28 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS NOVEMBER 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events BSG spoke at the event, as did Dr. Mwapatsa Mipando, CoM Principal, Dr. Andrew Gonani, QECH Direc-tor, Anstead Kankwatira, QECH endoscopy trainer, and Rose Malam-ba, QECH nurse trainer. Following a buffet lunch, the Training Center was officially opened and a plaque was unveiled by Dr. Mipando. Local newspaper journalists and television cameras were invited to the event, and the inauguration was subsequently featured on local television news. The goals of the new Training Center are: • To promote the highest standards in training in gastroenterology, hepatology, oncology, endoscopy and digestive surgery in Malawi and surrounding Central Africa regional centers. • To train local endoscopists and nurses to provide a high quality endoscopy service. • To partner in developing a cur-riculum for training, particularly among CoM graduates, based on current science, ethical principles and relevance to local and regional health care needs. • To expose trainees to the most current knowledge in gastroenter-ology. • To foster interactions between international, local and regional experts in the field of gastroenter-ology. • To promulgate best practice guide-lines in the prevention, detection, and management of digestive disorders. Following the inauguration day, international and local faculty and local endoscopy and nurse trainees attended three days of training at the Training Center. Courses included hands-on training, practical sessions on Euroligator use and scope cleaning (for nurses) and small group teach-ing sessions on upper GI bleeding, esophageal cancer, schistosomiasis and peptic ulcer disease (for endoscopists). Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) was completed for both endoscopists (formative DOPS) and nurses. The data from these forms will also be incorporated into the overall evaluation of endoscopy train-ing in Malawi which is ongoing. Following the end of the courses on Friday 13th May a graduation ceremony and certificate presentation were made at the Training Center by Prof. Gordon and Dr. Veitch. Richard Nyahoda and Margaret Honde (both from Mzuzu Central Hospital) made speeches on behalf of the endoscopists and nurses respectively. The center aims to move forward and host two course sessions per year (with several training courses being held simultaneously as per previous sessions), with funding provided by BSG. Endoscopists, nurses and local and interna-tional faculty at the Blantyre Training Centre Mr. Mwapatsa Mipando officially opens the Blantyre Training Centre
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