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4. Kerr RR. APP’s: collaborators, not competitors. Urology Times website. Accessed 5-14-2015. This article suggests urologist’s view APP’s as collaborators within the physician led healthcare team and not competitors striving to displace physicians.
5. American Urological Association Consensus Statement on Advanced Practice Providers, AUA workforce workgroup, in press Urology Practice. This AUA publication provides the most comprehensive review of Advanced Practice Providers in urology. The paper contains relevant information for urologists and urology practices considering utilization of Advanced Practice Providers.