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Continuous Medical Education
Monthly clinical meetings, cadaveric and simulator workshops, and structured teaching for higher surgical trainees preparing for European board examinations.
Voluntary Organisation VO/1309 · Gżejjer Maltin
Advancing Urological Excellence & Public Health in Malta.
A voluntary association of consultant urologists, resident doctors, specialist nurses and allied health professionals working across the Maltese Islands — for better surgical standards, honest public information, and research that answers local questions.
Our four working pillars
What the association actually does, week to week
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Public Health Awareness
Prostate and kidney health campaigns in town squares, parish halls and workplaces — plain-language material in Malti and English, no product sponsorship.
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Clinical Research
Registry work, audit support and small-grant funding for locally relevant urological research, published open access wherever possible.
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Patient Advocacy
Representing patient interests on waiting times, diagnostic pathways and equitable access to urological care across Malta and Gozo.
The association in numbers
VO/1309
Registered Voluntary Organisation
100+
Medical seminars & workshops delivered
18
Maltese & European partner networks
9
Public awareness campaigns since founding
Kalendarju
Events & symposia
Meetings are held at Mater Dei Hospital and in the association's rooms in Iż-Żejtun unless stated otherwise. CME accreditation is applied for through the Kunsill Mediku.
101 Triq San Girgor, Iż-Żejtun, Malta · kaboo6954@gmail.com
- 18 September
Annual Urology Symposium — Malta
Mater Dei Hospital, Msida
Full-day scientific programme with invited European faculty, resident abstract session and the annual general meeting.
- 04 October
Endourology & Stone Disease Workshop
Skills Laboratory, University of Malta
Hands-on flexible ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy stations for higher trainees and senior residents.
- 11 November
Novembru — Prostate Awareness Drive
Misraħ ir-Repubblika, Iż-Żejtun
Open information stand, PSA counselling and one-to-one discussion with consultant urologists. Free and open to all.
- 06 December
Clinical Guidelines Review Evening
Association Rooms, Iż-Żejtun
Members review the year's national guidance on haematuria referral and bladder cancer follow-up.
“We are a small country with a single main hospital. That is a limitation, but it is also an advantage — when we agree on a standard, it reaches every patient in the Maltese Islands within a month.”
Is-Saħħa tal-Prostata: our longest-running campaign
Every November our members set up in town squares from Iż-Żejtun to Victoria. We do not screen on the street; we explain what a PSA test can and cannot tell a man, and we point people to their family doctor. Since the first drive, more than four thousand conversations have been recorded.
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