Education
Summer School
The live event of Virtual Summer School 2021 has ended. It contained top interaction and education in real-time with VIP faculty and over 180 participants. Thank you once again to our wonderful experts, moderators, case presenters and to all our attendees!
Access to all recordings of Virtual Summer School 2021 is available for € 20.
Despite the crisis, attendees took it upon themselves to advance their knowledge and remain up to date on the latest developments by gaining insights, input, and expertise from our star-studded faculty. They took one day for themselves to benefit from impactful trainings on the four topics of: Variceal bleeding, Dysphagia, Focal liver lesions and Chronic constipation.
Our renowned faculty brought attendees world-class scientific content and discussed the top topics in the field of GI. This interactive course offered many opportunities for participants to contribute, raise questions and impact the discussion.
Learning objectives
- Gain new practical and clinical knowledge that can be applied immediately
- Receive direct expert input and top tier feedback during our participant-driven discussions
Target audience
The Virtual Summer School is designed for GI trainees/clinicians (medical, surgical or imaging hepato-gastroenterologists) in the first to third year of their training.
Course directors
- Roberto Penagini, Italy
- Minneke Coenraad, The Netherlands
- Radislav Nakov, Bulgaria
Programme & faculty
Friday, June 4, 2021
(All times are in CEST)
09:00 – 09:15
Opening with the course directors
09:15 – 10:15
Session 1 | There will be blood: Tales of bleeding varices
Expert: Ioannis Papanikolaou
Moderator 1: Radu Tutuian
Moderator 2: Catalina Vladut
Case Presenter: Evripidis Rizos
10:45 – 11:45
Session 2 | Dysphagia: To swallow, or not to swallow, that is the question
Expert: Edoardo Savarino
Moderator 1: André Smout
Moderator 2: Roberto Penagini
Case Presenter: Matteo Ghisa
12:15 – 13:15
Session 3 | Focal liver lesions: Now you see me?
Expert: Alejandro Forner
Moderator 1: Tamara Milovanovic
Moderator 2: Minneke Coenraad
Case Presenter: Maria Guarino
13:45 – 14:45
Session 4 | Constipation: How to get from “I can’t get no satisfaction” to “Hallelujah”
Expert: Henriette Heinrich
Moderator 1: Magnus Simrén
Moderator 2: Radislav Nakov
Case Presenter: Alexandra Schwizer
15:15-16:15
Expert Encore | An in-depth discussion with the faculty
CME Accreditation
Virtual Summer School has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for a maximum of 5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
If you participated live, you can claim your CME accreditation online.
Sponsoring
If you are interested in sponsorship with UEG Education, please contact Linda Dünser at .
Programme & Education Management
Raphaela Pfaffenbichler
M: +43 699 1997 16 33
T: +43 1 997 16 39
