Purpose:
The Education Committee is responsible for developing, promoting, and maintaining the educational offerings of the association.
Focus:
The Education Committee is committed to facilitating education in pelvic floor dysfunction across the globe, with particular focus on less well-resourced areas, teaching and training of trainees (including general gynecology trainees), nurses, physiotherapists, and allied health professionals.
The Education Committee is responsible for the following programs/initiatives:
- Workshops offered at the Annual Meeting
- Regional Symposia
- eXchange programs
- Observership Grants
- International Fellowship Grants
- IUGA Academy
- IUGA Podcast
Chair:
Jenny King (Australia)
Workshop Sub-committee:
- Ivilina Pandeva - Sub-committee Chair (UK)
- Cornelia Betschart Meier (Switzerland)
- Zelalem Mengistu Gashaw (Ethiopia)
- Pushpa Sachdev (Pakistan)
- Stefano Salvatore (Italy)
- Jorge Clavijo (Uruguay)
- Jerome Melon (Australia)
- Priyanka Krishnaswamy (UK)
Program Sub-committee:
- Shilpa Iyer – Sub-committee Chair (USA)
- Jenifer Byrnes (USA)
- Cathy Flood (Canada)
- Ervin Kocjancic (USA)
- Tanvir Singh (India)
- Dalia Saidan (UK)
- Jittima Manonai (Thailand)
E-learning Sub-committee:
- Erin Deverdis- Sub-committee Chair (USA)
- Bahiyah Abdulla (Malaysia)
- Christine Chu (USA)
- Seema Dutta (UK)
- Sara Nausheen (UK)
- Karishma Thariani (India)
- Keeth Mayakaduwage (Australia)