UAA: Aims and Agenda

 

The Aims of UAA are:

• Promote urology in Asia together with every Asian national urological association.
• To narrow the gap in standard care and  urological training.
• In long term: keep improving care of patients & training in urology.

How we plan to accomplish these aims:

1. Established a standard format of the Scientific Congress of the UAA.
2. Set guidelines for patient care
3. Send teams of visiting clinicians to less developed countries
4. Collaborate with other major urological organization: EAU, SIU,
   AUA, & Australasia.
5. Develope training centers for sub-specialty in urology: Endo / Onco / Reconstructive & Pediatric,  etc.
6. Initiate data collection through multi-national / multi-center studies
7. Set a standard in urological training (Fellow of Board of Urology of Asia)

 

1. Standard format of ACU

• Scientific program
• Faculty members : 60% Asian
• Integrated meeting of sub-specialty society (Endo/Onco/Pediatric/Female/Infection etc)
• EAU/SIU/UAA lecture
• Sponsored symposia
• Nurse symposia & workshop

 

2. Guidelines

• Uro-oncology / Prostate cancer was published in 2000
• Next: BPH / Stone / Neuro & Female urology, etc.
  
  

3. Visiting Asian School of Urology team

• A small group of volunteer urologists interested in specific topic / skill go to less developed country to share their experience & mentoring local urologists.
• Eg : Endo-urology / Uro-oncology / Reconstructive & Pediatric.
  
  

4. Collaboration with major urological associations.

• By giving invited lecture such as EAU lecture, SIU lecture.
• In return, UAA (international committee) will appoint a prominent Asian speaker to deliver UAA lecture during EAU & SIU meeting.
• Next: sharing the experience in organization management, scientific development, training, & funding.
  
  

5. Developing specific training centers.

• At this moment the Singapore Urological Association as well as Malaysian Urological Association offer a short term scholarship for this purpose.
• Next : We hope that other country such as Japan, Korea & India will follow this program
  
  

6. Multi-national / center study.

• Clinical as well as basic science
  Some already started : Prostate cancer, Bladder cancer, Renal cancer, ED, BPH, and Incontinence.
• Next: Role of Herbal medicine & Diet in specific urological disease
  
  

7. Set a standard in urological training (1)

• Current situation :

Basic surgery : 1–3 years
Urology : 3 – 4 years
With exit exam (written and skill)

• Future plans:

Basic curricula
Which technique should be acquired by general urologist
Board examination
Resident exchange
Professorship exchange
Sub-specialty training