- Value the importance of collaborative efforts with other specialties (multidisciplinary approach) and professions such as physiotherapists, urologists, colorectal surgeons, pain specialists etc in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders.
- Appreciate the importance of innovation in advancing the field of urogynecology and be able to describe future areas of research and innovation in the field of urogynecology.
- Manage pelvic organ prolapse by using and identifying the appropriate patients for the following modalities: conservative, pelvic floor muscle training, pessaries and surgery – native tissue repair, abdominal, laparoscopic and robotic sacrocolpopexy with and without uterine preservation.
- Manage complications of pelvic organ prolapse surgery including recurrence, vaginal mesh complications, injury to surrounding organs and or nerves, subsequent urinary incontinence.
- Manage urinary incontinence using the following modalities: conservative, topical hormones, medical, pelvic floor muscle training and surgery – native tissue, mid-urethral tapes/slings, bulking agents and Botulinum toxin cystoscopically and neuromodulation.
- Differentiate and manage the underlying conditions such as overactive bladder, painful bladder syndrome, pelvic floor dysfunction that contribute to lower urinary tract symptoms.
- Understand pelvic floor anatomy; how to avoid and minimize and manage complications of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence surgeries.
- Understand the influence of vaginal delivery on the development of pelvic floor dysfunction in peri-partum women.
- Image the pelvic floor for pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence using 2-D and 3-D ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging; interpret and manage accordingly, together with clinical examination and other modalities.
- Understand the anatomy and physiology of the anal sphincters; learn to identify and repair primary obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS); learn the technique and interpretation of endoanal 2-D and 3-D ultrasound.
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