27 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JANUARY 2015 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2015: AGW/WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events Train the Trainers: Cape Town, South Africa, August-September, 2014 Tauseef Ali, MD, FACP, FACG Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Oklahoma Oklahoma, USA When I received my acceptance letter to attend the 2014 Train the Train-ers Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, I had no idea what I was stumbling into. Without a doubt, this was the most exciting, pleasant, and educational experience of my professional life. I would like to thank WGO and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) for facilitat-ing the workshop and providing me the opportunity to attend this exciting event. This unique and one of a kind workshop left an ever lasting impres-sion on me. I have tried to summarize my experience in the next few para-graphs, but I am pretty sure words cannot do any justice to describe this fabulous experience. I am a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, USA and a practicing physician at Saint Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma where I also serve as the director of the Crohn’s and Coli-tis Program. I am involved in teaching medical students, residents and gastro-enterology fellows. I was nominated by my parent organization, the ACG, to attend this workshop. After our arrival at the beautiful city of Cape Town, we were housed in a very beautiful hotel, surrounded by breathtaking vineyards in the suburbs of Durbanville. The workshop started with a dinner reception where all the attendees from about 50 different countries and faculty members of the workshop got the chance to introduce themselves and some of us began journeys of everlasting friendships. The four-day workshop was divided into different modules and break-out sessions. In the adult education module on the first day we learned Touring Table Mountain and Robben Island during Sunset. Venue: Protea Hotel-Durbanville. that adult learning is most successful when the learner is actively involved. Another very important take home message was that adult learning is more effective when the relationship fosters mutual respect and is encour-aging and supportive. Other topics, such as setting up learning objec-tives and conducting effective group discussions, were also part of this educational module. There was also a hands-on procedural teaching mod-ule where we were taught effective methods of teaching gastroenterology procedures to trainees and provid-ing feedback to their performance. The next day modules consisted of evidence-based medicine, critical ap-praisal, publications, and a breakout session on preparing an abstract for presentation. The third day consisted of modules like presentations and trial designs. Modules on the last day were assessment and appraisal and credentialing. All these modules and break-out sessions were great learning experiences. The break out sessions and team work gave a unique oppor-tunity to learn about different health care systems from around the world
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