In 2025 Evelina London Children’s Hospital, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, organised the eighth edition of the Evelina Paediatric Urodynamics Course. This course is endorsed by the ICCS and the UKCS which focuses on particularities of paediatric urodynamics, both non-invasive and invasive, and brings excellent knowledge from a diverse team of professionals, including bladder nurse specialists, advanced nurse practitioners, advanced practice physiotherapists, paediatric bladder disorder consultants and paediatric urology consultants.
The course had around 30 delegates, both from the UK and overseas – including South Africa, Romania, Italy, Latvia, Singapore, Australia and Sweden. It included a comprehensive two-day programme of both theoretical and practical sessions, making it impossible to leave the course without a good understanding of paediatric urodynamics, sufficient for any exam and an excellent foundation for clinical practice. Interactive theoretical lectures were combined with hands-on practical sessions, including non-invasive urodynamics with case discussions and troubleshooting; pelvic and abdominal ultrasound; TENS and biofeedback with equipment demonstrations and case-based learning; medication review; catheterisation techniques with practical tips; and invasive urodynamics, focusing on technical considerations, common pitfalls, and discussion of complex cases.
Among the faculty were Anne Wright, consultant paediatrician and Jo Clothier, consultant in paediatric nephrology and bladder disorders. Both are expert clinicians who have been involved in paediatric bladder management in the ERIC advisory committee and within NICE, as well as internationally within the ICCS. Another illustrious faculty member was Arash Taghizadeh, a paediatric urologist with a special interest in functional urology and transitional services who set up one of the first services providing sacral neuromodulation for bladder disorders in children in the UK. Also on the course panel were Lucia Berry, senior lecturer in physiotherapy with a special interest in paediatric pelvic floor physiotherapy and the Evelina Urology clinical and advanced nurse specialists, who have a wide range of practical and theoretical experience.
The course provided me with a comprehensive understanding of urodynamics as it applies to paediatric urology and I would recommend it to others.
