AUCA Conference 2026 – Free Recording Access

AUCA Conference 2026
Catheterisation Injury—Prevention, System Learning and Accountability

Watch the recording of our online conference held on 30 October 2026, available free of charge.

The programme covers prevention, recognition and acute management of catheterisation-related urethral injury, safe stopping and escalation pathways, and learning from cases involving serious patient harm.

The afternoon focuses on basic and advanced catheterisation skills training, e-learning, competency assessment, institutional implementation and governance, and using electronic patient records to improve catheterisation safety.

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By the end of the programme, delegates should be able to:

• Explain how catheterisation-related urethral injuries occur and identify opportunities to prevent avoidable harm.

• Recognise difficulty during catheterisation, apply safe stopping principles and follow appropriate escalation pathways.

• Describe the early recognition and acute management of catheterisation-related urethral injury and its serious complications.

• Identify human factors and system failures contributing to catheterisation harm, and explain the importance of incident reporting, organisational learning and professional accountability.

• Describe how to implement structured basic and advanced catheterisation training, combining e-learning, supervised practical skills and DOPS-based competency assessment.

• Explain how institutional governance and electronic patient-record surveillance can support safer catheterisation and monitor improvement.

Doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals involved in urinary catheterisation, clinical educators, and those responsible for patient safety, training implementation and clinical governance.

Catheterisation Injury—Prevention, System Learning and Accountability

Friday, 30 October 2026 — Original live programme

Times below refer to the original live event (UK time, GMT), not recording playback timestamps.

The morning addresses prevention, early recognition, escalation, serious complications, human factors and accountability through clinical lectures and case-based discussions. The afternoon focuses on competency-based catheterisation training, institutional implementation and governance, and how electronic patient records can support patient-safety learning, culminating in a semi-live practical skills training demonstration.

09:00–09:05 | Welcome and Online Check-In
Daniela Andrich

Morning Session

Prevention, Early Recognition and Acute Management of Catheterisation-Associated Urethral Injury (CAUI)

09:05–09:25 | Lecture
Catheter Safety: Why Every Catheterisation Pathway Needs a Plan B
Daniela Andrich

09:25–09:50 | Lecture
Escalation Pathways in the Emergency Department: Delivering Safe and Cost-Effective Care
Nikki Jeffery

09:50–10:15 | Lecture
Difficult Urinary Catheterization & Iatrogenic Urethral Injury: The Scourge of Urology
Keith Rourke

10:15–10:40 | Recognition, Escalation and Acute Management — Live Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

Chair: Nikki Jeffery 

Panel: GURS and AUCA faculty

• When to stop 
• When to escalate 
• How to manage the injury and prevent serious harm

10:40–11:00 | Break

Late-Morning Session

Human Factors and Patient Safety

11:00–12:00 | Case-Based Forum — Where Did This Go Wrong?

Chair: Daniela Andrich

Panel: GURS and AUCA faculty

Real-world cases include:

• Catheter-associated urethral injury complications
• Catheter-associated urethral strictures
• Fournier’s gangrene following a catheter-related urethral injury

12:00–13:00 | Lunch Break

Afternoon Session

From Training to Implementation

13:00–13:25 | Lecture
Standardised Catheterisation Training as a Patient-Safety Requirement
Daniela Andrich

13:25–13:50 | Lecture
Implementing Basic Male Urethral Catheterisation (BMUC) Skills Training:
Course Preparation, Trainer Faculty, Lesson Plans, Equipment and DOPS
Mariya Dragova

13:50–14:15 | Lecture
Advanced Male Urethral Catheterisation (AMUC) Skills Training:
Course Preparation, Trainer Faculty, Lesson Plans, Equipment and DOPS
Anastasia Frost

14:15–14:40 | Lecture
Integrating AUCA E-learning Modules into Hospital Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Anastasia Frost

14:40–15:05 | Lecture
AUCA E-learning Certification and Licensing Model to Support Practical Skills Training Implementation
Daniela Andrich

15:05–15:30 | Lecture
Implementing Mandatory Catheterisation Training: From Practical Competency Assessment to Trust-Wide Governance
Anastasia Frost

15:30–15:50 | Lecture
From Invisible Injury to Actionable Data: Using Electronic Patient Records to Improve Catheterisation Safety Through Human-Centred Workflow Design
Daniela Andrich

15:50–16:00 | Break

Late-Afternoon Session

Practical Training Demonstration

From Educational Principles to Clinical Competence 

16:00–17:00 | Semi-Live Training Demonstration

Catheterisation Skills Training for Doctors and Nurses

Anastasia Frost, Mariya Dragova and Training Faculty

Pre-recorded during the FY1/FY2 induction programme, with live faculty commentary and discussion. The complete training pathway from preparation to competency assessment:

• Trainer preparation and equipment
• Faculty demonstration
• Recognition of difficulty 
• Knowing when to stop
• Escalation strategies (ABC escalation pathway) 
• Standardised safe practice 
• Supervised practical skills training at group tables 
• DOPS-based competency assessment

17:00–17:10 | Implementation Q&A and Faculty Take-Home Messages

Making Safe Catheterisation Training Work in Every Hospital 

Chair: Daniela Andrich

Faculty:

• Mariya Dragova 
• Anastasia Frost 

17:10–17:30 | Live Closing Remarks
Daniela Andrich