查问卷，并通过电子邮件和社交媒体分发给欧洲的泌尿外科住院医师。评估了月净工资、教育费用（一般费用、文献、学术会议和课程）以及关于赞助和支出的看法。对不同国家和薪资界限进行了比较。
来自21个欧洲国家的211名欧洲泌尿外科住院医师完成了调查。年龄的中位数四分位间距（IQR）为30（18 - 42）岁，83.0%为男性。共有69.6%的人每月净收入低于1500欧元，34.6%的人在过去12个月的教育支出≥3000欧元。赞助主要来自制药行业（57.8%），但56.4%的受训者认为理想的赞助者应该是医院/泌尿外科。只有14.7%的受访者表示他们的工资足以支付培训费用，69.2%的人同意培训成本对家庭关系有影响。
欧洲大多数住院医师培训期间的个人费用较高，工资不足以支付，且影响家庭关系。大多数人认为医院/国家泌尿外科协会应承担教育成本。为了在欧洲实现公平的机会，各机构应努力增加赞助。
