Hands-on

The Hands-on Programme at UEG Week offers excellent training for practical minded gastroenterologists.

Look, learn, ask questions and perform techniques under personal doctor and nurse tutoring.

Read on for essential information regarding our dynamic, enhanced UEG Week 2024 Hands-on offers:

• Endoscopy
• Ultrasound
• Workshops
  • Emergency Training in Endoscopy
  • Endoanal Ultrasound 
  • Gastroenterologist-Surgeon Collaboration 
     

The Endoscopy Hands-on Programme is run in cooperation with ESGE and ESGENA.

Best teaching for endoscopists!
The Endoscopy Hands-on Programme provides a unique opportunity for skill enhancement, first-class learning, and professional discourse at no additional costs.

Test your skills under the guidance of expert doctor and nurse tutors with the use of accessories from leading providers. View educational films from the ESGE eLibrary or partner societies at your leisure.

Schedule Sat – Mon (pre-registration)

Schedule Tue (no pre-registration)

Application 

The Endoscopy Hands-on Programme is fully booked and online pre-registration is closed. Please check onsite at the Endoscopy Welcome Desk in Hall A if spots have freed up or attend the walk-in hands-on programme on Tuesday.

The Ultrasound hands-on programme is run in cooperation with EFSUMB and BICUS.
 

Ultrasonography for gastroenterologists! 
The Ultrasound Hands-on Programme promotes the role of a major diagnostic and interventional tool in gastroenterology: Clinical ultrasonography in the hands of the gastroenterologist.  
It offers basic and postgraduate courses on ultrasonography, individual hands-on training and special lectures in abdominal ultrasonography at no extra costs. The programme is designed for both young and senior gastroenterologists with or without experience in ultrasonography.  

No online pre-registration is required.
Limited spots are available, and participation is based on a first-come, first-served basis on-site and does not involve any extra costs in addition to your registration for UEG Week and/or PGT.

Programme

A course run in cooperation with the LMU Munich institute for emergency medicine. 

This workshop is targeted to endoscopists and endoscopy nurses who are regularly performing endoscopic procedures together. The high-quality training in small groups conducted by the experienced training institute of LMU Munich aims to increase the confidence of participants in handling potential emergencies and provide life support in the endoscopy unit. Participation is possible through application only.

The course will take place twice during UEG Week. Applicants must choose between Saturday and Sunday during the application.

Course structure
Participants will be split in groups of 6 and pass through the following workshop parts:

• Interactive seminar: Structured approach to emergencies, extended resuscitation measures, Crisis Resource Management (CRM)
• Hands-on training in basic life support 
• Simulation training in teams on emergencies in the endoscopy suite

Application

Online application is now closed and the workshop is fully booked.

Aimed for all physicians who are involved or interested in pelvic floor disorders.

This course that was developed by experts from ESSAT and ESCP is designed to give participants an overview of the techniques and image interpretation of anorectal and pelvic floor ultrasound (US). But also, to let them understand the potential roles of US in improving the diagnosis and management of anorectal and pelvic floor dysfunction.  The course is divided into a theoretical part incl. case presentations in the morning and the interpretation of images as well as practical hands-on exercises on stations with various pathologies in the afternoon. 
Spots are limited and participants can pre-register online and are requested to attend the course in its entirety. 

For image viewing, participants are asked to bring their own laptops and download the 30-day free trial test version of the bkViewer software closer to the course.

Programme

Application

The Endoanal Ultrasound Workshop is fully booked and online pre-registration is closed. Please check onsite at the Workshops Welcome Desk in Hall A if spots have freed up.

Interdisciplinary, case-based and interactive workshop on common clinical problems to optimse patient care.

These three 1.5 hours workshops are aimed for all gastroenterologists who are closely collaborating with surgeons. This interactive, case-based course is designed to give participants all information they need to tell their surgeon to optimise patient care and collaboration for various GI pathologies and treatment options. Topic wise, each of the three sessions will focus on a different area within gastroenterology (Lower GI, Upper GI, HPB). The course is organised by ESSAT surgeons and GI specialists.

Learning objectives
Basic knowledge of:

• the pre-operative work up for various diagnoses in the GI tract. 
• the information the surgeon needs to decide on the next treatment plan. 
• the rationale of surgical decision-making.
• the most common challenges surgeons face in patients referred by gastroenterologists; tips, tricks and pitfall avoidance.

Programme

Application

The Gastroenterologist-Surgeon Workshops are fully booked and online pre-registration is closed. Please check onsite at the Workshops Welcome Desk in Hall A if spots have freed up.