20 - 22 November 2025
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Guidelines for Abstract Submission

To submit your abstract for the annual PUA convention, please follow these steps carefully. Ensure your submission meets the formatting requirements and the specified deadlines to enhance your chances of acceptance. Review the detailed guidelines listed below for a smooth submission process.

PODIUM PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 2025

1.   The residents’ Research Paper Podium Presentation consists of two categories:
A. Descriptive 
B. Analytical
2. The principal author/s submitting the abstract /paper must be a local urology resident from an accredited Philippine Board of Urology (PBU) Residency Training Institution, and/or urology specialty fellow from a recognized PUA subspecialty society. Co-authors could be a fellow resident and/ or fellow in collaboration with urology consultant/s.  
 
* For clinical studies, the principal investigator should submit a valid ICH-Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification and an IRB Approval Letter.
 
3. The said scientific paper has to be related and /or relevant to general urology and other urology subspecialty.
 
4. The completed paper must be submitted according to the manuscript guidelines of the Philippine Journal of Urology. (Appendix A).
 
5. The authors should submit a filled-out Entry Agreement Form (see APPENDIX B)
 
6. Manner of submission of Research Manuscript 
6.1 Authors should submit an electronic version, Microsoft Word or PDF, of their manuscript to the PUA research committee by emailing it using info@pua.org. There should not be any identifying marks (ex. name of the training institution or name of researchers) in the body of the submission.  The manuscript should be accompanied by a separate Word or PDF file containing the complete title of the paper, name of the author(s), hospital affiliation, postal address, and research advisor’s name. 
 
6.2 The paper should be submitted electronically on or before on October 6, 2025 (Monday) 5:00 PM. If a physical version of the manuscript is sent via mail, it should arrive at the PUA office before the indicated deadline. 
 
6.3 The manuscript should contain the following pertinent information:
– Problem and Motivation: should clearly state the problem being addressed and explain the reasons for seeking a solution to this problem
 
– Background and Related Work: should describe the specialized (but pertinent) background necessary to appreciate the work. Include references to the literature where appropriate, and briefly explain where your work departs from that done by others. 
 
– Approach and Uniqueness: should describe your approach in attacking the problem and should clearly state how your approach is novel
 
– Results and Contributions: should clearly show how the results of your work contribute to the field of Urology and should explain the significance of the results
 
a. A disclosure should clearly state sponsorships, grants or funding, from specific institutions, corporations, companies, or foundations etc. at the bottom of the abstract. 
 
5.  Only unpublished papers will be accepted. A paper presented in any other forum prior to the PUA Research Contest but not published in any journal is still eligible for submission. The principal author should be responsible for clarifying the issue, if the need arises. An Agreement to this effect shall be entered into by the PUA Research Committee and the Authors(s) upon submission of the paper. Papers presented in this forum will be encouraged but NOT obliged to be published in the Philippine Journal of Urology.  The author/s will have the full discretion as to where he/she wishes to publish the paper.  The author/s will need to accomplish an ENTRY AGREEMENT form which should be signed by ALL AUTHORS of the study [Appendix B].
 
6. Continuing studies following a preliminary report can be resubmitted only after a time of at least two years following initial presentation of publication of the paper.
 
7. Manner of selection
 
7.1 The selection committee shall be composed of all members of the Research   Committee
7.2 Criteria for selection 
Originality                                     20%
Relevance                                     20%
Research Methodology             50%
Scope of work                              10%
TOTAL:                                        100%
 
7.3. Papers not selected for podium presentation shall be automatically designated to the moderated poster presentation provided that the paper haven’t been rejected by the Committee due to quality issues. 
 
8. Podium presentation
 
8.1 Eight (8) minutes shall be allotted for each presentation.  There will be Q & A after the last presenter of each category.  A maximum of 5-min per presenter will be allotted for the Q & A. Date and venue for the Podium Presentation to be announced.
 
