Pelvic Floor Disorders Course 2024

Three-day pelvic floor dysfunction course including pelvic floor scanning, ano-rectal physiology and endoanal ultrasound and conservative management, rectal irrigation, PTNS, and specialist physiotherapy

Programme overview

This course is designed for all healthcare professionals starting and or undertaking endoanal or total pelvic floor ultrasound (transperineal, transvaginal) scanning.

The course will enable delegates to gain experience in the interpretation of endoanal, transperineal and transvaginal scans.

The course also involves treatment of bowel dysfunction including rectal irrigation, sacral neuromodulation and both nurse and physiotherapy led approaches to bowel, bladder and vaginal dysfunction.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from experts at Guy’s and St Thomas’ on anatomy, obstetric injury, clinical assessments of the pelvic floor as well as take part in practical work stations each day.

This course runs over 3 days:

Day One

Anatomy and Physiology of the pelvic floor

Day Two

Anatomy and Physiology of the anal canal

Day Three

Who should attend

This course is offered nationwide and to all cohorts of specialties within the world of pelvic floor health. This will include consultant surgeons physicians, clinical nurse specialists, clinical scientists, GI physiologists, pelvic floor physiotherapists and registrars – all from both urology, uro-gynaecology and colorectal backgrounds.

Sample agenda

08:30

Registration, coffee

09:00

Welcome and Introduction

09:15 – 10:00

Normal Pelvic Floor Anatomy

10:00 – 10:45

How I do it? Practical advice: tricks and tips

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee

11:15 – 12:00

Pathological Findings on Ultrasound

12:00 – 12:45

Pathological Findings on Defaecating Imaging

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 14:45

Workstations

14:45 – 15:15

Coffee

15:15 – 16:30

Workstations

16:30 – 17:00

The Report and Close

08:15

Registration, coffee

08:45 – 09:00

Endoanal Ultrasound: Welcome, Introduction and When to do it

09:00 – 09:15

Normal Anal Sphincter Anatomy

09:15 – 09:45

How I do it? Practical advice: tricks and tips

09:45 – 10:00

How to interpret images and normal appearances

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee

10:15 – 12:30

Workstations

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 13:45

Anorectal Physiology: Introduction and Indications

13:45 – 14:00

Know your system – different types and how to perform manometry

14:00 – 14:30

How to interpret manometry

14:30 – 15:00

Standardised protocol

15:00 – 16:30

Coffee and workstations of cases

16:30 – 17:00

MDT cases of EUS and ARP

08:45

Pelvic Floor Initial Ax: Subjective Objective

09:15

Anterior PF Dysfunction

09:45

Posterior Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee

10:45

Irrigation

11:15

PTNS

11:45

Q&A

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 17:00

Workstations

How to book

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