International Continence Society

GOALS AND INITIATIVES
Since his early years as resident, Dr. Batista devoted much effort in bringing ICS standards and terminology to Spanish urologists. He has been very active in training other urolgists and gynecologists. In 2004 he started a series of training activities that have been going on yearly, attracting multidisciplinary audiences from all over Spain. In 2009, with other collegues, he founded "continentia" association, to promote training, public awareness and research. (www.continentia.org)
Additional continuing education is provided by continentia´s twitter account: https://twitter.com/urdcontinentia
Since 2013 continentia held several workshops for the general public ( on incontinence and enuresis). Teknon Urodynamics and URD 4 associated centers now perform over 2.600 studies / year. In 2008 ICS recognized the "hands on accreditation course" ( re-accredited 3 times): 26 editions of the course have been held ( 4 in English), providing comprehensive training for urologists, gynecologists, nurses and physiotherapists; with a high degree of satisfaction. Since 2019 he has introduced in Spain the new voiding cycle ambulatory monitoring sistem ( MInze).