WGO Training Center in La Paz, Bolivia

Introduction:

The Bolvian-Japanese Gastroenterology Institute (IGBJ) established the WGO Training Center with the mission to carry out yearly courses designed to complement and improve specialists’ training in gastroenterology, as acquired in their home countries. The course program is defined in conjunction by the WGO Education and Training Committee, the Bolivian Society of Gastroenterology (SBG) and the IGBJ, according to regional needs in training and an ethical approach to patient care.

The academic program includes basic sciences relevant to gastroenterology, as well as the latest concepts of gastrointestinal disease, with emphasis in diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases, given through formal lectures and interactive seminars.

Practical instruction in endoscopy, radiology, echography, echoendoscopy, TAC, motility studies etc. are provided through interactive programs, as well as live patient demonstrations.

Aims / Goals:

A) Main Objective:

To promote the highest standards for the development of the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy in Latin American countries.

B) Specific Objectives:

To upgrade, deepen and/or acquire knowledge about the specialty with its base in programs fundamentally directed to young specialists.
To develop a curriculum for training in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, appropriate to the local and regional necessities of medical care, by means of the use of innovative instruments of education and medicine, based on evidence, and sustained in ethics and scientific advances.
To establish programs of training that allow interaction in each training process.
To promote guidelines for better practice in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy.
To stimulate a favourable atmosphere for appropriate relationship building among trainees, national and foreign experts

Facilities:

The training center is located in the Bolvian-Japanese Gastroenterology Institute in La Paz, which is situated in a University General Hospital. The following department units are located in the hospital:

Department of Gastroenterology
- Outpatient Clinic
- Inpatient Clinic
- Endoscopy Unit; diagnostic and therapeutic
- EUS Unit
- Motility Unit
- Radiology and TAC
- Ultrasonography
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology
ICU
Clinical Laboratory
Pathology Laboratory

Areas of Training:

Endoscopy
Therapeutic Endoscopy
Radiology
Echography
Echoendoscopy
Motility studies

Contact person:

Professor Guido Villa-Gomez Roig
Director
Instituto de Gastroenterologia Boliviano - Japones
Castilla Postal 8578
La Paz
Bolivia
E-mail: villagomezroig@hotmail.com

Further Information:

For more comprehensive information on the La Paz Training Center, including trainee application process, course offerings, and other details which may be of importance to potential partners or trainees, please refer the downloadable La Paz Training Center Info Package:

La Paz Training Center Info Package ( )