WGO Training Centers

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31 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JULY 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events WGO Training Centers The World Gastroenterology Or-ganisation (WGO) Training Centers were established to offer trainees in locations of need the opportunity to enhance their skills and further their education in gastroenterology, hepa-tology, and related fields. Since the first WGO Training Centers (TCs) launched in 2001, the program has grown to 23 TCs, with most located in developing regions, including eight on the African continent, six in the Asian Pacific region, and six in Central/South America. All 23 WGO Training Centers work around the year with local GI units, WGO Member Societies, and government bodies to provide their respective re-gions with the highest quality training 23 WGO Training Centers around the world. in the field of digestive health. This year, WGO introduced a new WGO Scholar/Trainee program to these pres-tigious Centers to encourage longer training periods. This new program allows TCs to nominate distinguished trainees for WGO funding to con-tinue their education at a WGO TC. Together with this new WGO Scholar/Trainee program, 2016 so far has seen many exciting developments in the Training Center program. These range from some impressive courses at the La Paz and Khartoum Training Centers to the inauguration of two new WGO Training Centers in Africa. In conjunction with their inaugura-tion ceremony, the Nairobi Training Center in Kenya held an impressive three day symposium, which included WGO President, David Bjorkman, among many distinguished lectur-ers. With the launch of the Blantyre Training Center in Malawi, WGO gained its first Training Center located in a country without a GI society. This ambitious TC will work to create a pool of GI professionals in a region that currently does not have any na-tive gastroenterologists. This together is a small fraction of the inspiring work going on at the WGO Train-ing Centers, and we looks forward to sharing their exciting developments in the issues to come!


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