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Next Course 10 & 11 May 2012
Optional Practical Day 9 May 2012

Applications close: 9 April 2012

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Education - Basic Urodynamics


Course Overview:
The course is designed for those who are interested but not already experienced in the subject, the main part of the course being held on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th May. There will be an optional practical day on Wednesday 9th May. This day is intended for nurses and technicians with LITTLE or NO URODYNAMIC EXPERIENCE who wish to have an introduction to the practical aspect of urodynamics. Doctors who are particularly interested in the practical aspects of urodynamics may join this day. Attendance is limited to 24 participants. The Main Course on Thursday and Friday places emphasis on the clinical application of urodynamic techniques, but to allow perspective, the Course will include a discussion on lower urinary tract dysfunction and its assessment. There will be a concurrent exhibition of available urodynamic equipment. Numbers will be limited to 80 for the Main Course on Thursday and Friday APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 9th APRIL 2012 Refunds will not be payable after 9th April 2012.


(Optional) Practical Day Wednesday 9 May, Southmead Hospital
08.45 Coach to Southmead Hospital from Ibis Hotel 09.15 Registration 09.30 Introduction to the day 10.00 Equipment and Measurement 10.30 Demonstration of Urodynamic Technique 11.00 Coffee 11.15 Video Transmission of a Female Urodynamic Test 12.00 Lunch 12.45 Video Transmission of a Male Urodynamic test 13.30 Interpretation of Traces 1 14.00 Setting up Equipment (Practical) 14.45 Tea 15.00 Interpretation of Traces 2 15.45 Group Work – practical problems 16.30 Coach to Ibis Hotel
Main Course Day 1 - Thursday 10 May, Watershed Media Centre
Chairperson: Roger Feneley 09.00 Registration and Coffee 10.00 Introduction (Roger Feneley) 10.15 Principles of Urodynamics (Paul Abrams) 11.00 Uroflowmetry (Mark Stott / Janne Thorpe) 12.00 Filling Cystometry (Paul Abrams) 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Voiding Cystometry (Paul Abrams) Long Term Ambulatory Monitoring (Hashim Hashim) Urethral Function Studies (Hashim Hashim) 15.30 Tea 16.00 Video Urodynamics (Paul Abrams) Non Invasive Urodynamics (Hashim Hashim) 17.00 End 20.00 Dinner at Jack’s Brasserie (Directions in the delegate folder)


Main Course Day 2 - Friday 11 May, Watershed Media Centre
Chairperson: Paul Abrams 08.30 The Significance of Urinary Symptoms (Paul Abrams) 09.15 Urodynamics in Men (Paul Abrams) 10.00 Coffee 10.30 Urodynamics in Neuropathic Patients (Marcus Drake) 11.45 Urodynamics in Women (Anthony Smith) 12.45 Lunch 13.45 Urodynamics in Children (Lucy Swithinbank) 14.45 Setting up a Urodynamic Clinic (Hashim Hashim) 15.15 Tea

Course Speakers
Paul Abrams MD, FRCS Professor of Urology Bristol Urological Institute Southmead Hospital, Bristol Roger Feneley, M Chir, FRCS Emeritus Professor of Urology Southmead Hospital Bristol Anthony R.B Smith, MD, FRCS Consultant Gynaecologist St. Mary’s Hospital Manchester Lucy Swithinbank, MD Associate Specialist Urodynamic Unit Southmead Hospital, Bristol Jon Williams Clinical Research Fellow Bristol Urological Institute Southmead Hospital, Bristol	Marcus Drake MA, DM, FRCS Consultant Urologist Bristol Urological Institute Southmead Hospital, Bristol Hashim Hashim, MD, FEBU, FRCS (Urol) Consultant Urologist Bristol Urological Institute Southmead Hospital, Bristol Mark Stott, MD, FRCS Consultant Urologist Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Exeter Janne Thorp, RN, Nurse in Charge, Urine Flow Clinic, Urodynamic Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol


Course Venues:
The optional practical day will be held in the Roger Fenely Seminar Room, Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Bristol. The main couse will be held in the Watershed Media Centre, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX. The Watershed is very close to the Ibis Hotel and set within the historic Bristol harour. www.watershed.co.uk

Costs:
Registration Fee: £500.00 for the 3 day Course £425.00 for the 2 day Course Course fee includes: 3rd edition of “Urodynamics” textbook Evening meal on Thursday 10th May Lunch on all Course days Transport between Ibis Hotel and Southmead Hospital The course fee does NOT include accommodation.

Accommodation:
The Ibis Hotel, Explore Lane, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 4TY, www.ibishotel.co.uk, has reserved rooms for us, which will be held until April 8th. The cost per room (single or double occupancy) is £69.00 per night Breakfast is included in the price. Parking is available at Millennium Square Car-park next to the hotel. (The cost is £12 per day for hotel guests.) If you need information regarding your reservation at the Ibis, please contact us as the hotel will not have individuals’ names until April 8th. Please do not forget to book your accommodation a.s.a.p. as we cannot guarantee inexpensive accommodation after April 8th.

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