SSAT President Steven C. Stain, MD, reviewed some of the society’s key initiatives and accomplishments over the past year and shared his thoughts on both the challenges and the opportunities that lie ahead for the society and the specialty during his presidential address “Our Path Forward” on Sunday.
Shivakumar Vignesh, MD, FASGE, AGAF, discusses efforts to help instructors and faculty become better endoscopy trainers in order to reduce variations in endoscopic skill development in trainees.
“I believe we’re facing a crisis in medical education on two levels,” says Brian Davis, MD, FACS, FASGE. See what he means in Monday’s session “Video Coaching and Certification to Enable Competency Based Surgical Education.”
A series of presentations covered several recent studies focusing on ways to enhance and improve endoscopy training — and ultimately improve patient safety — for both the trainer and trainee during an ASGE session on Saturday “Training Tips in Endoscopy for the Student and the Teacher.” Joshua B. Satchwell, MD, discussed the results of a randomized trial looking at a game-based learning intervention.
GI endoscopy never stands still. Neither can GI endoscopists, which is why ASGE brings its extended Postgraduate Course to DDW® every year, says course co-director Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, FASGE. This year’s course — Best Practices and Emerging Paradigms — takes place on Sunday and Monday.
“It’s more important than ever for clinicians to have a firm grasp on the business aspects of their clinical practices,” says Sunday morning’s AGA “The Business of Medicine” Symposium Chair David Kunkel, MD.
Diversity is a must-have tool to improve outcomes for patients, providers and all stakeholders in health care, says Marc A. Nivet, EdD, MBA, who will present the annual “SSAT Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration” on Sunday.
Thanks to a new commitee structure, the AGA International Committee has been able to expand its global educational efforts at #DDW19. Read about the additional offerings at this year’s meeting from Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, AGAF, and Linda Rabeneck, MD, MPH.
This year, the SSAT International Relations Committee has planned two international sessions, one devoted to a clinical conundrum and one devoted to medical and surgical education topics, says Alberto R. Ferreres, MD, PhD.
Avinash G. Ketwaroo, MD, walks through sessions designed to meet the unique needs of DDW® attendees in the early stages of their careers in gastrointestinal medicine.
