Prostate Cancer is the most common form of male cancer. Treatment can include prostate removal which although has a very high cure rate can leave the patient suffering with severe impacts in quality of life (incontinence and erectile dysfunction). This lecture will assist therapists by giving them structure and theory to enable optimal management of this commonly overlooked, but highly prevalent, section of the community .
Stuart Baptist has been working in the field of mens health physiotherapy for the last 10 years. He has completed a research masters at Sydney University in the use of RTUS in the management of post prostatectomy patients, and has had a summary of this thesis published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice Journal. He has contributed chapters to a number of books and is a sessional lecturer (Gender Health) at Sydney University, ACU and UTS. He has presented at national and international conferences and has been a panel member at a number of Prostate Cancer Conferences. He continues to work in research as a clinical investigator collaborating with Paul Hodges and Ryan Stafford at the University of Queensland as well as being the Director of Sydney Mens Health Physiotherapy in Sydney.
CPD Hours: 1 hour
This lecture took place on 09/09/2019
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