King Abdulaziz Medical City – Riyadh

Experience: A demanding urology rotation. History and physical forms must be ready before the 7:15 round, and the day rarely finishes before 3 PM. The workload is stressful but provides strong exposure to BestCare and clinical documentation.

Advantages: Useful insight into a surgical resident’s work, with opportunities to observe or perform tasks such as urinary catheter insertion, endoscopy, cystoscopy and stent-related procedures under supervision. Some residents were welcoming and enjoyable to work with.

Disadvantages: The rotation had long hours, many on-calls and notes, unpredictable departure times, and limited teaching on some days.

Tips: Robotic operating lists, day care and operating-room attendance can be lengthy, so prioritise them when they match your learning goals and clarify expectations with the team.

Experience: It was a difficult rotation especially if you are not interested, oncalls were 6 and then they were changed to 4 oncalls, its a 24 hrs oncall system, the residents are nice and helpful but it is a tough rotation if you have an upcoming exam

Advantages: You can learn how to foley caths, irritations, flushing, stent removals and cystoscopies

Disadvantages: Long working hours from 6:30 AM to 2/3 PM with 24 hr oncalls and your post call starts 12 pm the next day

Tips: If you’re interested try to help the residents as much as you can as they need help