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Keywords
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Overtreatment Patient safety Conservative management |
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Target Audience
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Urology, Urogynaecology and Female & Functional Urology, Conservative Management |
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Aims and Objectives
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Overtreatment is an increasingly recognised problem in functional urology, particularly in the management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) where escalation pathways are readily available but outcomes are often unpredictable. Clinicians may feel pressured to “do more” in the face of persistent symptoms, patient expectations, or diagnostic uncertainty. This workshop aims to equip clinicians with the skills to recognise scenarios in which further intervention is unlikely to provide benefit and may cause harm. Emphasis is placed on patient safety, value-based care, ethical restraint, and effective communication strategies to support appropriate non-intervention or de-escalation.
Learning Objectives - Identify clinical scenarios in which escalation of LUTS treatment is unlikely to provide meaningful benefit.
- Recognise patient, clinician, and system-level drivers of overtreatment in functional urology.
- Apply safe, ethical strategies for treatment de-escalation and counselling in patients with persistent LUTS.
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