IUGA Regional Symposia provide basic and advanced urogynecology education opportunities to clinicians in selected regions around the globe. The IUGA Regional Symposia identify and address educational needs specific to a particular region of the world and encourage the exchange of knowledge among attendees. Each IUGA Regional Symposium is geared towards the needs of clinicians in the specific region in which it is held. IUGA Regional Symposia also serve to build understanding of the urogynecology subspecialty in a geographic region and increase collaboration among healthcare providers in the region where urogynecology is concerned.

If you and a group of colleagues are interested in hosting an IUGA Regional Symposium, please review the IUGA Regional Symposia Guidelines in order to gain an understanding of what is expected of the host group and how IUGA Regional Symposia are organized and conducted. Then, submit the Proposal Form and Budget Form for consideration.

Documents and Forms

• IUGA Regional Symposia Guidelines
• Proposal Form
• Budget Form

If, after reviewing the IUGA Regional Symposia Guidelines, you have additional questions please contact the IUGA  Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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IUGA Endorsement

Are you interested in branding your educational program with the IUGA logo? The International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) receives many requests each year from other organizations asking IUGA to endorse their educational activities. Such an endorsement serves to validate the educational content. Eligible programs range from multi-day conferences to focused workshops and even webinars.

IUGA's endorsement program aims to improve global educational content focused on female pelvic floor disorders. An IUGA Program Endorsement means that IUGA has reviewed the educational content for the activity and has determined that not only is the program in line with IUGA's mission, vision and core values, but that the program faculty are well-qualified to deliver the clinically-relevant content. Note that IUGA is not responsible in assisting with the creation or development of the activity and no accreditation is available.

Please find the Endorsement Protocol here.

Submit your Application by clicking on the button below.
Please allow at least 2 weeks for the application to be reviewed and a decision returned.

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The IUGA program endorsements is a project of the IUGA Education Committee.

IUGA Video Competition for Fellows, Trainees, Early Career Professionals and Medical Students

This is an exciting opportunity for fellows, trainees, early career professionals and medical students to submit well-edited educational videos to win a prize. Winning a prize is an excellent way of developing your CV and showcasing your work. IUGA membership is not a requirement to enter.

There will be two categories of submissions, each with a first and second prize.

First Prize: Certificate and 2 years free membership in IUGA

Second Prize: Certificate and 1 year free membership in IUGA.

Categories

1. Fellow, trainee, early career professional (within 5 years of completing training)- Videos will be scored based on surgical skill, educational value, editing skill and summary provided. Examples of types of video to be considered: demonstration of simple tips and tricks, complications and their management, challenging or rare cases, demonstrating new surgical techniques. Winning videos will be considered for inclusion on the IUGA Academy.
2. Medical students- Videos will be scored based on educational value, editing skill and summary provided. Examples of types of video to be considered: any educational video (see medical student page of the IUGA website for examples).

Winning videos will be included on the IUGA medical student website.

To enter

1. Please fill out the appropriate submission form.

Fellow, trainee, early career professional

Medical Students

2. After completing the submission form, please transfer your video using iuga.wetransfer.com.

To be considered, all videos must be:

• Received no later than 11:59PM CDT on August 1, 2021.
• Accompanied by the respective submission form (see above)
• Completely anonymized, both for the surgeon and the patient
• Less than 6 minutes long
• Less than 2GB in size
• In mp4 format

Winners’ names and their videos will be published on the IUGA website as detailed above by mid-September and publicized via the IUGA network. The length of time videos will remain on the website may vary. Some of the unsuccessful videos may also be published on the video library at the committee’s discretion.

While submission of multiple videos by the same person is permitted, separate application forms need to be filled in for each submitted video.

Submission deadline: 11:59PM CDT on August 1, 2021