ESGE Newsletter

Upcoming events

ESGE Quality Improvement committee

Professor Matt Rutter, ESGE, Quality Improvement committee chair.

The ESGE Quality Improvement Committee (ESGE QIC) is a recently launched ESGE initiative. Its mission is to improve the global quality of endoscopy and the delivery of patient-centered endoscopy services. It aims to promote a unifying theme of quality of endoscopy within ESGE activities, achieved by collaborating with other ESGE committees and working groups, and underpinned by a clear “quality improvement framework”. ESGE QIC wishes to assist all endoscopy units and endoscopists in achieving these standards.

ESGE QIC has formed working groups for Upper GI Endoscopy (chair: Raf Bisshops), Small Bowel (chair: Cristiano Spada), Pancreatobiliary (chair: Dirk Domagk), Lower GI (chairs: Michal Kaminski & Michael Bretthauer) and Endoscopy Service (chair: Roland Valori). One of the first aims of ESGE QIC is to produce core evidence-based Quality Measures for endoscopy, outlining minimum and target performance standards for endoscopists.

We encourage and welcome any suggestions for future activities that aim to improve endoscopy quality across ESGE’s territory. Learn more about QIC at http://www.esge.com/esge-quality-improvement-committee.html.

Quality in Endoscopy symposium: GI Bleeding

November 28 – 29, 2014
Berlin, Germany

We are pleased to announce the introduction of Hands-on training on Sunday, November 30. This morning session will provide a limited number of participants the opportunity to hone their skills under expert guidance. In order to increase contact time with the faculty specialists, we will allow a total of 24 participants. Taken on a first come first serve basis, hands-on training delegates can sign up when registering online.

We would also like to thank UEG for supporting this endeavour with an educational grant.

Important deadlines:

Abstract submission deadline:
August 31, 2014

Case submission deadline:
August 31, 2014

Early registration fee deadline:
September 21, 2014

Online registration deadline:
November 23, 2014

For more symposium information, please visit www.quality-in-endoscopy.org

Quality in Endoscopy symposium: Colonoscopy & colonic neoplasms

April 17 – 18, 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
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