2026 Date to be confirmed

This is a 1-day online course aimed at Healthcare Professionals who are already proficient in urodynamic studies.

The course looks at the role of urodynamics (UDS) in more complex patients including those who present diagnostic and management challenges.

Intended delegates:  doctors, nurses, technicians and/or allied health-care professionals (AHPs) with extensive urodynamic experience. Delegates will be asked to submit their own “problem cases” for discussion.

Learning Points:

• detailed knowledge of the physical principles behind UDS measurement
• knowledge of the indications for specialist urodynamics, including urethral function studies, video-UDS and ambulatory monitoring
• ability to interpret complex urodynamic traces
• ability to recognise difficult artefacts seen during UDS, and the knowledge of how to correct them
• exploration of the benefits of UDS in managing difficult LUT problems in children, women, men and neurological patients by case-based discussions

Course Director: Professor Hashim Hashim
 

Fees: TBC

please contact buicourses@nbt.nhs.uk

Certificate in Urodynamics Course 

Upcoming courses:

11th & 12th May 2026: Virtual Course - bookings now being taken - please see below

8th & 9th June 2026: F2F Bristol Course at Engineers House. Bookings now being taken - please see below

16th-18th September 2026: Manchester Virtual Certificate In Urodynamics - Bookings now being taken (awaiting Medtribe booking site)

About the course

The Certificate in Urodynamics course fulfils part of the requirements for completion of urodynamic training programme recognised by the International Continence Society. Course attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance if they attend the whole course. The Certificate can also be used for CME/CPD credits (if applicable). It is mandatory that delegates attend the whole course in order to receive a Certificate of Attendance.

Intended delegates

• Doctors, nurses, technicians and anyone allied to urodynamics who have some urodynamic experience.

PLEASE NOTE - this course is NOT suitable for those who have no urodynamic knowledge or little or no experience. 

Learning points

• Appreciation of the philosophy behind urodynamic studies (UDS) as part of patient investigation
• Knowledge of the basic physical principles behind the measurement of flow and pressure
• Knowledge of the role of UDS in investigating children, women, men and neurological patients
• Ability to recognise artefacts seen during UDS, and the knowledge of how to correct them
• Ability to interpret urodynamic traces
• Knowledge of the techniques of basic and specialist urodynamics, including urethral function and video-UDS 

The quiz

At the end of the course there is an optional multiple choice quiz and we encourage all attendees to undertake this. If a delegate passes the quiz then they will get a Certificate of Passing – the pass mark for the quiz is 80%. If a delegate does not pass the quiz then they will have an option to retake the course within a year, but not earlier than three months, at any of the other BUI Certificate in Urodynamics courses held throughout the year. Full attendance at another course is required and the fees paid in full. 

Passing the quiz is seen as a distinctive measure of quality and reflects the high standards maintained during the course in teaching and establishing Good Urodynamics Practice and is regarded as the first step in gaining competency in urodynamics. Course attendance and passing the quiz is not enough to confer competence so additional training support will need to be provided by regular attendance at urodynamic clinics and competency assessment both informally at these clinics and formally with directly observed procedures and case-based discussions.

Course Director: Prof Hashim Hashim

Places can be booked via our online booking system. Please select the course you wish to attend:

To book the Virtual course in May 2026 please go to: Medtribe online booking Virtual Urodynamics May 2026

To book the Bristol F2F course in June 2026 please go to: Medtribe online booking F2F Bristol 8th-9th June 2026

To book the Manchester Virtual course in September please go to Manchester Virtual Certificate in Urodynamics 16th-18th September 2026

For more information please contact BUICourses@nbt.nhs.uk  

24 & 25th March 2026

About the course

This is a two day Basic UDS course run at the Watershed Conference Centre in the centre of Bristol. The dates are 24 & 25th March 2026

The course covers the theory of urodynamics and offers some hands on sessions with urodynamic equipment and the urodynamic staff.  

Intended delegates: doctors, nurses, technicians and/or anyone allied to urodynamics who have little or no urodynamic experience.

Learning points

• appreciation of the philosophy behind urodynamic studies (UDS) as part of patient investigation
• basic knowledge of the principles behind the measurement of urine flow and pressure
• basic knowledge of the techniques of flow and pressure measurement
• ability to interpret straightforward urodynamic traces
• appreciation of the artefacts seen during UDS
• basic ability to operate urodynamic equipment

Course Director: Professor Paul Abrams

Cost: £520

Online Booking available here Basic UDS Course online booking

For further information contact buicourses@nbt.nhs.uk

Lithotripsy

There are now many methods of treating stones in the kidney or ureter. Lithotripsy is one method.

Stones can be broken up by focusing pressure waves onto them from a lithotriptor – this is known as "Shock Wave Lithotripsy" – SWL for short.

A lithotriptor is a machine which has the ability to visualise stones either by x-ray or ultrasound.

The energy waves produced by the machine are accurately focused on the stone and travel through the body tissues without damaging them, the energy is dispersed to break up the stone usually reducing it to ‘sand’ or ‘gravel’ – which is then passed in the urine with little or no pain.

