International Committee Project: BSG President meets Bangladesh Prime Minister
Dr Cathryn Edwards, President of the British Society of Gastroenterology, welcomed the opportunity to meet with Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh today. Dr Edwards explained the importance of the BSG in the UK, and its role in contributing to the delivery of training and clinical best practice standards in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, along with facilitating specialty research.
The BSG has established strong links with the Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society (BGS) over the past seven years. It has recently agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society with the aim of supporting BGS colleagues to establish a National Training Programme for Endoscopy based at the Sheikh Rasel GastroLiver Institute & Hospital at Mohakhali in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International Grant Report: Malawi Endoscopy training visit report
After arriving in Lilongwe, we visited KCH and met the local Endoscopy team including Mr Chipilimo and the two senior local trainees who had both undertaken <5 endoscopies previously but had been identified by senior clinicians for Foundation endoscopy training at the unit. We spoke with them regarding their current work, resources and requirements and donated endoscopic equipment from Glasgow.
International Grant: Malawi Hepatology Training Course Report
With the generous support of a grant from the British Society of Gastroenterology we organized a training conference: the Third Conference on Liver Disease in Malawi. We provided travel and accommodation for delegates from all over Malawi, ranging from Karonga in the far north to Chikwawa in the South
International Committee Project: Establishing a self-sufficient upper gastrointestinal endoscopy training programme in Lusaka, Zambia
A postgraduate MMed programme in gastroenterology has recently been established within the University of Zambia School of Medicine with the aim of increasing the number of qualified gastroenterologists working within Zambia to meet some of this need. An element of the programme is to provide endoscopy training with hands on apprenticeship type training akin to the UK. Lusaka, Zambia 15-19 April 2024 - Dr Duncan Napier