Pelvic Floor

Passionate about the Pelvic Floor:

Current management of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and other common disorders of the pelvic floor

This one-day, live interactive online course, will feature presentations from Australia's leading interdisciplinary experts in this field. Throughout the course, we will delve into case studies, explore the latest evidence-based practice, and discuss key considerations for primary care providers and specialists to manage a range of common pelvic floor disorders. This will enhance your knowledge and skills, enabling you to provide optimal care and support to your patients living with pelvic floor disorders.

Date: Saturday, 4 May 2024

Time: 8.30am - 2.30pm

Delivery mode: Live online. The on-demand content will be available for three months after the course date.

Participants

General Practitioners (GPs), Gynaecologists, RANZCOG consultants and trainees, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists, Continence and Urology Nurses, and other health practitioners who support patients with pelvic floor disorders.

Program outline

• Stress urinary incontinence
• Overactive bladder
• Accidental bowel leakage
• Let's POP the myth of prolapse
• Approach to pelvic pain
• Mesh update
• Recurrent urinary tract infection & Microscopic haematuria
• Bladder pain/Interstitial cystitis
• Advanced practice role and group pelvic floor class (online)
• Phone a friend - resources, education, services, patient info, advice

There will also be an opportunity for you to bring case-studies for further discussion.

Course Accreditation - CPD/CME points/hours

RACGP

Educational Activities hours: 5
Reviewing Performance hours: 0.5*

RANZCOG

Approved for RANZCOG CPD 2023/2024, Domains & hours:
Educational Activities hours: 5
Performance review hours: 0.5*

* Upon completion of written self-reflection (in the evaluation form) participants may self-claim 30 mins in Performance Review.

Registration

Register here

• Early Bird rate*: $300  (incl. GST)
• Standard rate: $360  (incl. GST)

*Early-bird ends on: 11.55pm, 22 April 2024.

Note: End of registrations: 11.55pm, 30 April 2024.

Discounts

- Participants from Monash University or Monash Partner organisations (including shared maternity care affiliates from Monash Partner Organisations) may be eligible for a 10% discount. Please email us on med.ob.gyn.courses@monash.edu and provide evidence (e.g. email us from your work email, letter from your GP liaison officer).

- Participants living in low resource countries may be eligible for a discount, please email us (med.ob.gyn.courses@monash.edu) and attached evidence of residential status (e.g. letter from employer).

Main Facilitators

The Monash Pelvic floor unit is one of the leading Australian urogynaecology units. It is truly multidisciplinary and includes subspecialist urogynaecologists, laparoscopic gynaecologist,  pelvic pain physician, pelvic floor physiotherapist and specialist continence nurses. The members of this team comprise the faculty and among them have leadership or speaker roles in the International Urogynaecological Association (IUGA), Urogynaecological Society of Australiasia (UGSA), Australasian Gynaecology and Endoscopy Surgical Society (AGES), Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA) and the RANZCOG Certificate of Urogynaecology subspecialty committee. They have experience in postgraduate, undergraduate and allied health teaching and collaborate in discovery science research with the Hudson Research Institute. The unit manages these common clinical conditions and provides urodynamic and specialist translabial ultrasound service, perineal, pessary and pelvic pain clinic, advanced physiotherapy clinic in addition to a clinic for mesh affected women. They will share their expertise in managing these disorders, counselling and promoting patient-centred pelvic floor health.

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