{"id":24988,"date":"2021-09-29T08:23:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T12:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=24988"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:32:25","slug":"conferences-and-didactic-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/gastroenterology-hepatology-fellowship\/conferences-and-didactic-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Conferences and Didactic Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UConn GI Faculty and Fellows with ACG Edgar Achkar Visiting Professor Amy S. Oxentenko, M.D., March 1, 2023<\/center><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

A variety of core conferences and didactic sessions are held on a weekly basis in the UConn Health Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and fellows are given four hours of protected time to attend these educational conferences weekly. In addition, other didactics occur in the GI divisions at our affiliated sites, and fellows find topics of interest in conferences sponsored by other departments such as Internal Medicine and Surgery at all training sites. In addition, our fellows attend local, regional and national GI conferences and are encouraged to participate in a board review course during training.<\/p>\n

Gastroenterology-Hepatology Grand Rounds<\/em><\/p>\n

Presented by fellows or local, regional or national invited guest faculty lecturers.<\/p>\n

GI Board Review<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows review Steinberg Board Review Course materials, including practice exam questions and answers, in a group study session with faculty.<\/p>\n

Radiology Review & Pathology Review<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows review interesting clinical cases with expert faculty radiologists and pathologists.<\/p>\n

Case Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows review difficult or interesting clinical cases with expert guest faculty input.<\/p>\n

Nutrition Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows present a variety of topics related to basic and clinical nutrition and nutritional disorders.<\/p>\n

Morbidity & Mortality Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows and faculty identify cases that demonstrate morbidity or mortality and incorporate elements of sharing experiences to identify clinical situations and management decisions that led to adverse outcomes.<\/p>\n

Apparent Cause Analysis Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows identify patient safety events for group discussion and analysis as a quality improvement process.<\/p>\n

Journal Club<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows and faculty review current or groundbreaking articles.<\/p>\n

GI Guidelines Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows review clinical guidelines from major gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy societies, including the AGA, ACG, AASLD and ASGE.<\/p>\n

ACG & DDW Update Conferences<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows who attend the annual American College of Gastroenterology conference or the Digestive Disease Week conference present summaries of new information learned.<\/p>\n

Motility Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Faculty and fellows present clinical updates on motility-related cases and topics.<\/p>\n

Esophageal Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Faculty and fellows present topics related to the esophagus for group discussion.<\/p>\n

IBD Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Faculty and fellows present clinical updates on IBD-related cases and topics.<\/p>\n

Endoscopy Conference<\/em><\/p>\n

Faculty and fellows review the ASGE\u2019s Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Self-Assessment Program (GESAP) modules and participate in exam-related question sessions on a variety of GI areas.<\/p>\n

Professional Development Workshop<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows participate in sessions focused on professional development such as contract signing, practice management, life after fellowship and well-being.<\/p>\n

Endoscopy In-Services<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows participate in hands-on training related to various equipment and materials encountered in the endoscopic setting.<\/p>\n

Summer Series Conferences<\/em><\/p>\n

Between the months of July and September, our fellows attend a series of introductory conferences focused on topics that help with on-call responsibilities as well as the prevention, evaluation and management of common clinical problems. Sessions on topics including IRB submissions, billing\/coding and procedure logs also occur.<\/p>\n

Multidisciplinary Conferences<\/em><\/p>\n

Fellows and faculty participate in multidisciplinary conferences focused on common clinical cases\/topics and share ideas regarding the management of complex patient cases. These conferences include a Combined Adult\/Pediatric GI Conference (with faculty and fellows in the Connecticut Children\u2019s Medical Center Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship), a GI\/Surgery Conference (with faculty and residents in the UConn General Surgery Residency), and multidisciplinary tumor boards and transplant conferences at Hartford Hospital & St. Francis Hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A variety of core conferences and didactic sessions are held on a weekly basis in the UConn Health Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and fellows are given four hours of protected time to attend these educational conferences weekly. In addition, other didactics occur in the GI divisions at our affiliated sites, and fellows find topics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":5665,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 11:11:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24988"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34357,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24988\/revisions\/34357"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}