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In this article the authors discusses aspects of mentorship services in laparoscopy and robot-assisted techniques in urology in Great Britain. They emphasized the importance of mentorship in the field of urology to teach the necessary skills to surgeons in performing these techniques in a safe, cost-effective, and operating theatre transferable way in short training times. However, they mention that some surgeons will find it uncomfortable and resist the assistance and evaluation of mentors.

In this article the authors discuss the status and important factors of educational research on urology. They states that educational research contributes in the improvement of ways on how to care for patients. They argue that for an educational research to be successful it must have the necessary funding, focuses on education and training on surgery, and evaluation of training programmes.