The majority of patients are treated as day cases, spending 2-4 hours in the unit.

The Bristol Urological Institute
North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Southmead Road
Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol
BS10 5NB

Urology Outpatients
Gate 36, Level 1, Brunel building, Southmead Hospital
Telephone: 0117 41 41360 / 0117 41 41361
Lithotripsy telephone: 0117 4141718

Urology Inpatients
Gate 33b - Urology
Telephone Number 0117 41 42631 / 0117 41 42630

Elective Theatres
Gate 21 Level 3, Brunel building, Southmead Hospital
Telephone: 0117 41 40300 or 0117 41 40344

Urodynamics
Gate 36, Level 1, Brunel building, Southmead Hospital
Telephone: 0117 4141220

Urology Administration Office
Support Managers:
Tel 0117 4140898

Research & Education

BUI Teaching and Research. Admin Office telephone: 0117 4147934

Education Lead
Ayo Kalejaiye
Email: odunayo.kalejaiye@nbt.nhs.uk

Education and Research Administration 
Scott Howse
Email: scott.howse@nbt.nhs.uk
 

The Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) was established in 1993 as a charity to promote research into urological diseases and to provide high quality undergraduate and post graduate teaching.

In 2010 the Bristol Urological Institute was incorporated into North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

The Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) now offers a complete clinical service to patients with urological problems and provides teaching and research.

The BUI intends to remain a patient focused organisation providing the best care to patients with urological conditions, and by working with them, to teach healthcare professionals about urology and to build on its research successes over the last 25 years.

Bristol Urological Institute – promoting urology through research, teaching and premier patient care.

Clinical trials are research studies that look at new ways of delivering medical care and test new drugs or combinations of drugs in patients.

Clinical trials in cancer care is extremely important as a means of exploring and deciding on the most effective and efficient means of treating and diagnosing cancer.

The clinical trials team at North Bristol NHS Trust co-ordinates and support the delivery of clinical trials across a variety of cancers including:

• Haematology
• Urology
• Brain
• Head and Neck
• Upper Gastro Intestinal
• Colorectal
• Breast
• Lung
• Skin

If you are eligible for a study that we are running at North Bristol NHS Trust, a member of the clinical trials team will discuss the study with you in detail.

Participation in clinical trials is voluntary and if you decide not to participate, this will not influence your treatment in any way.

The Acute Oncology Service is in place to ensure that cancer patients at North Bristol NHS Trust have a smoother and more efficient care pathway when they are admitted for an acute complication of their cancer, their treatment or are newly diagnosed during an acute episode of illness. 

We help patients with cancer who are acutely unwell due to:

• Complications of their treatment e.g. Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy.
• Complications of their cancer.
• A new diagnosis of cancer where the primary is unknown.

The Acute Oncology Team can:

• Provide advice over the phone if you are experiencing complications due to your cancer or treatment.
• Offer support and advice for you and your family to help you make decisions about your treatment during the acute episode of illness.
• Give advice to other healthcare professionals looking after you.
• Help facilitate an early discharge from hospital wherever possible.
• Work with colleagues in the community to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Act as a point of contact for the patient and other healthcare professionals during an acute episode of illness.

The Acute Oncology Team consists of Acute Oncology and Haematology nurse specialists and visiting Consultant Clinical Oncologists.

The Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) patient services replaces the two urological departments of Southmead Hospital and the Bristol Royal Infirmary which combined into a single department in March 2013. 

The BUI patient services consist of inpatients at Southmead Hospital and Weston General Hospital and outpatient services at Southmead Hospital, the Bristol Royal Infirmary, South Bristol Hospital, Weston General and other community bases in Bristol and the surrounding areas.

There are 14 Consultant Urologists based at the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) with other consultants who come from Weston-super-Mare and Swindon Hospitals to provide specialist patient services at the BUI.

Patient Services are organised into the specialist areas of urology:

• Andrology (erectile dysfunction)
• Cancer services (kidney, prostate, bladder, testicular, penile)
• Stones
• Incontinence
• Specialist investigations (urodynamics)

We only accept referrals from your GP or a hospital consultant. If you have a urological problem, please visit your GP first. Your GP can decide whether referral is necessary or appropriate.

Once you have been referred, you will be able to schedule an outpatient appointment. We may arrange for you to undergo some tests in advance of your appointment to speed the diagnostic process.

If you have concerns about appointments, investigations, admissions or results, contact your Consultant's secretary or if you prefer, you can talk with one of the Specialist Nurses.

The Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) is a long established research unit.

The Bristol Urological Institute (BUI):

• attracts major national and international grants
• publishes extensively in all areas of urology
• participates in international clinical trials
• promotes charitable donations
• provides premier patient services

The Bristol urologists have always been at the cutting edge, introducing robotic surgery, pioneering urodynamics, promoting minimally invasive kidney stone surgery and investing in community delivered diagnostics.

Teaching has been a major component of our work with our certificated courses setting an international standard and generations of young urologists leaving us with new skills.