ICS Education Committee member Shannon Wallace interviews health experts about their upcoming workshop at ICS 2024 in Madrid. The workshop, "Revisiting What Works and Why in Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise Prescribing - a Biopsychosocial Integration of Science to Help Achieve Better Behavioural and Health Outcomes" features insights from Professor Sarah Dean, physiotherapists Helena Frawley, Jean Hay-Smith, Malgorzata Starzec-Proserpio, and researcher Victoria Salmon. They discuss the need for clear guidance on pelvic floor muscle training, integrating behavioral science and physical therapy to enhance patient outcomes. The session aims to address misconceptions, offer practical strategies for clinicians, and promote accessible exercise programs for women, especially in non-clinical and remote settings. Attendees will gain comprehensive, evidence-based knowledge to improve support for pelvic floor health.

Find out more at https://www.ics.org/2024/session/7752

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Shannon Wallace asks Tufan Tarcan all about his team's workshop taking place at this year's ICS annual meeting in Madrid.

https://www.ics.org/2024/session/7769

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Biomedical Engineer Margot Damaser meets Research Scientist Petra de Graaf and Pharmacologist Pradeep Tyagi to discuss their captivating ICS abstract presentations on urethral structure disease studied using a human urethra-on-a-chip and the interaction between perfusion and permeability in bladder inflammation.

• Human urethra-on-a-chip to study urethral sticture disease
• Probing The Interplay of Perfusion and Permeability in Bladder Inflammation

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Shannon Wallace asks Hashim Hashim, Carolina Ochoa, Arun Sahai, Emre Huri, Salvador Guzman and Marcio Averbeck all about their team's workshop taking place at this year's ICS annual meeting in Madrid.

https://www.ics.org/2024/session/7717
https://www.ics.org/2024/session/7724

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Health Services Researcher Tiina Vaittinen discusses her keynote presentation on "the role of nursing in holistically sustainable continence care" ahead of the ICS Nursing Forum at ICS 2023 Toronto with ICS Nursing committee chair Tamara Dickinson .

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Shannon Wallace asks Michel Wyndaele, Eva Fong, and Benoit Peyronnet all about their team's workshop taking place at this year's ICS annual meeting in Madrid.

https://www.ics.org/2024/session/7694

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

ICS Trustee Frankie Bates asks WFIPP President Lynne Van Poelgeest and WFIPP Treasurer Tomasz Michalek all about World Continence Week 2024.

Supported by Medtronic.

WFIPP is pleased to announce that the World Continence Week (WCW) toolkit for 2024 is now available online (Resources Archive – WFIPP.org). Included in this toolkit are the various WCW2024 posters! All created to help you promote World Continence Week 2024 across the globe.

World Continence Week (WCW) is an annual initiative devised and managed by WFIPP, with the endorsement and support of the International Continence Society (ICS), European Association of Urology(EAU) and the Ibero-American Society of Neurourology and Urogynaecology (SINUG).

It is a global initiative intended to raise awareness of bladder & bowel issues, chronic pelvic pain and other debilitating conditions which impact greatly on the lives of patients, families and carers. Our main themes for 2024 are Shared Decision Making, Incontinence and Mental Health and Commitment to Collaboration in Continence Care (the 4 C’s Project).

WFIPP is arranging a series of webinars including those where individual companies will be able to present their innovative device/treatment. Furthermore, there will be a very special webinar/roundtable dedicated to the 4 C’s Project (Commitment to Collaboration in Continence Care) and a special webinar organized together with ECHAlliance about: ‘Continence Thematic Innovation Ecosystem’, both with prominent speakers from across the globe. More details to follow.

Clearly, the objective is to raise global awareness of such conditions and help remove stigmas and taboos via events, publications, press releases and the like. This with a view to providing a reliable and easily accessible forum for those seeking information – patients, families, carers, healthcare professionals, institutions (scientific and academic) and industry and of course all the patient advisory groups around the world.

And now it is your turn, either individually or via your various organizations, to get the message out loud and clear. The success of this global awareness-raising campaign really depends on a massive collaborative effort. WFIPP trusts you will use the toolkit to the full and asks you/your organization to hold as many events as possible to promote WCW24.

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.

Physiotherapists Lori Forner and Paul Hodges recount their experience of the ICS Physiotherapy Forum at ICS 2023 Toronto with Marie-Pierre Cyr.

Early registration for ICS 2024 Madrid is now open at www.ics.org/2024

The ICS annual meeting is the must-attend, multidisciplinary event for clinical and research scientists interested in:

• Urology
• Urogynaecology
• Female and functional urology
• Gynaecology
• Bowel dysfunction
• Neurourology
• Pure and applied science
• Physiotherapy
• Nursing
• Geriatrics

The ICS 2024 Madrid conference fosters collaboration between all disciplines involved in continence care.