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Guidelines Report Communications Report

Bobby Shayegan Michael Leveridge
Chair, Guidelines Committee Vice-President, Communications
Hamilton, ON Kingston, ON

he CUA continues to put tremendous effort into t has been a challenging spring, with the cancelling
Tensuring we develop relevant, evidence-based, I of the CUA Annual Meeting 2020, a difficult but clearly
practice-enhancing tools, of which guidelines are a key necessary decision, in order to safeguard our members,
component. staff, families and communities.
Most recently, we have released guidelines, best practice Rest assured that the CUA is working diligently to develop
reports, and consensus statements on: virtual/ web-based educational offerings. We also plan to
• Metastatic castration-naive and castration-sensitive provide a series of “Best of CUA” lectures in conjunction
prostate cancer with a few regional meetings that are scheduled for fall
• Castration-resistant prostate cancer 2020. Our goal is to continue to meet the educational
needs of our membership.
• Long-term surveillance following resection of
pheochromocytoma Please continue to check the website (cua.org), where
• The role of renal mass biopsy in the management of further information will be provided once the programs
kidney cancer are finalized.
• Management of advanced kidney cancer Communication can be our best asset in these trying
times.
Some of the topics for which guidelines are currently being
developed or are in the process of being updated include: Now is the time to get active on Twitter!
• Urethral stricture
• Male androgen deficiency Put your time to good use and claim MOC credits with
the CUA Journal Club Twitter Chat accredited for Section
• Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria 1 group learning credits (one credit per hour), which is a
• Pediatric bowel and bladder dysfunctional elimination win for everyone. It has also inspired Personal Learning
• Postoperative surveillance of upper tract urothelial Projects (PLP) under Section 2 (two credits per hour).
cancer Join Twitter if you haven’t already, search and save the
• Urethral catheter use #cuajc hashtag, join the conversation, then contact
• Laser safety in endourology tal.erdman@cua.org to find out how to claim your MOC
• Androgen-deprivation therapy credits. Remember to visit the members section of
cua.org to access elusive Section 3 credits as well.
• Nocturia
• Erectile dysfunction Check your inboxes!
• Post-prostatectomy incontinence
• Azoospermic males Member Mondays (bi-monthly) will help you plan for
upcoming CUA activities offered to members, and to
• Small renal masses keep up with all the latest news and events.
• Ureteral calculi
• Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer Teaching Thursdays (weekly) will keep you up to date
with all CPD events.
• Management of stress urinary incontinence in women
For our members in community practice, a new
All guidelines are published in CUAJ and available as PDFs newsletter, URO.COMM (quarterly), has been created to
on both the CUAJ and CUA websites. Additional tools, such allow community urologists to engage with the CUA.
as PPT summaries and quick reference guides of select
guidelines, are also offered to our members. For more Get your news online and follow us for CUA content:
information, go to cua.org.
#MemberMondays #CUAJournal
If there is a topic for which you feel a guideline is lacking,
or if you are interested in participating in guideline twitter.com/CanUrolAssoc
development, don’t hesitate to contact us.
facebook.com/CUA.AUC
linkedin.com/in/canadian-urological-association
Contact: adriana.modica@cua.org
instagram.com/cualauc/

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