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Autistic children and young people do not necessarily have difficulties with toilet training or continence, but if they do and these are not addressed, continence difficulties may affect all areas of life and lead to secondary problems and co-occurring conditions.Â
This webinar is tailored to health professionals who are involved with continence management who may have clients or patients with autism or would like to know more about how to support autistic children and their families. It is hosted by Continence Health Australia and its newly formed Paediatric Special Interest Group.
My Continence Care Residential (Non-clinical) is a professional development module designed for people providing continence care in residential aged care. The module covers key elements of person-centred continence care.
This is the first of a two (2) part blended course on indwelling catheterisation procedures (IDC).
For more information on this course, or to enrol, please contact education@continence.org.au
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Access recordings from NCOI24 - Available until midnight 15th September 2024. Please note, only the approved recordings have been made available.
These recordings are only available to conference attendees.
Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is a vital component for management for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. This presentation will apply FITT-VP principles to PFMT.
FITT-VP is a principle used to guide exercise prescription, focusing on Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type, Volume, and Progression of workouts. It helps individuals create effective and safe exercise programs tailored to their fitness goals and abilities broken down as:
- Frequency
- Intensity
- Time/Duration
- Type
- Volume
- Progression
This webinar will apply the latest evidence for PFMT exercise dose and approaches within clinical practice and how to best manage adherence strategies for clients and patients.
 Learning Outcomes
- Learn the mechanism of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) for urinary incontinence (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
- Learn the definition of FITT-VP and how it applies to PFMT
- Learn the latest evidence for PFMT exercise dose and approaches in clinical practice
- Explore adherence strategies for PFMT
- Explore moving from isolated PFM exercises to reaching functional goals in real-world cases.
Webinar available 2nd September 2025 - 2nd December 2025
Constipation is one of the most common presentations in paediatrics, yet it remains frequently under-recognised and under-treated.
Dr Lexi Frydenberg will offer a practical, evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and management of functional constipation in children. Participants will learn to make a confident clinical diagnosis, appreciate the reasons symptoms are often under-reported, and develop skills in initiating, titrating, and eventually weaning laxative therapy.
The session will also explore the common cycle of withholding and faecal impaction, highlight the role of dietary and behavioural strategies, and provide guidance on when to refer for further assessment - and to whom.
Following this, Dr Sebastian King will address the proportion of children who will present with severe or refractory constipation requiring surgical assessment. In some of these children, an operative intervention will be required.
This presentation will provide practical guidance for health professionals to improve recognition of when referral to a colorectal surgical service is warranted, and to deepen understanding of the spectrum of management options available for children with chronic constipation.
On Saturday 29 March, the Physiotherapy Special Interest Group held a full-day workshop at the Continence Health Australia National Office, Melbourne. Focusing on Men’s Health, this long-awaited face to face workshop addressed male anatomy, assessment and treatment of prostate ailments and addressed post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction.Â
Learning Outcomes
On completion participants will have a better understanding of:
- The male anatomy responsible for continence
- Assessment of male urinary incontinence especially after treatment for prostate cancer
- Treatment of post prostatectomy incontinence
- The role of the sexologist and erectile dysfunction treatments.Â
- Manager: Louise Reed
Physiotherapy Special Interest Group Webinar, 23rd October 2024
Better Bowel Outcomes - Not Just Talking Stools
Only those who registered to attend the webinar have access to this recording
If you were unable to attend the professional development this year, you are able to purchase and watch the recordings here.
Foundations of Continence Care Â
This event is for early career professionals or anyone wanting to build their knowledge in continence management.
If you were unable to attend the professional development this year, you are able to purchase and watch the recordings here.
If you were unable to attend the professional development this year, you are able to purchase and watch the recordings here.
If you were unable to attend the professional development this year, you are able to purchase and watch the recordings here.
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NCOI 2025 is Australia’s premier multidisciplinary meeting for health professionals working in bladder, bowel and pelvic health. The conference brings together some of the sector’s most influential decision-makers to showcase the latest in incontinence research and practice, presented in a broad range of sessions and workshops.
Watch the recordings from Day 1 of the conference here:
- Session 1: Opening and Welcome, Keynote Addresses
- Session 2A: Bowel Health
- Session 2B: Innovative Practice Models/Rural and Regional Services
- Session 3: UTI's Throughout the Ages
- Session 4A: Paediatrics Evidence and Experience
- Session 4B: Care of Older Adults
Day 2
- Session 6: Living with Bladder Dysfunction
- Session 7A: Male Health
- Session 7B: Menopause and Incontinence
- Session 8: Trauma Informed Care
- Session 9A Paediatric Incontinence in Primary Care
- Session 9B Game on: Conquering Incontinence in Sports and Exercise
Day 3
- Session 10: Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal Forum
- Session 11: Leaders in Research
- Session 12: Let's talk about mis & disinformation
NCOI 2025 is Australia’s premier multidisciplinary meeting for health professionals working in bladder, bowel and pelvic health. The conference brings together some of the sector’s most influential decision-makers to showcase the latest in incontinence research and practice, presented in a broad range of sessions and workshops.