8.2. The Board of judges shall be composed of a chairman (any specialty), 1 urologist and 1 epidemiologist
 
8.3 Criteria for judging
 
I. Technical Criteria (70%)
• Originality of idea 10%
• Potential for the creation of new or advancement of knowledge and evidence of benefit to urology15%
• Appropriateness of methodology, data collection 30%
• Scope of the study and weight of potential benefit to society and health care 15% 
 
II. Actual Paper Presentation (30%)
• Over-all impact on audience, understandability, concise reporting within given time frame 10%
• Format presentation (clear description of the research, follows given format 10% 
• Mastery (Knowledge on the project, communication skills, answers to judges’ queries) 10%
 
9. The decision of the Board of judges will be binding and final.
 
10. Date of Presentation: Nov. 22, 2025; 4:30 pm

MODERATED POSTER PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 2025

1. The competition is open to all urological residents, urological specialty residents and fellows. Medical students are not eligible. The submitted abstracts may have been previously presented but not published as full papers in any peer reviewed journal before.
 
2. Papers not selected for podium presentation shall be automatically designated to the moderated poster presentation provided that the papers haven’t been rejected by the Committee due to quality issues.
 
3. Judges: The chairman of the panel shall be a member of the research committee and co-chaired by fellow/s of the PUA.
 
4. The criteria for judging are as follows: 
 
1. Originality……………….………… 10%
Pioneering……………………………..….. 10%
Adaptability…………………………………. 5%
Modification………………………..………. 3%
Copy cat……………………………………..…. 2%
 
2. Relevance…………………..……… 10%
Did the study fill an important gap in knowledge?
What is are its possible practical applications?
How much interest is in the problem area?
Extensive…………….…………………….…. 10%
Acceptable………………………………….… 5%
Limited……………………………………….….. 3%
Anecdotal………………………………..……. 2%
 
3. Research Methodology…… 50%
Data collection and analysis… 15%
Discussion……………………..…………… 10%
Drawing of conclusion………..…… 5%
 
4. Scope of work………………..… 20%
How large is the scope of the study?
How much/many can benefit from the study?
Was their adequate mass of information to work on?
Extensive…………………………………..… 10%
Adequate……………………………………… 5%
Limited……………………………………..…… 3%
Almost nil……………………………………… 2%
 
5. Presentation……………………… 10%
 
5. The event is fully face to face. There will be physical posters to be displayed outside the Convention Hall during the Annual Convention.  See Appendix C for the format of the poster.
 
6. Each presenter will be allowed a 3-minute oral presentation in front of their respective posters on designated time schedule which will be followed by a question-and-answer portion.
 
7. Date and venue of presentation: To be announced
 

PUA CINEMA UROLOGY COMPETITION 2025

This aims to provide a venue where urological residents, fellows and urologists in their private practice can share recorded videos of interesting urological procedures as well as highlight their skills in video editing and presentation. The author/s need/s to submit an electronic version, Microsoft Word or PDF, of their abstract to the PUA research committee by emailing it using info@pua.org. There should not be any identifying marks (ex. name of the training institution or name of researchers) in the body of the submission. The abstract should be accompanied by a separate Word file containing the complete title of the paper, name of the author(s), hospital affiliation, postal address, and research advisor’s name.

The written abstracts of the accepted video files will be published in the PUA Book of Abstracts. This activity will be included as part of the PUA Annual Convention. The submitting author should make sure that all the authors included in the abstract have agreed to the submission and possible presentation of the study. An entry agreement should also be submitted (see APPENDIX B). The abstracts and video files are considered final once submitted to the Philippine Urological Association. Revisions or corrections will not be allowed. All submitted abstracts and video files will be reviewed and graded based on the criteria for judging as shown below. The submitting author will be notified through e-mail and/or SMS or thru Viber if his or her entry is accepted or not.
The submitted videos will be reviewed and be played at the official PUA Website: www.puaweb.org.

