2^nd GREAT GI DEBATES

ABOUT GREAT GI DEBATES

EBMed’s Great GI Debates is a hybrid meeting combining CME and networking/mentoring events for GI fellows, internal medicine residents, GI APPs, and early-career gastroenterologists. One of EBMed’s goals is to facilitate career development through networking opportunities and coaching and mentoring of women and underrepresented minorities in academic gastroenterology. Many of our senior and early-career faculty are experienced in these endeavors and will help you on your journey.

The CME portion of the meeting will focus on: (a) inflammatory bowel disease; (b) esophageal disorders, including acid-peptic disorders and eosinophilic esophagitis; and, (c) GI motility disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation; and, (d) GI approach to obesity management AND endoscopic innovation. Interactive formats will be emphasized with minimal traditional lectures.

Specific educational formats include:

• Debate: Two senior faculty will debate a provocative clinical question with a third senior faculty serving as judge, and a jury of 6 early-career GI faculty will vote on most persuasive presentation.
  [Note: Early-Career GI faculty consist of advanced GI fellows in IBD, GI motility, esophageal disorders or promising academic gastroenterologists who completed training within the past 3 years.]
• Case Presentation: Brief case/ patient presentation (HIPAA compliant) focused on specific treatment options. Presented by Early-Career Faculty to panel of senior faculty who will vote on specific management questions.
• “How I Do It:” Nationally-recognized leader discussing how she integrates clinical trial data and clinical experience when managing patients.

Formal presentations about developing a mentoring network, becoming a better patient advocate, improving diversity in your workplace and other career-building topics will be interspersed with these disease-focused presentations.