News - de Smit Medical

ACA Conference Bristol – de Smit Medical attend as Platinum Sponsors

de Smit Medical had a great time attending the ACA National Conference as Platinum Sponsors on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th May. This was a special event for us for a few reasons. First of all, it was held in Bristol, only a stone's throw away from our offices! We alsOur symposium 'A focus on anorectal assessment' was delivered by Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Julia Herbert. This talk was well attended by the delegates at the event, thank you for joining...

27th – 28th April female pelvic floor course

Thank you to all our delegates for attending the ever-popular female pelvic floor training course. We are pleased to read your feedback and look forward to welcoming you back again for the other courses in our series.

Our ninth course of the year – eight more to go!

We are storming through our busy schedule of clinical training courses here at our facility in South Gloucestershire. Here is the photo from the latest course that took place on 13-14th April. Thanks to all our delegates for choosing to train with us and course tutor, Julia Herbert. Once again it's great to hear that everybody found the learning environment comfortable and felt at ease during the practical session. Next up is the female pelvic floor course next week! Check our schedule for...

Pelvic floor course brings continence advisors from across the country together

'I really enjoyed the course and learnt a lot. It was good to meet others in similar roles to discuss practices.' - Continence Advisor This week our female pelvic floor course was attended by delegates from across the country, all with roles within the field of continence. From their feedback, it's great to see that they thought the theoretical and practical content and the delivery of the course was 5/5. A Community Bladder and Bowel Nurse also left these comments about the...

Our latest biofeedback course – attended by international delegates!

The two day biofeedback and neuromuscular course last week was attended by delegates from across the UK and also from other countries. It was great to receive feedback from the group that it was a worthwhile for them to travel to attend this course and that they would like to come back to attend our other courses. 'Really great course. Very comfortable environment for learning, engaging and ask questions.' This course covers the theory supporting the use of biofeedback and neuromuscular...

Female Pelvic Floor Course – 9-10th February 2022

Thank you to our delegates for attending the assessment of female pelvic floor training course last week. It's great to read your feedback of the content and delivery of the course. 'Looking forward to taking skills and knowledge forward.' - Continence Specialist Prescribing Nurse 'Very informative. I will have more confidence in the clinical setting, performing examinations and putting into practice.' - Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist. This course is the most popular of the four that we run at our training centre...

‘Thank you to the de Smit Medical team and Julia’

We began our busy schedule of training days with the female pelvic floor training course on 19-20th January. Spread over 1.5 days, course tutor Julia Herbert covered the theory surrounding female pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, followed by a practical session to support the knowledge. We welcomed people from a range of different clinical backgrounds, including continence nurses, sisters and urogynae specialist nurses. If you're thinking of attending our female pelvic floor course, take a look at the comments they left about...

New training course dates for 2022

We have recently announced some more dates for our clinical training courses for next year. You can find full details and book your place here. 27th - 28th April 2022 - Assessment of female pelvic floor muscle dysfunction- vaginal examination (practical course) 29th - 30th April 2022 - Assessment of female pelvic floor muscle dysfunction- vaginal examination (practical course)

Our final course of the year!

Last week saw the final course of the year take place. Thank you to our seven delegates for attending and for your comments about the course. 'A fantastic course, Julia is an amazing teacher - so knowledgeable and helpful. I definitely feel more confident assessing and treating patients now.' - Urology Continence Nurse Specialist 'Very interesting, I really enjoyed it.' - Senior Staff Nurse We have just added new course dates to our schedule, head to our shop for details and to...

Excellent theory, complemented by the practical session

3-4th November: Assessment of Female Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction Thank you to the delegates who travelled from across the UK to our training course. We are happy to read that you found the learning beneficial to your practice; especially the practical demonstration of the assessment. Here's some of the feedback: 'An excellent one and a half days, very informative. I will take away this knowledge to my practice and personally.' Continence Advisor 'Really beneficial and organised, Julia is a great teacher.' - Continence...