ASGE to hold virtual, interactive endoscopy postgraduate course
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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has rescheduled their Endoscopy 2020 Postgraduate Course to be held virtually on July 18, 2020.
It was originally to be held during Digestive Disease Week in May.
The one-day event will bring experts from the world to present evidence-based endoscopic management as well as outcomes of gastrointestinal disorders and other related disorders. The course will be for practicing gastroenterologists, surgical endoscopists, gastroenterology trainees, endoscopy nurses and technicians, novices and fellows.
The 8-hour course will be moderated by three course directors: Mouen A. Khashab, MD, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Prabhleen Chahal, MD, FASGE, from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio, and Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MHES, MSc, FASGE, from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston.
“These are unprecedented times and of course we are used to the standard annual Postgraduate course at DDW,” Khasab told Healio Gastroenterology. “During this difficult time, we thought outside the box and we wanted to make sure that the annual course happens. We created this exciting virtual course that is interactive. I believe this is the first time we will have a large-scale interactive course similar to what we have [done in-person]”
“We did not eliminate anything that was very important for us as course directors, so we incorporated every aspect of the in-person course [and] transitioned it virtually,” Chahal told Healio Gastroenterology.
The postgraduate course will cover a range of topics such as gastrointestinal endoscopy including colonoscopy, endoscopic resection techniques, enhanced imaging, ablative techniques, pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and obesity management.
Khashab said the virtual course will be divided into four main parts of discussion that will include the upper GI, the colon, the pancreatic biliary part and miscellaneous. The course will promote audience participation by allowing them to ask questions. Additionally, the course will include 3 hours of interactive video sessions where experts present interesting or challenging cases.
“[The] audience will be able to participate by saying what their answer is, what the treatment modality is and what they think the problem is,” Khashab said. “Of course, this is very exciting for us to look forward to the audience participation in this course.”
Chahal noted experts will discuss new developments in endoscopy within the past 5 years and clinical evidence pertaining to routine clinical scenarios, colonoscopies and how to manage difficult polyps.
“In the foreseeable future, we'll be seeing more and more of these educational contents being delivered virtually and this will help other societies to navigate the online waters a little bit more,” Chahal said.
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