Videos can be about the following scientific topics:

1. Uro-oncology
2. BPH/LUTS
3. Endo-urology
4. Neuro-urology/Female Urology
5. Pediatric Urology
6. Laparoscopy
7. Sexual Medicine
8. Others

Guidelines for Abstract Submission:

1. The abstract should contain less than 250 words. Use Microsoft Word to save the abstract.
2. The title should be clearly reflective of the content of the study. Do not use abbreviations.
3. Name of the primary author should be listed first followed by the names of the other authors.
4. Abstract must consist of four paragraphs labeled as:

a. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE – a brief description of the clinical problem and the purpose of the study
b. METHODS – details of the methodology
c. RESULTS – the main findings (with numerical data and statistical significance as needed)
d. CONCLUSIONS – the principal conclusions drawn from the study

5. Keywords should also be included in abstract submissions. They should best describe the topic and must not exceed three (3) keywords.
6. Video entries without a written abstract will not be accepted.

Guidelines for the Submission of Videos Files:

1. Videos should not be more than eight (8) minutes. Videos longer than eight minutes will have a corresponding deduction.
2. There should be 2 videos to be submitted:

a. 1 video should include a narrative explaining the procedure and should be recorded in English. The title and subtitles may be included in the video recording. All authors’ name, institutional affiliations or any identifying mark should not be included in the entirety of the video.
b. 1 video that contains the complete title followed by the full names of all the authors. Subtitles may be included in the video recording.

3. Accepted Video formats are:

a. MP4
b. Audio Video Interleave (AVI)
c. QuickTime (MOV)

4. The videos should be of high-resolution quality.
5. The video should be able to run on auto-play.
6. Audio should be clear and of good quality.

Criteria for Judging:

1. Scientific Content (50%)

a. Relevance (30%)
b. Rarity (10%)
c. Originality (10%)

2. Video Quality (20%)
3. Audio Quality (20%)
4. Clarity of Narrative Content (10%)
TOTAL 100%

Authors are kindly requested to submit their video saved in USB to the PUA Secretariat c/o Philippine Urological Association, 27B Don Victorino St. Don Antonio heights, Barangay Holy Spirit Commonwealth, Quezon City, Philippines or through email at info@puaweb.org. For very large files, the authors may use the website https://wetransfer.com/ to transfer their files. Acknowledgements of receipt will be sent for all successful submissions; if you do not receive a confirmation, please feel free to contact the PUA secretariat.

“NOVELTIES IN URO-TECHNOLOGY” 2025

Aims to provide a venue for presentation for authors who have developed outstanding inventions or innovations that can be useful in urologic practice. This may include new operative techniques, physical tools (advanced or improvised), software or applications, etc. These should be ORIGINAL and should NOT be commercially available as whole products. These should have been tested in vivo or in vitro to determine its potential use.

Guidelines for Submission:

1. The completed paper must be submitted according to the manuscript guidelines of the Philippine Journal of Urology. (See Guidelines on Manuscript Writing. Appendix A).

2. The authors should submit a filled-out Entry Agreement Form (see APPENDIX B).

3. Manner of submission of Research Manuscript:

3.1 Authors should submit an electronic version, Microsoft Word or PDF, of their abstract to the PUA research committee by emailing it using info@pua.org. There should not be any identifying marks (ex. name of the training institution or name of researchers) in the body of the submission. The abstract should be accompanied by a separate Word file containing the complete title of the paper, name of the author(s), hospital affiliation, postal address, and research advisor’s name.

3.2 The paper should be submitted on or before on October 6, 2025 Monday 5:00 PM to the PUA Secretariat, c/o Philippine Urological Association, 27B Don Victorino St. Don Antonio heights, Barangay Holy Spirit Commonwealth, Quezon City, Philippines.

Guidelines for Presentation:

1. Each presenter is allowed a 3-minute PowerPoint or Keynote presentation. There will be question-and-answer portion after each presentation.

2. Date and venue of presentation: To be announced

Criteria for Judging:

1. Originality                                                        20%
2. Applicability and Relevance                       20%
3. Manuscript                                                     30%
4. Product Quality & Functionality               20%
5. Presentation                                                  10%

SPECIAL CITATION IN RESEARCH 2025

MAIN PURPOSE:

To provide venue for presentation for non-competitive outstanding research papers in Urology or authorships in urological textbooks or similar literatures that gained international recognition.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

A. Research paper submitted by any medical specialist/s that has received either local and /or international recognition for topics related to urology with outstanding significance in our urologic practice.

