2025 Urogynecology for the Advanced Practice Provider-Counseling on Pelvic Floor Disorders: Simplifying and Streamlining a Complex Discussion

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Video Summary

Dr. Hickman delivered a lecture on patient-centered counseling for urinary incontinence and prolapse, emphasizing shared decision-making and patient understanding. She advised keeping explanations simple, using tools like analogies and visuals for clarity. Dr. Hickman reviewed conditions like prolapse, likening it to a hernia, and discussed management options from conservative treatments to surgery. For stress incontinence, she explained it as involuntary urine leakage and covered management choices like exercises, medication, and surgical options. Dr. Hickman detailed third-line treatments for overactive bladder, such as PTNS, sacral nerve stimulation, and botulinum toxin injections. She emphasized the importance of tailoring discussions to individual patient needs, recommended resources for patient education, and encouraged feedback for future lectures. Overall, her presentation aimed to enhance efficacy in patient counseling by incorporating practical strategies and educational resources.

Asset Subtitle

Digesting PFDs down to simple, patient-comprehensible content can be a challenge, especially in a busy clinical practice. This session will review strategies to streamline and simplify counseling on pelvic floor function, dysfunction and options for management, with the aim of equipping providers with the tools to counsel on prolapse and incontinence management in a manner that patients can both understand and participate in shared-decision making for their condition.

Learning Objectives:

To review strategies for explaining the diagnosis of urinary incontinence and prolapse in a way that patients can understand
To discuss approaches for patient-centered counselling on managing these conditions so that shared-decision making can be achieved
To review patient-friendly educational adjuncts that can supplement your counseling

Speakers - Lisa Hickman, MD

Keywords

patient-centered counseling

urinary incontinence

prolapse management

shared decision-making

overactive bladder treatments

patient education resources