AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting 2019

AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting 2019 is organized by American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) and will be held from Sep 24 - 28, 2019 at Music City Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.

Who Should Attend:
The AUGS/IUGA Scientific Meeting is for physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, physical therapists, students, researchers, educators and other healthcare professionals interested in the field of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (FPMRS).

Accreditation:
Category 1
Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 34.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse CE
Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this activity for 34.0 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
The scientific meeting will serve as the year’s largest venue for those in the field of urogynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery to come together for education, networking and sharing.

Our theme for this year’s joint meeting, “advancing physician and patient wellbeing & wellness’’ is a recognition of the paramount importance of physician wellbeing in their selfless pursuit of patient wellness.

Over the three day main meeting we have thoughtfully lined up international, multidisciplinary, plenary, keynote, and panel sessions to reflect current “hot topics” in FPMRS relevant to the global audience including uterine preservation in native tissue POP surgery and an international perspective on midurethral sling mesh. Additionally, we are pleased to have a panel speak on the role of the FPMRS expert in care of the transgender patient, and a panel addressing novel concepts in the aetiology of overactive bladder.

Meet the Expert Roundtables and surgical tutorial sessions will give attendees the opportunity to engage deeper in topics such as surgical complication management, techniques in transgender care, native tissue uterine sparing surgery and stress incontinence repairs. 

Educational Goals And Objectives:
• Describe the importance of physician well-being in providing quality care.
• Name strategies to avoid physician burnout.
• Describe and discuss the pathophysiology of pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and sexual dysfunction.
• Identify risk factors, epidemiology, and impact on quality of life of pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and sexual dysfunction.
• Describe indications and methods for uterine preservations during prolapse surgery.
• Manage pelvic organ prolapse using a variety of non-surgical and surgical techniques including pelvic floor muscle training, pessaries and surgery.
• Manage urinary incontinence using a variety of non-surgical and surgical techniques including topical hormones, medical therapy, pelvic floor muscle training, office procedures and surgery.
• Manage bowel incontinence using a variety of non-surgical and surgical techniques including medical therapy, pelvic floor muscle training, office procedures and surgery.
• Describe pelvic floor anatomy and how to avoid, minimize and manage complications of pelvic surgery.
• Define the available technology to assess pelvic floor function/dysfunction and its role in clinical care and research.
• Recognize the importance and the process of establishing a multi-disciplinary approach in the management of Mesh complications from pelvic floor surgery.
• Recognize the importance of and the process of establishing a multi-disciplinary approach in the evaluation and management of transgender patients.
• Define the novel basic science approaches to the study and treatment of pelvic floor disorders.

Workshops:
Workshops will be conducted in three sessions on the morning and afternoon of Tuesday, September 24, 2019 and on the morning of Wednesday, September 25, 2019 (Please note that this date and the number of sessions held are subject to change.)

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.