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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2018
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Meeting Today’s Needs & Looking Forward:
A Global Education Network
A highlight of the World Congress of
Gastroenterology at ACG 2017 was
a symposium on 18 October 2017
which focused on WGO’s Global
Education programs, entitled “Meeting
Today’s Needs & Looking Forward:
A Global Education Network.”
This session included presentations
and discussion on the WGO Training
Center program, WGO Train the
Trainers and the WGO Guidelines,
led by the 2015-2017 Chairs of each
of these flagship programs: Professors
Desmond Leddin, Damon Bizos and
Greger Lindberg, respectively. Each
Chair deliberated on a current topic
of Global Education and how their
program has endeavored to address
it. The symposium was moderated
by Prof. David Bjorkman, 2015-2017
WGO President, and Prof. Guilherme
Macedo, WGO Treasurer.
Education and training are at the
core of the World Gastroenterology
Organisation’s (WGO) mission and
vision, with its special focus on the
developing and low-resource regions
of the world.
The projected long-term outcomes
of this approach are two-fold: 1) increased
access to high-quality patient
care for digestive disorders in low resource
nations through the provision
of skilled health care professionals and
equipment; and 2) a reduction in the
emigration of health care professionals
from developing countries, thereby increasing
retention of qualified, locally
trained and skilled doctors and other
health care professionals in their home
countries both to practice medicine
and teach others.
The WGO has established several
major programs and initiatives to
develop and sustain the WGO’s global
training and education efforts. The
Training Center program specializes
in refining and training the next
generation of GI professionals. The
Train the Trainers offers educators the
opportunity to refine their teaching
skills, and the Global Guidelines
which provide the world with a cascading
approach to address the varying
availability of resources for those
in the digestive health field. Together
with other WGO programs, these initiatives
focus primarily on developing
and low-resource countries and aim to
meet the increasing demand for digestive
disorder prevention and treatment
worldwide. It is through its education
Education and training
are at the core of the
World Gastroenterology
Organisation’s (WGO)
mission and vision, with
its special focus on the
developing and low-resource
regions of the world.
Professors Greger Lindberg, Desmond Leddin, David Bjorkman and Guilherme Macedo.
Professor Damon Bizos discussing WGO Train
the Trainers.
Professor Greger Lindberg speaking about
Guidelines and Cascades at the Global Education
Network symposium.