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.
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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.
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”!
Dr Shahida Din, Chair of the IBD Committee, and Dr Jonathan Blackwell - both Consultant Gastroenterologists at the Edinburgh IBD Unit - are joined by Mrs Fiona Rees, Consultant Pharmacist at University Hospitals Sussex.
Part one of a seven part series discussing different elements of the BSG IBD Main Guideline publishing in June 2025.
The latest Top to Bottom Podcast - Colorectal Polyps in patients with limited life expectancy
| 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 |