New events and webinars for your diary
WEBINAR: Liver Highlights from BSG LIVE'24
Join us on Tuesday 17th September from 6pm - 7pm as we take a look back at the Liver highlights from this year's BSG LIVE'24 which took place in Birmingham this June.
This webinar will be chaired by BSG Secretary, Dr Safa Al-Shamma who will be joined by Prof Stuart McPherson.
IN PERSON: BAPEN / BSG Basic Nutrition Training Day
Save the date for this 1-day basic nutrition training day for trainees taking place at the IET Austin Court, Birmingham on Monday 7th October 2024.
Key learning objectives:
- Understanding of core concepts of nutrition including identifying malnutrition and managing refeeding syndrome
- Troubleshooting of enteral tubes – both a theoretical and practical approach
- Managing emergency nutrition in patients with eating disorders
- Dealing with nutritional problems as the oncall registrar
WEBINAR: IBD Highlights from BSG LIVE'24
Join us on Tuesday 22nd October from 6pm - 7pm as we take a look back at the IBD highlights from this year's BSG LIVE'24 which took place in Birmingham this June.
This webinar will be chaired by BSG Secretary, Dr Safa Al-Shamma who will be joined by Dr Shahida Din and Dr Gareth Parkes as they explore the following highlights from BSG LIVE:
- Optimizing the monitoring strategies in IBD: why, who and how
- Chronic Pouchitis what you need to know
- Framework for Professional Practice for Nurses
- Working in IBD in Adult and Paediatric Care
- IBD research highlights and top scoring IBD orals
- IBD and Liver Disease
- Scoping the Patient with IBD
- IBD Therapeutic Choices in Special Situations
- IBD Inflammation Outside the Gut
- High Quality IBD Care in 2024
IN PERSON: Transforming Medicine through the Gut/Microbiota Interface: Towards Microbial Therapeutics for Human Diseases
Save the date for this 1.5 day conference focusing on the Gut/Microbiota taking place at the Surgeons Quarter, Edinburgh on 6th - 7th March 2025.
Dates/times:
- Thursday 6th March: 13:30 - 17:00
- Friday 7th March: 09:00 - 16:00
Key learning objectives:
- Understand the tools available to describe the gut microbiome in 2024
- Understand progress from faecal microbiota transplant towards targeted microbial engraftment.
- Understand the role of diet in microbial manipulation and how diet is becoming a core Crohn’s disease therapy across all ages.
BSG Research Scholars Programme
The BSG Research Scholars Programme aims to support research participation among members by offering the infrastructure and initial support to progress their research ideas while practicing as front-line health care professionals.
BSG Alcohol Lead 2024 - 2027
Applications are now open for the role of BSG Alcohol Lead from October 2024 until October 2027, with the option to extend to five years. The BSG Alcohol Lead is the Lead for Alcohol with national roles advocating for improved service provision for alcohol-related physical harm.
In Memoriam: Robert Heading (1941 -2024)
It was with great sadness that the Society learned of the death of Dr Robert “Bob” Heading, former Consultant Gastroenterologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and a member of the BSG Council from 1997 to 2000.