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However, it is also a delicate daily procedure that requires high-quality education. This study investigated the current status ofCIC education in South Korea.  \nMethods: An online anonymous survey inquiring CIC education circumstances at both outpatient clinic and ward was conducted via Google Forms in March 2023. The URL link was sent 3 times to the clinical practitioners conducting urodynamic tests in each hospital. These practitioners were nurses and members of the Korean Continence Society whose workplaces were either secondary or tertiary hospitals offering urodynamic tests.  \nResults: The survey questionnaires were administered to 93 clinical practitioners from 60 different hospitals. The overall response rate was 33%. The urodynamic testing room was commonly used for CIC education, and private space solely designated for CIC education was available in less than 3%. The education materials provided by a catheter company were the most widely used (50%), followed by materials provided by each hospital or the urology department (30%). There were no public or formal CIC education materials provided by urological associations. The initially recommended catheter was a single-use catheter from various companies. However, the catheter selection was limited by national health insurance coverage in 14% of the cases. Furthermore, the mean consumed time for a single session ofCIC education was 11–30 minutes in 60% of the cases, 31–60 minutes in 20%, and 5–10 minutes in 16.7%. Majority of the respondents complained about limitations in time and place to provide adequate education to improve patients’ understanding on CIC.  \nConclusions: The clinical practitioners mainly complained about the lack of time and place to provide adequate CIC education to patients. Furthermore, the limited amount of national insurance coverage for single-use catheters hindered the free selection of appropriate catheters.  \nKeywords: Intermittent catheterization; Neurogenic bladder; Reimbursement; Patient education  \n• Grant/Fund Support: The English proofreading for this manuscript is supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF- 2022R1C1C102368).  \n• Research Ethics: The study is based on survey data collected from clinical practitioners and does not include research involving human participants or animal subjects. Therefore, Institutional Review Board’s approval was not required.  \n• Conflict of Interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.  \nCorresponding author: Sun-Ouck Kim  [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-8303](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-8303)[ ](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-8303)Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea  \nEmail: [seinsena@hanmail.net](seinsena@hanmail.net)  \nSubmitted: April 24, 2025 / Accepted after revision: July 3, 2025  \nThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Cre  \native Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ([https://","cbCainKzRLAb0Oa9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainKzRLAb0Oa9","pdf",655002,"English","# Purpose\n# Methods\n# Results\n# Conclusions\n# Keywords","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the study on CIC education?\",\"answer\":\"To investigate the current status of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) education in South Korea, including educational circumstances and resources used by practitioners.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the survey conducted and what was the response rate?\",\"answer\":\"An online anonymous survey was conducted via Google Forms in March 2023 and sent to clinical practitioners involved in urodynamic tests. 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