- Offered new Bladder Cancer educational series focusing on emerging immunotherapies
- In collaboration with the Society of Urologic Oncology, developed a resident training program on Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer, combining live and online learning opportunities
- Added new content and features to the Urology Core Curriculum, including new PowerPoint presentations
ADVOCACY
2018 Annual Urology Advocacy Summit
- Program submissions from all eight AUA Sections, 15 urologic specialty organizations and nearly a dozen patient advocacy groups.
PSA Screening
- Continued our advocacy work to ensure men’s access to appropriate prostate cancer screening by nominating a urologist to review evidence report that informed the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft recommendations for testing.
- Developed shared decision making quality measures for prostate cancer screening, with involvement and feedback from urology, oncology, primary care and preventive medicine communities. In June, these measures were shared with these communities via a special CMS Spotlight Series meeting, and the measures were posted for public comment in October.
EDUCATION
International programs
AUA 2017 Annual meeting | Boston, MA
- Expanded Plenary program - Plenary: Next Frontier and Plenary: Prime Time
- Both Plenaries simultaneously translated into Spanish
- 15 International Society Programs
- 21 Sub-specialty Society Programs
AUA2017 annual meeting Statistics
RESEARCH
Provided over $1.5 million in research funding to 65 young researchers with new investigations in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of urologic diseases and conditions.
Completed studies to enhance research funding opportunities:
- 25-year retrospective analysis for the Research Scholar Award program
- Research workforce analysis for urology surgeon-scientists
Physician Scientist Residency Training Award
Addresses a critical gap in the urology research workforce by supporting an intensive, three-year research training program during urology residency to enable physician scientists to successful compete for independent research funding later in their careers.
Research Education for Community Practices
To increase opportunities for community-based urologists to engage in research, and to address the need for increased clinical trials for urology patients.
Success in Community-based Urology Research Workshop
Focusing on the essential elements of successful community-based research, the benefits to practices and their patients, and providing networking opportunities with leaders in community-based research.
DATA
AQUA Registry
The AUA recruited 483 urologic practices consisting of 3,190 providers from 47 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Data Grants
Twelve grants awarded, funding 14 research projects.
Dr. Rainer Engel Exhibit
January 2017
Dr. Rainer Engel, curator of the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History for 19 years and AUA Historian for six years, collected many unusual artifacts in his time and staged 17 exhibits on the history of medicine at annual meetings throughout the United States. He and his beloved wife, Dorothy, spent many hours working in the museum, redesigning it once at the AUA Headquarters on Charles Street and again when the AUA moved to Linthicum.
History of the Catheter
April 2017
The Didusch Museum has a new exhibit on the history of the catheter, one of the earliest medical devices created and used on many continents since antiquity. Fascinating artifacts illuminate this exhibit: sets of antique silver catheters, early ivory and gutta-percha catheters, a copy of the silver catheter Ben Franklin created for his brother, a hollow walking cane and an umbrella (both ivory-tipped) that provide storage for catheter and lubricant so the carrier could discretely self-catheterize.
A Renal Retrospective
May 2017
The history of the kidney (a renal retrospective) was presented in Boston as part of the American Urological Association's 2017 Annual Meeting. The kidney is the organ that rather defines urologists and centers them on the entire genito-urinary system. Learning about its rich history is a fascinating and important lesson for urologists.
MUSEUM
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 100TH ANNIVERSARY VIDEO
QUALITY
Accomplishments
- Convened a successful Quality Improvement Summit on Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging
- Launched Quality Payment Program (QPP): A toolkit to support AUA member participation in this new reimbursement pathway
- Released five additional statements for the Choosing Wisely Campaign
- Recognized Choosing Wisely Champions which highlights urologists working to advance the ideals of Choosing Wisely
WHITE PAPERs
- Published on Use of Telemedicine in Urology
- Published on Chronic Urinary Retention
POLICY STATEMENTS
- Use of Telemedicine in Urology
- In Support of the American Medical Association Prior Authorization and Utilization Management Principles
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2018
SNEAK PEEK
Take a look at what's coming up next year.
Urology Care Foundation
- The patient education library will continue to expand - stay tuned for our growing portfolio of videos, enhancements to our Bladder Cancer materials, and our Men's Urology Health Checklist for patients
Data
- Publish the first Annual AQUA Registry Report
- Publish the State of Urology Workforce and Practice from 2014 to 2017 with a four-year trend analysis
Guidelines
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New guidelines on:
- Testosterone Management
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Museum
- New exhibit opening at AUA2018 in San Francisco: Erecting Giants: Medical Memoirs
Education
- Launch a new technology platform to help you succeed in your lifelong learning
- Visiting Scholar Program added with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie
- International programs will launch hands-on training courses to be held in a location near you
Research
- Will launch the first online courses for two new Research Education curricula - the first course from the “Researcher’s Toolkit” curriculum will be “Success in Applying for a Career Development Award,” and the first course from the “Big Data and ‘Omics’ in Urology Research” curriculum will be “Introduction to Big Data”
Quality
- Develop performance measures on PSA screening and shared decision making
- Publish three White Papers on Enhancing Surgical Outcomes