Update Series Volume 44 (2025)

For the most timely topics and latest surgical techniques in urology, you won't want to miss the 2025 AUA Update Series—AUA's most popular self-study CME product.

 

  • Concise, practical lessons on timely topics including state-of-the-art surgical techniques
  • Authors and Editors are among the best in their specialties
  • Study questions available within the Test Your Knowledge activities
  • 40 hours of CME credit

Now in its 44th installment, the AUA Update Series is renowned for delivering high-quality lessons to practicing urologists, fellows and residents. All content is developed by internationally recognized experts in urology, making the AUA Update Series the most professional and sought-after self-study program available. Improve your practice and patient care by staying abreast of the latest treatments and surgical techniques in urology. 

Convenient Learning 

40 lessons delivered to you five lessons a month for eight months.

Convenient, easy-to-access education that fits your individual learning style.

  • Online and audio book version via AUAUniversity or the AUAU app
  • Traditional printed book
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This enhanced feature is FREE to all Update Series subscribers. Stream professionally recorded audio recordings of all 40 lessons conveniently from your mobile device! Audio Lessons are released in coordination with their online companion lessons.

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Earn up to 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™!

Subscribers can obtain CME credit instantly! Simply complete the content-related, online post-tests to receive immediate CME credit.

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American Urological Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Target Audience

  • Urologists
  • Board candidates
  • Residents

Learning Objectives

After completing all 40 lessons, participants will be able to apply their knowledge and competencies on the urologic topics covered in each article. Each of the 40 lessons has a specific objective specific to the related article. 

Course summary
Course opens: 
09/01/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2028
List Price:
$345.00
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EDUCATION COUNCIL DISCLOSURES

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COI REVIEW WORK GROUP DISCLOSURES

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UPDATE SERIES EDITORIAL COMMITTEE DISCLOSURES

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AUA Office of Education Staff has nothing to disclose.

Individual authors' disclosures are located with their articles in each issue of the Update Series. 

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

 

 

Editorial Committee

 
 

Editor

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J. Christian Winters, MD
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

 

Associate Editor

Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

 
 

Editorial Committee Members

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Robert E. Brannigan, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

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J. Quentin Clemens, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

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Michael S. Cookson, MD, MMHC
The University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK

David A. Ginsberg, MD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

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Kirsten L. Greene, MD, MAS
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

 
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Brian R. Matlaga, MD, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Hosptial
Baltimore, MD

John P. Mulhall, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering CC
New York, NY

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Christopher S. Saigal, MD, MPH
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Philippe E. Spiess, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL

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Vijaya M. Vemulakonda, MD
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO

 

CME CREDITS EXPIRATION:

Please note: CME Credits expire after three years of original release date. Answers must be submitted by the CME credits expiration deadline to receive credit for that year. Refer to CME expiration table below:

 CME Credits Expiration Date
2025 Update SeriesMonth, 2028
2024 Update SeriesMonth, 2027
2023 Update SeriesMonth, 2026
2022 Update SeriesMonth, 2025
2021 Update SeriesMonth, 2024
2020 and priorNot eligible for CME credits.

This self-study continuing medical education activity is designed to provide urologists, Board candidates and/or residents affordable and convenient access to the most recent developments and techniques in urology.

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION:

Participants receive 5 lessons per month for 8 months for a total of 40 lessons. Each lesson is designated for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. To earn credit, participants must read the educational material provided for each lesson, pass its corresponding online posttest with at least 80% accuracy, submit the online evaluation and claim CME.

ACCREDITATION:

The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION:

The American Urological Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 40.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

OTHER LEARNERS:

The AUA is not accredited to offer credit to participants who are not MDs or DOs. However, the AUA will issue documentation of participation that states that the activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

EVIDENCE BASED CONTENT:

 It is the policy of the AUA to ensure that the content contained in this CME enduring material activity is valid, fair, balanced, scientifically rigorous, and free of commercial bias.

AUA DISCLOSURE POLICY: 

All persons in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., activity planners, presenters, authors) are required to disclose to the provider all financial relationships with any commercial interest (aka ineligible company) during the previous 24 months. The AUA must determine if the individual’s relationships may influence the educational content and mitigate any conflicts of interest prior to the commencement of the educational activity. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent individuals with relevant financial relationships from participating, but rather to provide learners information with which they can make their own judgments.

MITIGATION OF IDENTIFIED CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

All disclosures will be reviewed by the AUA Conflict of Interest (COI) Review Work Group Chair and/or Vice Chair for identification of conflicts of interest. The AUA COI Review Work Group, working with Office of Education staff, will document the mechanism(s) for management and mitigation of the conflict of interest and final approval of the activity will be documented prior to implementation.

OFF-LABEL OR UNAPPROVED USE OF DRUGS OR DEVICES:

The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain reference(s) to off-label or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.

DISCLAIMER:

The opinions and recommendations expressed by faculty, authors and other experts whose input is included in this program are their own and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of the AUA.

REPRODUCTION PERMISSION:

Reproduction of written materials developed for this AUA activity is prohibited without the written permission from individual authors and the American Urological Association.

PEER REVIEW:

Peer review is the principle mechanism by which the quality of the AUA Update Series content is judged by the AUA Update Series Editorial Committee.

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The American Urological Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.