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November’s biofeedback and NMES training course

Thank you to our delegates who attended the biofeedback training course last week, it was a lovely two days with you all. The 'Use of biofeedback & NMES in the treatment of bladder, bowel & pelvic floor muscle dysfunction' training course is written and taught by Julia Herbert, Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist. It covers the basic principles and clinical applications of biofeedback and neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and also involves the practical use of devices in treating pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. Our...

‘A fantastic couple of days’ – Lower Bowel Dysfunction Course

Last week we welcomed ten delegates to a fully booked lower bowel dysfunction course at our training facility in South Gloucestershire. This two day course covers the theory supporting the assessment of lower bowel dysfunction along with a practical session on the clinical assessment of ano-rectal function. It's great to see some of the delegates return to de Smit Medical for another course, and that your colleagues have been recommending them. Thank you for leaving such positive feedback! A Pelvic Health Specialist...

Continuing Professional Development

You may have seen some of our posts about our busy training course schedule and the feedback we receive from delegates. It does not go unnoticed that the comments are so positive about the content and delivery of each course, so thank you! You may not know though that four of our five courses are also accredited by the CPD Certification Service. To achieve this the courses have to meet certain requirements, including being educational in content, structured coherently, with clear learning objectives...

Bespoke female pelvic floor course in York

On 21st and 22nd September, our latest bespoke course took place at Clementhorpe Health Centre in York. This two-day course covers the theoretical aspects of female pelvic health, as well as the practical assessment of pelvic floor function. Rather than attending a clinical training course at our training facility in South Gloucestershire, we can deliver the training at your chosen venue. This can be beneficial to those who have multiple staff members wishing to attend the same training, where it...

Bespoke female pelvic floor course in Bury

Our latest bespoke course took place on 4th and 5th August at Sunnybank Clinic, Bury. This two day course covers the theoretical aspects of female pelvic health, as well as the practical assessment of pelvic floor function. We are pleased to read the positive feedback from the group; a Bladder & Bowel Nurse Specialist commented, 'the practical is invaluable to experience' and a Continence Advisor wrote, 'excellent course, thorough, informative, relaxed. Fabulous practical session.' Up next in our clinical training course schedule...

‘Interesting, informative and well delivered’ – Female Pelvic Floor Clinical Training Course

We welcomed 12 delegates to the female pelvic floor assessment course on the 7th and 8th June, thank you to all our delegates for attending. We held the course in our training facility with our Consultant Physiotherapist Julia Herbert. We had some great feedback, it’s lovely to hear what you think of the course; “Excellent course full of very useful information” – Continence Nurse Specialist. “Very friendly and relaxed learning environment – Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist. If you attended...

‘Well taught and lead programme’ – 31st May – 1st June Biofeedback and NMES course

Last week we had our biofeedback training 2-day course, thank you to our delegates who attended. The ‘Use of biofeedback & NMES in the treatment of bladder, bowel & pelvic floor muscle dysfunction’ training course is written and taught by Julia Herbert, Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist. It covers the basic principles and clinical applications of biofeedback and neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and involves the practical use of devices in treating pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. Our delegates commented that they found it ‘very informative...

de Smit Medical wins Dealer of the Year

We’re thrilled to receive the Dealer of the Year award for 2022 from Datrend. This award recognises our work in bringing the Datrend range of biomedical test equipment to many hospitals in the UK. As de Smit Medical grows as a company, it’s great to be acknowledged again by Datrend, a manufacturer we have worked with for seven and a half years. We will be showcasing the Datrend range at multiple national conferences this year, including the EMBE Expo in...

Bespoke course at Basingstoke Hospital, Hampshire

We offer bespoke courses to accommodate for groups who would like to be trained at their venue. Last week, Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Julia Herbert; taught the female pelvic floor course at Basingstoke, Hampshire. Thank you to the delegates for your positive feedback once again; ‘Fantastic course, so well pitched and presented and very hands on and has given me the tools to now have the confidence to start to examine patients’ – Tissue Viability Nurse. ‘It has been extremely...

First paediatric course in 4 years

We welcomed 11 delegates onto our paediatric bladder and bowel dysfunction course on 26th April, we haven’t ran this course since May 2019! This is a 1 day course with our Consultant Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Julia Herbert. Thank you to our delegates for your feedback, it’s great to hear positive comments and suggestions for the future. ‘Julia is very knowledgeable and able to teach in a calming relaxed way’ – Team lead CYP Continence service. ‘Excellent course, presented in such a...