On 27 Oct 2015
A few days prior to ESCP Dublin 2015, twelve senior trainees in coloproctology took part in pre-congress placements at six centres of excellence in Ireland. The host centres welcomed the trainees for two days, allowing them to participate in each centre’s day-to-day clinical activities. Here are the trainees' reports.On 7 Oct 2015
UEG Week Live is UEG’s new interactive platform which allows you to connect directly to UEG Week Barcelona 2015 (October 24-28), follow over 100 scientific sessions via livestream and post questions directly to the podium from anywhere in the world.On 7 Oct 2015
Many congratulations to our prizewinners from ESCP Dublin! Milou Martens (the Netherlands) won the BJS Society Prize for the Best of the Six Best Papers, and Sebastian Smolarek (United Kingdom) won the Best Lunchtime Poster award. They were presented with their prizes at the meeting.On 23 Sep 2015
Since 2008, ESCP have arranged short visits to centres that are local to the annual conference, with full support from Covidien who provided an educational grant to cover travel expenses and local accommodation. These grants have enabled young surgeons to get a glimpse of operations in another centre/country.On 10 Sep 2015
At this year’s ESCP meeting in Dublin, Ireland, Professor Andrea Coratti (Chief, Division of Oncological and Robotic General Surgery, Professor at General Surgery School, University of Florence and the University of Siena, Italy), will outline in his Keynote Lecture the role of robotics in colorectal surgery and assess whether it is time for the technology to be more widely adopted in Europe…Page 2 of 5