Watch the recordings from Day 3 of the conference here:
- Session 10: Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal Forum
- Session 11: Leaders in Research
- Session 12: Let's talk about mis & disinformation
NCOI 2025 is Australia’s premier multidisciplinary meeting for health professionals working in bladder, bowel and pelvic health. The conference brings together some of the sector’s most influential decision-makers to showcase the latest in incontinence research and practice, presented in a broad range of sessions and workshops.
Watch the recordings from Day 1 of the conference here:
- Session 1: Opening and Welcome, Keynote Addresses
- Session 2A: Bowel Health
- Session 2B: Innovative Practice Models/Rural and Regional Services
- Session 3: UTI's Throughout the Ages
- Session 4A: Paediatrics Evidence and Experience
- Session 4B: Care of Older Adults
NCOI 2025 is Australia’s premier multidisciplinary meeting for health professionals working in bladder, bowel and pelvic health. The conference brings together some of the sector’s most influential decision-makers to showcase the latest in incontinence research and practice, presented in a broad range of sessions and workshops.
Watch the recordings from Day 2 of the conference here:
- Session 6: Living with Bladder Dysfunction
- Session 7A: Male Health
- Session 7B: Menopause and Incontinence
- Session 8: Trauma Informed Care
- Session 9A Paediatric Incontinence in Primary Care
- Session 9B Game on: Conquering Incontinence in Sports and Exercise
This course has been developed for Fitness Professionals to provide you with information on the structure and function of the pelvic floor muscles so that you can incorporate this knowledge into your client’s (and your own) pelvic floor fitness program.
This course builds on the learning from Essentials of Continence Care. It should be completed after undertaking Essentials of Continence Care. It has been developed primarily for:
- Community-based aged care and disability support workers,
- Residential aged care support workers
- Enrolled Nurses
- Registered Nurses moving into the sector
This 10 module course presents the essential core theories of continence. It should be completed before undertaking Aspects of Continence Care. It has been developed primarily for:
- Community-based aged care and disability support workers,
- Residential aged care support workers
- Enrolled Nurses
- Registered Nurses moving into the sector
This course complements the Continence Support Now website. Each module is an extension of the content featured on the website. Topics include:
- Skin care
- Assistive products and technologies
- Urinary Catheters
- The Bladder
- The Bowel
- Fluids and fibre
- Care plans
This course supports the understanding and application of the Continence Resources for Aged Care. It is a 7 module course and has been developed primarily for:
- Community-based aged care and disability support workers,
- Residential aged care support workers
- Enrolled Nurses
- Registered Nurses moving into the sector
This module examines:
- Urinary tract infections
- Causes
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Prevention
This module discusses:
- Factors that affect continence in older age
- Importance of screening for risk factors
- Interventions for maintaining and managing urinary continence
This module covers:
- Stomas
- Care and management
- Complications
- Stoma reversal
This module explores:
- Continence assessment and its importanceÂ
- Tools that can assist with continence assessmentsÂ
- What a continence assessment can tell usÂ
- From assessment to care planÂ
This module examines:
- Impact of stroke on continence
- Managing incontinence after a stroke
This module covers:
- The prostate
- Diagnosing prostate issues
- Treatment options
This module covers:
- Understanding what issues may be indicating
- How you can help
This module examines:
- The role of the pelvic floor
- How pregnancy can impact continence
- Factors that increase the risk of developing incontinence
- What can be done to manage incontinence
This module discusses:
- Medications used to treat urinary incontinence
- Medications used to treat faecal incontinence
- Risks associated with polypharmacy
- Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy
- Medications that can adversely affect bladder and/or bowel function
This module examines:
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Causes and degree of severity
- Conservative treatment options
- Surgery as a treatment option
This module discusses:
- The impact of menopause on continence
- How issues are diagnosed
- Treatment and management options
This module covers:
- Male incontinence
- Anatomy and physiology
- Continence assessment and management
This module covers:
- Categories of Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD)
- Categories of IAD and corresponding treatment
- Impact and prevention
This module discusses:
- Functional gut disorders
- How functional gut disorders are diagnosed
- Link to pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence
- Treatment and management of functional gut disorders
This module discusses:
- Introduction to the Bowel
- What is faecal incontinence?
- How is faecal incontinence diagnosed?
