PTH-137 Endoscopy experience for UK trainees in khartoum, sudan: south yorkshire experience

Min, Thazin; Al-Rifaie, Ammar; Smith, Karen L.; Hurlstone, Paul; Abdo, Abdelmounem; Said, Elmuhtady; Donnelly, Mark

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2018-bsgabstracts.536

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“…17 Endoscopy-based projects have received the majority of BSG International grant funding, as endoscopy service development is a common goal worldwide and UK teams have established a track record of providing support with training and service improvement. [18][19][20] The initial grant application to visit Dhaka arose from a personal connection between the project lead and doctors working at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. The Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society (BGS) was actively involved and supported this initial training program which was held at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.…”

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The Role of National Specialist Societies in Influencing Transformational Change in Low-Middle Income Countries – Reflections on the Model of Implementation for a National Endoscopy Training Programme in Bangladesh

Hawkes¹,

Dave²,

Richards³

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The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and the Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society (BGS) have collaborated on an endoscopy training programme, which has grown up over the past decade from a small scheme borne out of the ideas of consultant gastroenterologists in Swansea, South Wales (United Kingdom) to improve gastroenterology services in Bangladesh to become a formalised training programme with broad reach. In this article, we document the socioeconomic and historical problems that beset Bangladesh, the current training needs of doctors and how the BSG-BGS collaboration has made inroads into changing outcomes both for gastroenterologists in Bangladesh, but also for the populations they serve.

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Section: Needs Assessment Phasementioning

confidence: 99%