T/CATE 0012-2024 Pelvic floor specialist proficiency grading and training and evaluation standards

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Scope: This document specifies the grading standards for gynecological urogynecological surgeons and pelvic floor rehabilitation specialists, as well as the knowledge and skills required by doctors at various levels. This document applies to all levels of medical institutions across the country for grading and training assessments of gynecological urogynecological surgeons and pelvic floor rehabilitation specialists. Main technical content: The subspecialty of urogynecology focuses on providing diagnosis and treatment for women with pelvic floor dysfunctional diseases (PFD). Pelvic floor dysfunctional diseases are caused by weak, defective, or damaged pelvic floor support tissues due to various factors, including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, chronic pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction. The diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctional diseases involve the integration of multiple disciplines and are highly specialized, so urogynecological subspecialty professionals need to master multidisciplinary professional knowledge and skills and require competency differentiation and certification for medical personnel engaged in this field. Both domestically and internationally, there is a lack of training and evaluation standards for pelvic floor professionals. This industry standard starts from the competency standards of urogynecological medical professionals and is divided into two dimensions: pelvic floor surgery and pelvic floor rehabilitation professionals, proposing corresponding training and assessment standards with strong scientific and advanced nature. It also refines and formalizes the assessment standards for relevant professional physicians and quantifies them, featuring good operability and promotion potential. In most regions of China, the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor diseases are conducted by gynecologists, and the urogynecological subspecialty is not well-developed, with room for optimization in discipl

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