B. Any basic or clinical research papers with relevance to urology

C. Any research paper that is NOT included for the Moderated and Podium Presentation of the PUA Research Competition

D. Any relevant research papers submitted either from a training or a non-training medical or surgical program

GUIDELINES ON SPECIAL CITATION IN RESEARCH:

a. This is a non-competitive research paper presentation.

b. Research papers submitted either unpublished or published in a peer reviewed journal. These may include case reports, observational descriptive and analytical studies such as case control, and case cohort, metaanalyses, experimental studies such as clinical trials, animal or laboratory studies.

c. Acceptance to the “Special Citation” Research Paper Presentation shall be upon the discretion of PUA Research committee. If accepted, the author/s will be informed of the venue, date and time of presentation, as well as other details of the presentation. The author will be presenting his research paper in a format specified as podium presentation (pls refer to the podium presentation guidelines).

d. The assigned author/presenter will be required to provide hard and/or soft copy of the manuscript of the research material for review by the PUA Research Committee. Pls refer to the podium presentation appendix A for instructions.

e. The authors should submit a filled-out Entry Agreement Form (see APPENDIX B).

f. For foreign participants, a digital copy of manuscript in word or pdf format must be sent via e-mail to the PUA secretariat.

g. Five (5) minutes will be the allotted time for each podium presentation to be delivered during the interim of judging for the podium presentation. All presentations should be pre-recorded.

h. Disclosures should clearly state sponsorships, grants or funding, from specific institutions at the bottom of the abstract. Advertisement of products (e.g. branded medications) should be avoided during the presentation.

i. If applicable, Abstracts of all selected papers will be published on the Book of Abstracts of the Philippine Urological Association Annual Convention

j. If applicable, papers presented in this forum will be encouraged but NOT obliged to be published in the Philippine Journal of Urology. The author/s will have the full discretion as to where he/she wishes to publish the paper.

APPENDIX A

GUIDELINES ON THE SUBMISSION OF THE MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript:
 
The paper must be clearly and concisely written. They should be typed double-spaced (including references and tables) with wide margins on 8 ½ x 11inch paper. Accuracy of typing, spellings, quotations and tabular material and correctness of grammar are the responsibilities of the author. Only standard abbreviations and symbols should be used. Laboratory slang, clinical jargon, localism and uncommon abbreviations should be avoided.
 
Generic names should be used for all drugs, with trade name (indicated in parenthesis) used once for the first time only.
 
A scientific paper should include the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion or Comments and References:
 
 
ABSTRACT SHOULD FOLLOW THIS OUTLINE:
 
A NEW VAGINAL PROCEDURE FOR CYSTOCOELE REPAIR AND TREATMENT OF STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE.
 
BENIZREP EJ. VOLPE D. PUSHKARD D.
 
Objectives/s: Treatment to cystocoele and stress urinary incontinence continues to evolve. We evaluated the efficacy of a new vaginal wall sling procedure for cystocoele repair and treatment of stress incontinence.
 
Materials and Methods: We presented our experience with the vaginal wall sling procedure in 36 patients (mean age 67.4 years) with cystocoele. All the patients, 16 had undergone a prior pelvic operation. With our technique a vaginal wall tube was created with base in the bladder neck and fixation to the periurethral tissues or suspension to the suprapubic area.
 
Results: Success rates were 95% and 82% for cystocoele and stress incontinence repair. Mean follow up was 17 months. Morbidity was minimal and mean hospitalization was less than 5 days.
 
Conclusion: This original, simple, noninvasive, treatment is applicable to all cystocoele regardless of patients’ age or sexual activity, and has shown encouraging results. Based on our experience we recommend this procedure for cystocoele repair and stress incontinence.

APPENDIX B

ENTRY AGREEMENT TO PUA ANNUAL RESEARCH FORUM

APPENDIX C

FORMAT FOR PHYSICAL POSTER FOR MODERATED POSTER PRESENTATION

APPENDIX D

FORMAT FOR DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC POSTER (E-POSTER) ON POWERPOINT SLIDE

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