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Gastroenterology

Training Days/ Courses/ Educational Events

 

Local
  • All hospitals offer Grand Round, cancer MDT and CPD meeting on site.
  • Gastroenterology Training days:
    -     Thursday 12 February 2009, Hull, Controversies in Gastroenterology
    - April/May 2009, Pinderfields/Scarborough
    - July 2009, Leeds
  • General (Internal) Medicine Training days: These dates are advertised on the Yorkshire Deanery website but also on the RCP website http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/regions/regionEvents.asp?reg=YK
  • JAG approved endoscopy course at EYSE (east yorkshire school of endoscopy) www.eyse.co.uk
  • Leeds Course in Clinical Nutrition organised by Dr Heatley (4-7 September 2007) www.clinicalnutrition.co.uk (email- clinicalnutrition@leeds.ac.uk, tel 0113 343 2494, fax 0113 343 2511)
  • NEGS: The North of England Gastroenterology Society. This meeting forms part of the SpR gastroenterology training days programme.
  • Ridings Gut Club  http://www.bsg.org.uk/bsgdisp1.php?id=2b46a2361b333633aab7&h=1&sh=1&i=1&b=1&m=0137  This is mainly for those based in the eastern sector of the training scheme, but all are welcome.
  • Leeds Gut Club
  • Endoscopy and Histology Tutorials. A useful site is http://www.medicalcourses.org/forum/ run by Dr Bjorn Rembacken, Consultant endoscopist at Leeds General Infirmary.
  • Yorkshire Deanery Professional Development Courses: These courses are designed for SpR's (and Consultants) and should be undertaken during the 5 year training period as a registrar. There are a total of  12 modules and include topics such as Research Skills, Legal and Ethical issues, Management and Leadership Development, Career Management to name but a few. Please see the main Yorkshire Deanery website for more information. It is important to note that you need to book early onto these courses as there is a high demand and potentially a long wait to get onto theses modules. A management course is a mandatory requirement before CCT and should be aimed to be done in the 3rd/4th years (ST5 or ST6)

 

National
  • British Society of Gastroenterology www.bsg.org.uk runs a Postgraduate Course each spring at the beginning of its annual meeting
  • St Mark's Wolfson endoscopy unit www.wolfsonendoscopy.org.uk and the Mersey School of Endoscopy www.masterunit.co.uk offer a range of endoscopy related courses that are alternatives to the East Yorkshire School of Endoscopy courses www.eyse.co.uk