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change, but truly incorporating it into
everyday behavior. This also needs a
special attitude and mind setting, just
like managing conflicts; it should be
handled with care.
TTT Advanced
workshop testimonial
Helena Tavares de
Sousa, MD, FEBGH,
Portugal
I now take the opportunity to let you
know what a stimulating and enriching
action the WGO - Advanced TTT
Porto 2018 was for me.
Similarly to my 2013 Basic TTT,
this Advanced Course was hugely
important in my education both as
a Gastroenterologist and as a person.
Although I still don’t have position
as head of department or sector, I do
have responsibilities in undergraduate
and postgraduate Medical Education
in my Department and in postgraduate
Medical Education in my Hospital.
Attending this TTT gave me useful
skills on team-building, managing
conflicts and planning strategies that
I can already apply to this particular
functions.
The group of attendees was also
amazing: very differently originated
colleagues, either in medical and/or
academic practice, age and cultural
background. These differences which at
a first glance seemed difficult to overcome
ended up to be enriching of the
group and of myself as an individual.
I also want to stress the fantastic
faculty. I acknowledge they all have
multiple responsibility as directors,
professors and physicians at
home, but they were always present,
involving and friendly – making
us attendees feel comfortable, thus
improving enormously our learning. I
am definitely using all of you as a role
model for teaching my students and
residents!
To sum up, I learned so much in
only two days as a professional and a
“Do we need to become
the leaders? Are we born
as leaders or is this skill
acquired and comes to
life with experience and
training?”
person, that I cannot overemphasize
the impact of the course in my life.
Well done WGO and SPG! Well
done fellow attendees! Hope to see
you all again!
TTT Porto: A
Testimonial
Anca Trifan, MD, PhD,
FRCP(London), FEBGH,
Romania
WGO and The Portuguese Society of
Gastroenterology had organized one
of the most interesting and instructive
preceptorships I have ever attended. I
would like to emphasize the following
strong points:
Very enthusiastic and generous faculty!
They did not miss one second of
the program and were always present,
very involved, actively supportive and
GOOD ROLE MODELS! The first
lesson I learned was the behavior of
a leader who organizes a course, and
found this extremely helpful.
The environment during the breakout
sessions was friendly, but also
competitive. Through this I learned
a lot from my peers while I was in
Porto. Even after the TTT I am still
thinking about and learning from the
discussions we had.
The presentations, discussions, and
breakout sessions provided us the
framework so we each can individualize
them not only for development, but
also so we can be the best physicians,
leaders and, why not, human beings!
Reflections from the
Audience at the WGO
TTT Advanced
Workshop on
Leadership and
Management II in Porto, Portugal
Wojciech Marlicz, MD, PhD, FACG,
Department of Gastroenterology,
Pomeranian Medical University,
Szczecin, Poland
Uncertainty has never been as vivid
and important as it is today in contemporary
medicine. The topic of
leadership and management has never
been so crucial as it is nowadays.
With the global shakings in political,
cultural and social life becoming
everyday reality, so does the black and
white of medical sciences. Of paradox,
with the advent of modern technology,
mass travel migrations as well as
internet and social media developments,
the world of apparent security
has become increasingly small.
We, as physicians, face uncertainty
on many levels; from decision making
in daily clinical practice through supervision
of trainees to strategic plans
at our institutions, as well as personal
lives. The best solution to deal with
uncertainty is to admire clever skills
and get the wisdom to deal and solve
the problems in a proper way. Instead,
however, we live in the world of quantum
mechanics, where Schrödinger’s
cats dance with randomness of
the outcomes evoking the infinite
numbers of effects. Therefore we shall
use our power of mutual empathy
and reassurance to guide us, and the
others to influence the presence and
plan for the future. But where does
one acquire the skills and develop this
power? How can one develop these
skills and become a good leader?
For the most part, we learn these
skills from others. Few, however
become leaders; more are managers
and many fail. Of course, we can
learn from great doctors of the past.
Among them father of contemporary
medicine, Sir William Osler with his
famous quote: “The good physician
treats the disease, the great physician
treats the person who has the disease.”