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through a variety of teambuilding and
small group activities that highlighted
the beauty and history of Romanian
culture. All attendees were treated to
the best of Bucharest by their kind
Romanian hosts.
Participants and faculty TTT Report Back Session
TTT Bucharest: A Global “United
Nations” Gathering
Wai-Kay Seto, MD
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The World Gastroenterology Organisation
TTT Workshop is a great course to equip
oneself in the philosophies and concepts of teaching
and training.
Right at the start of the workshop, my first impression
was: if only this were taught in medical school! I
have been working in an academic institution in Hong
Kong for more than 6 years, teaching medical students,
postgraduate students, junior doctors and gastroenterology
trainees on a regular basis. And yet, after going
through the course, I feel there is so much more one
can improve in teaching and education. The workshop
adopts a real-life perspective on gastroenterology teaching
and training in the classroom, in the clinical setting
and during endoscopies and procedures. The breakout
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Train the Trainers Bucharest:
Tremendous Power of Active
Learning
Lidia Ciobanu, MD
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
My name is Lidia Ciobanu (Munteanu)
and I am one of the attendees of the WGO Train the
Trainers Workshop recently held in Bucharest from
1-4 April 2019.
This meeting joined gastroenterologists from
many countries and cultures, with different levels of
practice, with very different scientific and educational
careers. The topics were also very diverse: Education,
Teaching Procedural Skills, e-Learning, Preparation of
an Abstract, Professionalism, Evidence Based Medicine,
Critical Appraisal, Publications, Trial Design,
Assessment, Appraisal and Credentialing, Writing
Multiple Choice Questions, Interpersonal Skills and
Team Working. When I first saw the attendees and
Four Days of Intense Work and Fun in
Bucharest, Romania!
Nancy Fanous, MD
Cairo, Egypt
In 2013, I had the honor to join the
WGO Cairo Training Center (CTC)
through its director, Prof. Ibrahim Mostafa. I was much
impressed by the vision, mission and the great work it
carried on its shoulders to promote medical services in
Africa in the field of gastroenterology, hepatology and
endoscopy. Since its start in 2004, about 300 of my
fellow African doctors have been trained through the
WGO CTC & gone back to serve their people with the
knowledge they gained.
I knew about the TTT courses provided by WGO a
few years before through CTC and always appreciated
their caliber. In October 2018, and upon request from
WGO for nomination, I was nominated by CTC director,
Prof. Ibrahim Mostafa to join the TTT in Bucha-
Train the Trainers, Bucharest: A
Romanian Perspective
Carmen Monica Preda, MD
Bucharest, Romania
Train the Trainers Bucharest 2019 was for
me a great opportunity to improve my
educational skills in gastroenterology, hepatology and
endoscopy.
On this occasion I met extraordinary professionals
from these domains and colleagues from all over the
world. Here is a summary of the sessions:
Professor Naima Amrani taught me how to write a
presentation and good ways to deliver to my students.
The technique of teaching someone endoscopy was
explained to us by Professor Damon Bizos, which is
very useful for my daily practice.
Trial design, presented by Professor David Bjorkman
has had a great importance for me, which makes
me want to improve myself further in epidemiology.
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