BSG ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
BSG Annual Conference 2019
For the first time since 2013, the BSG Annual Scientific Conference returned to Glasgow, a city with strong links to the practice of medicine. The Clinical Services Journal visited the SEC to discover some of the highlights.
The British Society of Gastroenterology’s conference offered delegates an opportunity to update and refresh clinical practices, and to enjoy the challenge of academic debate. The conference of innovative content was arranged by outgoing senior secretary, Nick Thompson, who arranged a broad social programme of events.
The week’s academic offering included
the BSG’s invited lectures, spanning science, medical politics and clinical practice. Fiona Powrie, former Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology, Oxford, and current director of the Kennedy Institute, started proceedings on Tuesday 18 June, with the Sir Arthur Hurst Lecture, ‘Host microbe interactions in the intestine: New therapeutic strategies for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases’. The wide range of speakers included
experts such as chief medical officer of Scotland, Catherine Calderwood, who spoke on personalised healthcare, Ben Page of Ipsos MORI, who reported on public perceptions of the NHS, and Gary Rolfe, emeritus Professor of nursing, who discussed the professional value of reflective learning. As a UK society, the BSG is focused on its international networks, and this year it brought together a symposium on the challenges of liver disease and nutrition in the global setting. The IBD section included a shared symposium with French GetAid representatives, who took part in a shared symposium on risk in IBD. Within the UK, the work of BSG’s colleagues was recognised in the Four Nations Symposium and the Ceilidh, which took place on Wednesday 19 June. This was hosted by the BSG’s sister society, the SSG (Scottish Society of Gastroenterology).
Show highlights
Catherine Calderwood, chief medical officer for Scotland, gave the ‘New Perspective Lecture’ entitled ‘Realistic medicine – personalised care in gastroenterology’. Her pertinent talk set out the four important behaviours of a compassionate leader: attending; understanding; empathising; and
helping. She also discussed how spending time with patients saved time – and, more importantly, improved patient outcomes. This year the BSG launched a new
partnership with French colleagues from GetAid; new IBD Standards with Crohn’s and Colitis UK, and a mentoring programme was opened up to nurses as well as other medical clinicians.
The BSG 2019 Social Scene included a
fun run, organised by the trainees section, and saw Martin McDonnell from University Hospital Southampton take first place. The 5K run raised almost £400 for Guts UK. Over 200 guests attended the BSG’s first ever Ceilidh, with a civic reception held at the Kelvin Grove Museum and Art Gallery. The final votes in the BSG elections took place at the annual meeting and the results were announced at the BSG 2019 AGM. Four women won a seat on Council and the Supporting Women in Gastroenterology Network was ratified to formally become a section.
This year saw the second joint plenary symposium, in which Emeritus Professor of Nursing at Swansea University, Gary Rolfe shared his experiences of advanced clinical nursing and reflective practice. For the first time, the BSG provided a dedicated GI nutrition symposium which covered the MDT approach to enteral feeding, and an overview of nutritional support requirements for patients with GI and hepatobiliary disease. There was also a designated symposium exploring GI nursing, with talks from Professor Christine Norton
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RN MA PhD, professor of clinical nursing research at King’s College London, and Dr Phedra Dodds, consultant nurse practitioner at NHS Wales. This session also looked at the role of the gastro/liver advanced nurse practitioner and provided information on post grad education for GI nurses. The second plenary ended with Ben
Page, CEO of Ipsos MORI, whose talk was ‘Patients’ perceptions of the NHS’. His presentation reaffirmed the views that the NHS should be free at the point of care. However, he added that it was unlikely that services would be free in 70 years’ time. WaterAid become the recipient of a £6,000 donation, following the decision by the BSG to forego giving delegates a gift at registration.
During the event, it was also announced
that Nick Johnson would be leaving as The British Society of Gastroenterology’s senior secretary, to be replaced by Stuart McPherson.
EndoVillage 2019
After the successes of the BSG EndoVillages of 2017 and 2018, there was an even bigger number of workshops at BSG 2019 Glasgow. The workshops ran throughout the afternoon of Tuesday 18 June and all day Wednesday 19 June at a dedicated area in the exhibition hall. Visitors had the option to choose from two of the many stations, covering a wide variety in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Each delegate, at their chosen station, had the opportunity to have tailored hands-on practice and upskilling, facilitated by experienced trainers in their field.
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