Basic Urodynamics Course

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Basic Urodynamics Course

This course is ideal for those that have little or no experience in the field of Urodynamics, it will cover the theory of Urodynamics, and will include a practical session hosted by experienced faculty. Course Director: Mr IK Walsh, MD MSc FRCSGlasg FRCSI FRCSUrol Urologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Chairman Scientific Committee, Irish Association for Sexual Medicine Clinical Academics, Queen's University Belfast

Course content: 

  • An overview of Urodynamics 

  • Basic principles of Urodynamics

  • Getting started - 'How to set up and use the equipment'

  • Flow Studies

  • Urodynamic Studies

  • Urodynamic and Video Urodynamic Studies - male and female

  • Paediatric and Neurological cases

  • Ambulatory monitoring

  • Interpretation of traces

  • Misinterpretation and artefacts of Urodynamic traces.

By the end of this course delegates will:

  • Be able to understand the utility and deployment of noninvasive techniques and tools to generate meaningful data in lower urinary tract function and dysfunction.

  • Be able to understand the basic principles underlying filling cystometry, together with indications for such testing and clinical interpretation/application.

  • Be more aware of specialized invasive techniques, their indication, deployment, interpretation and clinical application.

  • Have accessed a variety of clinical scenarios where the importance and extent of urodynamic investigation are explored in practical detail.

This course is suitable for doctors, nurses, technicians and anyone allied to urodynamics.