An academic year in Sub-Saharan Africa: The clinical experience of a British Urology Registrar

Working in different countries as a surgeon improves one's perception of the diseases' spectra of manifestation and management, while enabling participation to surgical activities nowadays seldom in the West. The holistic benefit of such a year, to a surgeon's in-training professional life cannot be over-emphasised; both on the grounds of experiencing different surgical realities and building upon professional skills, but also in cultivating an international network.