- Treatment and management options
This module talks about:
- Understanding dementia
- Dementia and incontinence
- Assessing and managing incontinence in people living with dementia
This module will discuss:
- Comorbidities relevant to incontinence in the older person
- Challenges in managing continence in older people
- How we can provide quality continence care
- Additional considerations when providing continence care
This module examines:
- The different types of catheters
- Catheter care
- Complications associated with catheter care
This module covers:
- Anal sphincter muscles
- Injuries
- Treatment
- Long-term impacts
This module will examine
- age-related anatomical changes that may increase the risk of urinary incontinence in males and females
- reasons linking the ageing bowel with constipation
- strategies to maintain and promote continence in the older person.
This course has been designed for Midwives to enable them to work with women throughout their pregnancy to reduce their risk of developing incontinence.Â
The course has 4 modules:
- Normal function of the pelvic organs and the effects of pregnancy
- Continence problems during pregnancy
- Intra-partum continence care
- Post-partum continence care
Supporting toilet training is the final of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives. This module will cover:
- milestones necessary for successful toilet training
- comorbidities and their affect on toilet training
- recognised toilet training approaches
- associated complications which require treatment
- resources to assist parents and caregivers
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
This lecture series has been designed for physiotherapists who have completed the EContinence Paediatrics course and are looking to further enhance their knowledge.
You cannot self enrol in this. To enrol in this program, please contact the education department on +61 3 8849 9482 or email education@continence.org.au
This course is for registered health professionals only
- Manager: Louise Reed
Introduction to Paediatric Continence is the Core module of the paediatric continence course. This is a pre-requisite for all other modules in this program, providing a solid foundation to start your learning. In this module you will learn about:
- Anatomy and physiology of the lower urinary tract
- Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract
- Development of continence
- Bladder and bowel dysfunction
Psychological conditions associated with paediatric incontinence is the sixth of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives. This module will cover:
- psychological conditions and common neurodevelopmental problems associated with incontinence
- screening for psychological and behavioural conditions
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in the management of continence in children with incontinence.
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
Neurological and anatomical causes of incontinence is the fifth of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives. This module will cover:
- neurogenic bladder assessment
- neurogenic bladder treatment
- structural abnormalities that cause incontinence
- catheterisation
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
Assessment and management of bowel dysfunction is the second of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. This module will cover:
- history taking
- examination, bowel diary and tests
- treatment options
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
Assessment and management of daytime lower urinary tract dysfunction is the first of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. This module will cover:
- initial assessment of daytime LUT dysfunction
- further assessment of daytime LUT function
- advanced assessment of daytime LUT function
- urotherapy
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
Enuresis is the third of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. This module will cover:
- enuresis
- enuresis assessment
- enuresis treatment
- therapy resistant enuresis
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
Transitional care is the fourth of seven electives in the Paediatric Continence course. You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives. This module will cover:
- childhood continence issues that may continue into adulthood
- why children with neurological and anatomical anomalies will require life-long evaluation and management
- issues in transitioning from a paediatric to an adult continence service
- consequences of a lack of coordination between paediatric and adult services
- strategies to improve transition
NOTE: You must complete the core unit, Introduction to Paediatric Continence before undertaking any of the electives.
You will be able to enrol in this module, however will not be granted access until the core module is completed.
General Practitioners play a pivotal role in helping those with, or at risk of developing incontinence, manage the condition and improve their quality of life. This course provides GPs with the skills and knowledge to identify patients with or at risk of developing incontinence and assess and manage continence issues.
This module discusses:
- Introduction to the Bowel
- What is faecal incontinence?
- How is faecal incontinence diagnosed?
- Treatment and management options
Paediatric Continence has been developed has been developed for continence health professionals who work with, or wish to work with, children. Consisting of 8 compulsory modules, you will cover:
- Introduction to paediatric continenceÂ
- Daytime continence
- Bowel dysfunction
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Transitional care
- Neurological and anatomical causes of incontinence
- Psychological conditions associated with paediatric incontinence
- Supporting toilet training
Once you have completed your enrolment please call the team on 03 8849 9482 so we can enrol you in this course.
Continence Care for Men has been developed for Nurses and comprises a selection of intermediate modules specifically relevant to providing continence care to men.
Continence Care for Women has been developed for Nurses and comprises a selection of intermediate modules specifically relevant to providing continence care to women.
Once you have purchased this program, please email education@continence.org.au with your elective choices.
NOTE: If you are a member contact education@continence.org.au to access the discount code.
Introduction to Continence Care has been developed for Care Workers, Enrolled and Registered Nurses who are interested in moving into continence care. It is made up of:
- Essentials of Continence Care
- Apects of Continence Care
Once you have purchased this program, please email education@continence.org.au with your elective choices.
NOTE: If you are a member contact education@continence.org.au to access the discount code.
Continence Care for th Older Personhas been developed for Nurses and comprises a selection of intermediate modules specifically relevant to providing continence care to older people.
Once you have purchased this program, please email education@continence.org.au with your elective choices.
NOTE: If you are a member contact education@continence.org.au to access the discount code.
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