Since 2011, the Trainees Section has become one of the largest and most vibrant bodies within the Society, further developing and delivering training, education, leadership, representation and networking for registrars across the UK.
The Trainees Section organise a number of well-recognised events, including the Management and Leadership Weekend, the Education Weekend and the Taster Weekend, as well as playing an important role in the programme of the BSG Annual Meeting. Trainees have representation on every BSG committee and have led on a number of important initiatives, including writing national BSG guidelines.
Trainees Resources
Trainee Research Networks
Trainee research networks are a collaborative effort to conduct high-quality multicentre audits or research that is led, designed and delivered by trainees. Our specialty has been able to produce some truly impactful research, and we look forward to future work and collaborations.
BSG Mentoring
The BSG Mentoring programme aims to help our members with their career growth and development by strategically matching those who are looking for additional knowledge or advice with suitable mentors. We have two mentoring programmes available: the main programme "BSG Mentoring Programme” is open to all full members of the BSG, consultants, trainees, nurses and allied health professionals. The new subsidiary programme "IMT3 to GI Registrar” is open to IMT's who hold a Taster membership of the BSG and to Trainees who wish to mentor the IMT's. It is designed to support IMT's through the application and interview process to become a GI Registrar and obtain a Gastroenterology training number.
BSG Endorsed Fellowships
Browse a selection of fellowships in the UK, endorsed by the BSG for their quality. The BSG is aiming to develop a comprehensive database of these opportunities for our members. If you have a fellowship to submit for endorsement by the BSG, please make an application at the bottom of the page.
Travelling Fellowships
Expand your horizons with the BSG’s new Travelling Fellowship Programme. Connect, learn and be inspired by peers across national and international gastroenterology and hepatology centres, whatever your professional role, fostering new perspectives that enrich both patient care and your own professional development. Open to all BSG members, regardless of clinical background or experience, fellows are expected to focus their visit on a specific aspect of practice, with clear learning or knowledge-sharing goals.
Read feedback reports by Wenhao Li and Amy Johnson who were previously awarded travelling fellowships.
The new Shape of Training changes means that gastroenterology speciality training has reduced from 5 years to 4 years. One major impact of this is on endoscopy training – previously trainees were reaching competency usually quite close to the end of training, so there has been a need to change the structure of endoscopy training to allow for the shorter time spans. Endoscopy Academies are being developed across each region in the UK, and we discuss those, as well as other changes that might affect endoscopy training, and tips for getting ahead of the curve with endoscopy training in this interview.
Watch it hereBSG Trainees Podcast
The BSG Trainees Podcast launches with a series of interviews with key figures in gastroenterology, exploring how they developed their passion for gastroenterology and their work. Think of The Life Scientific but “The Life Enteric”!
Listen to the latest from the BSG Trainees. Topics covered include: Getting a training number - portfolio and application and the interview and OOP opportunities in Nutrition Hepatology.
The BSG Trainees Podcast is back! Your new hosts, Sonika Sethi and Rohith Kumar, will be bringing you new episodes over the coming months, so subscribe on SoundCloud if you don’t want to miss out.
The Original BSG Trainees Podcast, so subscribe on SoundCloud if you don’t want to miss out.
| First name | Surname | Committee Position | Region | Date Elected | End of Term |
| Georgina | Kerry | Committee Chair | North East Thames | 2024 | 2026 |
| Ricia | Gwenter | Ex Officio; Ex Chair | Wessex | 2025 | 2026 |
| Alexander | Johnston | Committee Member | Severn/South West | 2024 | 2026 |
| Asim | Hamza | Committee Member | Mersey | 2024 | 2026 |
| Josh | Orpen-Palmer | Committee Member | West of Scotland | 2024 | 2026 |
| Laura | White | Committee Member; Deputy Chair | North West Thames | 2024 | 2026 |
| Mohamed | Shiha | Committee Member; Deputy Chair | East Midlands | 2024 | 2026 |
| Olivia | Taylor | Committee Member | Peninsula | 2025 | 2027 |
| Jennifer | Cathcart | Committee Member | East of Scotland | 2023 | 2026 |
| Sarala | Janarthanan | Committee Member | East of England | 2025 | 2027 |
| Sana Zehra | Rajani | Committee Member | Oxford | 2025 | 2027 |
| Nicola | McCallion | Committee Member | NI | 2025 | 2027 |
| Hannah | Morgan | Committee Member | North West | 2024 | 2026 |
| Dominic | Maxfield | Committee Member | Northern | 2025 | 2027 |
| Michael | Colwill | Committee Member | SW Thames | 2025 | 2027 |
| Molly | Thorpe | Committee Member | Wales | 2025 | 2027 |
| Lujain | Hassan | Committee Member | Wessex | 2025 | 2027 |
| Amar | Srinivasa | Committee Member | West Midlands | 2025 | 2027 |
| Aishwarya | Chitnis | Committee Member | KSS | 2025 | 2027 |
| Muhammad Sharoz | Rabbani | Committee Member | Yorkshire and Humber | 2025 | 2027 |
| Sarah | Faloon | BAPEN rep | Ex officio | ||
| Wenhao | Li | BASL Trainee rep | Ex Officio | ||
| Rebecca | Brown | Endoscopy rep | Ex officio | ||
| Aaron | Bancil | NIHR Trainee representative | Ex Officio | ||
| Maya | Thrasher | Committee Member | IMT representative | 2024 | 2026 |
| Hannah | Morrison | Committee Member | FY representative | 2024 | 2026 |
| Alice | Buckley | Committee Member | FY representative | 2024 | 2026 |
| Maddie | Sharpe | Other Co-Opted | Podcasts and IMT representative | 2025 | 2026 |