North America Caribbean region webinar: Meet the authors: clinical practice guidelines on urinary conditions in women

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Webinar title

Meet the authors: clinical practice guidelines on urinary conditions in women

The authors of clinical practice guidelines: rehabilitation interventions for urgency urinary incontinence, urinary urgency, and/or urinary frequency in adult women will discuss the CPG development process and the recommendations.

McAuley, J. A., Mahoney, A. T., & Austin, M. M. (2023). Clinical practice guidelines: rehabilitation interventions for urgency of urinary incontinence, urinary urgency, and/or urinary 
 

Date and time

Thursday 18 September 2025, 23:00-00:00 UTC (19:00-20:00 EDT) Check your local time

Speakers

• J. Adrienne McAuley, member of American Physical Therapy Association
• Amanda Mahoney, member of American Physical Therapy Association
• Rebecca Reisch,member of American Physical Therapy Association

Facilitator

• Jenny Audette, North America Caribbean region executive committee chair and member of American Physical Therapy Association

J. Adrienne McAuley has 30 years of experience as a physical therapist, including 20 as faculty in doctor of physical therapy programmes. She is currently enrolled in a doctor of science programme at Andrews University and continues her clinical work in pelvic health physical therapy.

She also serves on the orthopaedic specialty panel as part of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and a journal reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Women's and Pelvic Health Physical Therapy.  Adrienne was the lead author for the original clinical practice guidelines: rehabilitation interventions for urgency urinary incontinence, urinary urgency and/or urinary frequency in adult women, which is currently under revision.

Amanda Mahoney is an assistant professor of physical therapy, and faculty member of the Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency at LSU Health-Shreveport.

She has over 20 years of clinical experience in private practice and at LSU Health-Shreveport in the faculty practice clinic, with an interest in orthopaedics, pelvic health, and Pilates. Amanda's teaching responsibilities within the physical therapy programme include women's health and therapeutic exercise, as well as didactic material and mentoring with for the orthopaedic residency programme.

Rebecca Reisch is a clinical professor and director of research and faculty development at Graceland University. She received her master's and doctorate from Pacific University and her PhD from Rocky Mountain University.  

Her professional interests include women’s and pelvic health physical therapy, evidence-based practice, orthopedic manual physical therapy, faculty mentoring, predictors of student success, and service learning. Her publications span these areas and she has presented at state, national, and international conferences.  

She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Women’s and Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and is a manuscript reviewer for several other journals.  

Webinar description

The objectives of this webinar are to:

• Describe the process of clinical practice guideline (CPG) development
• Identify patients with urgency urinary incontinence, urinary urgency and/or urinary frequency
• Implement the treatment recommendations outlined in the CPG

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