
New events and webinars for your diary
WEBINAR: Liver Highlights from BSG LIVE'24
Join us on Tuesday 17th September from 6pm - 7pm as we take a look back at the Liver highlights from this year's BSG LIVE'24 which took place in Birmingham this June.
This webinar will be chaired by BSG Secretary, Dr Safa Al-Shamma who will be joined by Prof Stuart McPherson.
IN PERSON: BAPEN / BSG Basic Nutrition Training Day
Save the date for this 1-day basic nutrition training day for trainees taking place at the IET Austin Court, Birmingham on Monday 7th October 2024.
Key learning objectives:
- Understanding of core concepts of nutrition including identifying malnutrition and managing refeeding syndrome
- Troubleshooting of enteral tubes – both a theoretical and practical approach
- Managing emergency nutrition in patients with eating disorders
- Dealing with nutritional problems as the oncall registrar
WEBINAR: IBD Highlights from BSG LIVE'24
Join us on Tuesday 22nd October from 6pm - 7pm as we take a look back at the IBD highlights from this year's BSG LIVE'24 which took place in Birmingham this June.
This webinar will be chaired by BSG Secretary, Dr Safa Al-Shamma who will be joined by Dr Shahida Din and Dr Gareth Parkes as they explore the following highlights from BSG LIVE:
- Optimizing the monitoring strategies in IBD: why, who and how
- Chronic Pouchitis what you need to know
- Framework for Professional Practice for Nurses
- Working in IBD in Adult and Paediatric Care
- IBD research highlights and top scoring IBD orals
- IBD and Liver Disease
- Scoping the Patient with IBD
- IBD Therapeutic Choices in Special Situations
- IBD Inflammation Outside the Gut
- High Quality IBD Care in 2024
IN PERSON: Transforming Medicine through the Gut/Microbiota Interface: Towards Microbial Therapeutics for Human Diseases
Save the date for this 1.5 day conference focusing on the Gut/Microbiota taking place at the Surgeons Quarter, Edinburgh on 6th - 7th March 2025.
Dates/times:
- Thursday 6th March: 13:30 - 17:00
- Friday 7th March: 09:00 - 16:00
Key learning objectives:
- Understand the tools available to describe the gut microbiome in 2024
- Understand progress from faecal microbiota transplant towards targeted microbial engraftment.
- Understand the role of diet in microbial manipulation and how diet is becoming a core Crohn’s disease therapy across all ages.

Gastroenterology SpRs - "Highlights from Gut" ambassador opportunity
The BSG is keen to strengthen its links with the journal, Gut. As part of this initiative, we hope to have a new section of our BSG newsletter every month dedicated to highlighting the best content in Gut that is relevant to all BSG members, be those interested in IBD, Hepatology, Endoscopy, HPB and Nutrition.

BSG Travelling Fellowship – AASLD and visit to the National Institute of Health in Baltimore
This fellowship aims to offer an opportunity for a trainee who has a strong interest in Hepatology to attend AASLD’s Liver Meeting in Washington DC, USA in November 2025 to see the latest research and clinical updates in Hepatology.

Call for nominations – 24th ECCO IBD Intensive Course for Trainees
The annual IBD Intensive Course is a 1-day course which takes place prior to the ECCO Congress. This is an excellent educational opportunity and a prestigious event, with those who have been in the past rating this very highly.