The curriculum and learning outcomes of a short course in urodynamics

Abstract

Quality diagnostics require good staff training. In urodynamics, it is helpful to have an introductory training course in both technical and clinical skills before patient clinics commence. It is also beneficial to revise the basic principles and practices after some initial clinical experience. To this end, our Institute has been running short courses in urodynamics for over a decade. These have taken place at the annual scientific meetings of the International Continence Society and of the European Urological Association. In the hope that the structure, curriculum and learning points will be useful for other centres who want to run a similar course, we share these here. We emphasise that a practical, hands-on approach with demonstration equipment and urodynamic traces has been well received.

Keywords

• Urodynamics
• Training
• Diagnostic quality
• Quality assurance