The faculty member who teaches urology to medical students, residents, or fellows — covering urologic disease, surgical practice, and the clinical reasoning specific to urology. Half academic faculty, half practicing or recently practicing urologist.
Most days tend to involve a blend of classroom teaching, clinical and operating room supervision, and continued clinical practice — leading didactic content, supervising residents in clinic and the OR, and continuing your own surgical and clinical practice. You'll often spend part of the time on scholarly work that academic urology expects.
The harder part is often balancing the volume of clinical and surgical work with teaching and scholarship in a specialty where procedural skill builds over years of supervised training. You'll typically work with residents whose readiness develops over years, where supervision is intense and the standards uncompromising.
People who tend to thrive here are technically expert, scholarly, and willing to invest in the long arc of training urologists. The trade-off is the salary differential with private urology practice and the cumulative workload. If you find satisfaction in shaping the next generation of urologists, the work can carry meaning that pure clinical practice doesn't.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
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The faculty member who teaches urology to medical students, residents, or fellows — covering urologic disease, surgical practice, and the clinical reasoning specific to urology. Half academic faculty, half practicing or recently practicing urologist.
Median pay for an Urology Teacher is about $106K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $52K to $208K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Writing, and Learning Strategies.
Most people in this role hold a master's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 17.3% through 2034, with roughly 229,720 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Health Teacher, First Aid Teacher, and Clinical Instructor.
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