Low Anterior Resection Syndrome in a Reference North American Sample: Prevalence and Associated Factors.

Background: Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is a well-described consequence of rectal cancer treatment. Studying the degree to which bowel dysfunction exists in the general population may help to better interpret to what extent LARS is related to disease and/or cancer treatment. Currently, North American LARS normative data are lacking.

Women's attitudes towards pessary self-care: a qualitative study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Patients with vaginal pessaries can learn to care for their pessary by themselves or they can have provider-led care, which requires more frequent follow-up visits. We aimed to understand motivations for and barriers to learning self-care of a pessary to inform strategies to promote pessary self-care.

Methods: In this qualitative study, we recruited patients recently fitted with a pessary for stress incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse, and providers who perform pessary fittings.

Feedback and formative assessment in Competency by Design The experience of residents and supervisors within a urology training program.

Introduction: Competency by Design (CBD) is a form of competency-based medical education implemented in Canadian urology programs since 2018. Regular, multimethod assessments and formative feedback via Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are the cornerstones of CBD. Personalized and regular feedback are the top perceived benefits of CBD by both residents and supervisors; however, evidence shows that in practice, constant feedback-seeking is burdensome, and increased quantity of feedback does not equal increased quality.

Evidence that systemic therapies for psoriasis may reduce psoriatic arthritis occurrence.

Objectives: Contemporary biologic therapies for psoriasis are independently licensed for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Since skin disease generally predates PsA and PsA has a subclinical phase, we investigated the pattern of PsA evolution in psoriasis treated with biologic agents compared to other medications including oral therapy, topical agents or no treatments.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed in psoriasis patients with musculoskeletal symptoms referred for rheumatological assessment.