Introducing GIEQs IV - the Fourth Edition of the Ghent International Endoscopy Quality and Safety Symposium

A Symposium Dedicated to Promoting Safety and Quality in Everyday Endoscopy.

Concept - "We can do Everyday Endoscopy Better"

October 2020 - we launched our first international symposium on Everyday Endoscopy.

October 2021 was our second edition - expanded faculty and more delegates, broadening the idea of Everyday Endoscopy.

September 29th and 30th 2022 will be the dates our annual symposium pushes the concept of Everyday Endoscopy to an exciting new level. Read on to find out more...


Everyday Endoscopy Needs a Home

For too long Endoscopy symposia have focussed on novel, complex or niche procedures that are not performed by the vast majority of endoscopists.

There is a clear need for a high-quality meeting focused on procedures that all endoscopists perform.

Fundal Varices Retroflexion View
Gastric Varices viewed in Retroflexion - our Masterclass on therapy of Gastric Varices during GIEQs I was a highlight for many viewers and is one of the most viewed videos on GIEQs Online

GIEQs focusses on these procedures:

  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopic Therapy for Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • ERCP
  • EUS
  • Lesion Detection, Assessment and Decision-making
  • Basic endoscopic therapeutic procedures including the basics of Colonic Polypectomy
  • Training in Endoscopic Procedures
  • Common Mistakes / Controversies in Endoscopic Practice
  • System approaches to improve the quality and safety of endoscopy

Deconstruction: the key to the GIEQs Approach

How do you learn any practical skill? Think back to when you learned to drive. Did your parents try to teach you how to drive? Did they do a good job? If you are like us, they did not.

Why not? Our parents were able to drive a car, but most found it difficult to explain the key actions required to drive safely. In contrast, our driving instructors knew exactly how to teach us to drive.

This is the key to learning an endoscopic skill. Having the knowledge to explain why certain things work in certain situations based on instrument mechanics and the underlying pathophysiology and anatomy.

All endoscopic procedures can be deconstructed in this way. GIEQs brings deconstructed education of endoscopic procedures to the mainstream using a combination of virtual, live and symposium-based education.

Deconstructed approach to polypectomy
Deconstruction of Colonic Polypectomy - this figure is a simple deconstruction of colonic polypectomy. We use this approach to throughout the whole of GIEQs, from the Symposium to the Online Learning Library. Of course all endoscopic procedures can be deconstructed in this way.

View Examples of Our Deconstructed Approach


GIEQs IV – a Virtual-Live meeting with High-Definition Streaming

Our next meeting will be bigger, improving on our previous experience and delivery. It will be a VIRTUAL event streamed directly in high definition to our custom online learning platform. The same production standards that defined the first two editions will be maintained.

You can choose your format:

  • Attend VIRTUALLY on our custom-made platform for an in-room experience right up close to the action and like no other
  • Setup a LIVE experience dependent on your local situation for a true face-to-face experience with group interaction and upskilling
  • Attend VIRTUALLY after the event.

LIVE participants gain all of the above in their registration package.


Content

Our provisional programme for GIEQs IV is below. You will notice a focus on a simple, deconstructed approach to key issues in endoscopic practice.

Whether you attend live or virtually you can expect the following

  • High-definition visuals
  • All content linked together by tags*
  • Ability to ask questions directly to the experts performing procedures and panel
  • Combination of live endoscopy, case-based discussion and cartoon-based whiteboard teaching to improve understanding of important concepts
  • Content equally relevant for trainees and experienced endoscopists

View the draft scientific programme

View Examples of Our Content and Approach

Heater probe use to treat a visible vessel in a duodenal ulcer
GIEQs II - Demonstration of Best Practice - using a Gold Probe to treat a Visible Vessel within a Duodenal Ulcer


Faculty

This year we have invited experts who have really impacted the practice of everyday endoscopic practice. We have gone out of our way to be inclusive and to ensure a broad range of expertise.

Our provisional External faculty includes:

Professor Michael Bourke

Opinion Leader in Polypectomy Practice and ERCP

Dr John Anderson

Opinion Leader in Endoscopy Training and Polypectomy

Dr Roland Valori

Opinion Leader in Colonoscopy Training, Post Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer and Quality Improvement in Endoscopy

Professor Raf Bisschops

Opinion Leader in Endoscopic Imaging, Barrett's Oesophagus and Quality Improvement in Endoscopy

Dr Nigel Trudgill

Opinion Leader in Upper GI Cancer after Gastroscopy

Dr John Morris

Opinion Leader in Upper GI Bleeding

Dr Steven Heitman

Opinion Leader in Colon Cancer Screening

Dr Amir Klein

Opinion Leader in Polypectomy Practice

Dr Paul Dunckley

Opinion Leader in Endoscopy Training

Dr Manmeet Matharoo

Safety in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Dr Mayenaaz Sidhu

Polypectomy Practice

More faculty to be announced soon. Watch this space.


Pricing

We commit to keeping the costs of our flagship event down as much as possible. For this we are grateful to a large number of companies for their sponsorship of the event.

To lock in this unique experience for the best possible price we advise you to register as soon as possible, certainly before the early bird deadline of 1st July 2022.


Join us Virtually, 29 and 30th September 2022

Or organise your own group experience!

We very much look forward to seeing you there!