Welcome to your UEG Community!
Our UEG Community is your connection to an international and multidisciplinary digestive health community. A plethora of outstanding free resources and educational activities await you. Become a UEG Associate or UEG Young Associate for free today! Grow a diverse digestive health network of friends, colleagues, peers and collaborators within the community via our exclusive, safe and secure UEG Connect networking platform.
How will joining help you to succeed? We have broken it down into 3 categories for you:
1. Connect & Network
Benefit from joining UEG Connect, UEG’s exclusive and secure networking platform for searching and linking with international digestive health professionals. Expand your relationships and collaborations and form completely new ones, all in a safe and professional online setting only accessible to those within the UEG Community.
Enhance your connections as well at UEG Week, our renowned annual congress, and enjoy intimate networking opportunities with international colleagues and peers both in-person and online.
UEG Connect features:
- Live Feed
- Personalised post creation (images, videos, text)
- Interest Groups (Women in GI, Young GI, and Researchers Network)
- Collaborative Forums
- Direct Messaging (DM)
- One-on-one Chat
- Group for our Spanish speaking community: Gastroenterólogos que hablan español
Let our UEG Connect Tutors guide you through our networking platform!
UEG Connect is your key to excelling within the worldwide digestive health network. The first step in utilising it is understanding how to benefit from its tools. Our UEG Connect Tutors are esteemed and accredited individuals who are fully at your disposal to both look to as a reference point and specifically contact if needed in case of questions or requests. Check out the list of Tutors and keep an eye out for them!
As a UEG Associate you can benefit from both continuous education and career development by utilising our renowned offers, each with various touchpoints throughout the year.
- UEG Week & Postgraduate Teaching Programme*
- Face-to-face Education*
- Online Education
- Career Development
- Gutflix
- UEG Journal
- Opportunities
- Open positions & Talent Pool
*Registration fee for these events is not included.
Succeed with UEG! Our account settings and features have been designed to allow you to best keep track of your digestive health-related ventures, all from one central location – your personal myUEG account!
Utilise your personal filebox, manage your applications, congress activities, educational projects, research projects, certificates (including your new personalised UEG Associate Certificate) and more!
myUEG Account Types
There are three main types of myUEG accounts, each designed for different users and offering a unique set of benefits.
Want to join the community and need to create an account?
1. Non-medical User
This account is for individuals who work in related fields but are not medical professionals.
Who it's for:
- Industry Representatives
- Medical Association Representatives
- Patient Advocacy Representatives
- Press
- Suppliers
Benefits:
- Access to your personal myUEG account, required for many of UEG's services.
- Access to the UEG Week and Postgraduate Teaching Programme (once you have registered and paid the fee).
2. UEG Associate
This is the standard account for medical professionals and researchers. It includes all the benefits of the Non-medical User account, plus more.
Who it's for:
- Medical Doctors
- Allied Health Professionals
- Nurses
- Researchers
- Retirees
- Undergraduate Students
Benefits:
- All Non-medical User benefits.
- Face-to-face Education (once you have registered and paid the fee)
- Online Education
- Gutflix
- UEG Journal
- Opportunities
- Open positions and Talent Pool
- Networking opportunities
- UEG Associate Certificate
3. UEG Young Associate
This account is automatically assigned to individuals who fulfill the criteria for UEG Associate status and are under the age of 40 during the account creation process. It includes the same benefits as the standard UEG Associate account, plus eligibility for exclusive opportunities!
Who it's for:
Individuals up to the age of 40 of the following target groups:
- Medical Doctors
- Allied Health Professionals
- Nurses
- Researchers
- Undergraduate Students
Main carers for children can request an extension of age limit. Read the full details for eligibility on the UEG template and submit the signed form to .
Benefits:
- All Non-medical User and UEG Associate User benefits.
- Eligible to apply for the Summer School
- Eligible to apply for the UEG Masterclass
- Eligible to apply for the Clinical Visiting Fellowship
- Eligible to apply for the International Scholarship Award
- Eligible to apply for the National Scholar Award
- UEG Young Associate Certificate