CME/CEU
In addition to providing you with the latest IC research and treatment news, the ICA also offers educational programs so physicians and other healthcare providers can learn about the most current approaches to diagnosis and management of IC. Some of these educational tools also carry CME/CEU/CE credit for physicians, physicians’ assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other providers.
Interstitial Cystitis: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know 
This online ICA medical education tool helps you become familiar with all aspects of IC, including an overview of the new 2011 American Urological Association IC guidelines.
Download this PDF for a comprehensive overview of the etiology, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and impact of IC.
AUA Establishes Urology Core Curriculum for Doctors
The American Urological Association (AUA) recently unveiled the first ever AUA Urology Core Curriculum—a comprehensive reference guide detailing the knowledge and steps involved in delivering quality urological care. The Core Curriculum is divided into more than 50 specialized sections and thoroughly covers the breadth of urology topics—including IC—and can be accessed entirely online. This allows urologists and other health care professionals all across the country to access the latest information concerning a particular urologic condition they may see in their practice, as well as urology as a whole.
One of these sections is devoted entirely to IC with the goal of ensuring that all urologists can:
- define and recognize IC symptoms
- accurately diagnose IC using appropriate diagnostic criteria
- understand the different theories on the causes of IC
- recognize that IC and other chronic pain conditions may present with similar symptoms
- recommend multimodal therapies for IC
- appreciate the impact of IC on the patient and their families.
In addition to being a comprehensive resource for urologic information, the Core Curriculum provides the content base upon which American Board of Urology (ABU) certification and recertification exams for residents and physicians will be based in the future. This will ensure that all urologists receive adequate training about the full spectrum of urologic conditions—including IC. All AUA members will have access to the AUA Urology Core Curriculum and content will be updated frequently to ensure that information is kept current.
Screening, Treatment, and Management of IC/PBS
The ICA in partnership with the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) offers a continuing medical education (CME) program, Screening, Treatment, and Management of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS).
Developed in concert with an expert advisory panel, this course (accredited for 1 hour of CME/CEU/CE) includes carefully developed components to meet healthcare providers' and patients' needs for education. Check out the evidence-based program materials:
- Consensus Meeting on Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Meeting of Researchers, Clinicians, and Patients
- Slide Set available free at ARHP’s open-access tool, the Curricula Organizer for Reproductive Health Education (CORE)
- Monograph: ARHP Clinical Proceedings
- Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians, Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Healthcare Provider Fact Sheet: What You Need to Know, Understanding Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Patient Fact Sheets:
- Webinars: Archived sessions
Made possible through an independent educational grant from Ortho-McNeil Women's Health and Urology.
Revised April 30, 2013