ESGENA E-News, 1/2014

	In this issue: Message from the President Call for Abstracts & Preliminary Programme for 18th ESGENA Conference in October 2014 in Vienna, Austria New ESGENA Governing Board ESGENA Training Centers Invitation to next ESGENA Annual General Assembly with ESGENA board election ESGE Symposia on Quality in Endoscopy Events calendar

Message from the President

Dear Colleague,

I hope, you had a good start into 2014.

Many of you attended the 17th ESGENA conference in October 2013 and enjoyed a very successful nurses meeting. I would like to thank the German board for their engaged and professional co-operation before and during the conference. It was a great pleasure to work with them, and the success of the ESGENA conference is always the result of professional teamwork. I would therefore also like to thank, in particular, the speakers, chairmen, tutors, and free paper and poster authors as their engagement made the congress come alive.

In 2014, the European conference will take place in Vienna for the third time. Preparations for the European conference are underway, ESGENA and the Austrian Society of Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (IVEPA) are working together to prepare an interesting event. Nurses from all over the world are invited to submit their abstracts for free paper and poster presentations by May 31, 2014. Please find the Call for Abstracts and the preliminary Programme enclosed. Learn more »

The University Hospital in Zagreb became the 2nd ESGENA Training Centre on March 21, 2014. Learn more »

The ESGENA Governing Board has great pleasure to welcome a new board member, Wendy Waagenes from Copenhagen Learn more »

ESGENA members are invited to attend the ESGENA Annual General Assembly which will be held during the ESGENA conference in Vienna. Learn more »

The ESGE is organizing the “Quality in Endoscopy - GI Bleeding Symposium” on November 28-29, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. ESGENA members qualify for a reduced registration fee. Learn more »

ESGENA representatives are also involved in ESGE Live Demonstrations on September 12-13, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic, supporting the live demonstrations as nurse tutors and offering special lectures and hands-on-training for nurses. Learn more »

Further interesting information has been published on the new ESGENA website. Learn more »

I look forward to welcoming our European and international colleagues to the ESGENA conference. See you in Vienna.

Michael Ortmann
ESGENA President

Call for Abstracts & Preliminary Programme for 18th ESGENA Conference in October 2014 in Vienna, Austria

In conjunction with the 22nd UEG Week, ESGENA and the Austrian Society for Endoscopy Nurses and Assistants (IVEPA) are organizing the European conference which will be held from October 18-20, 2014 in Vienna, Austria. The three day ESGENA conference will include state-of-the-art lectures, free papers & posters, lunch sessions, several workshops with hands-on training and live transmissions covering current topics in gastroenterology and endoscopy. The preliminary programme is now available on the ESGENA website. Learn more »

Call for Abstracts
ESGENA invites nurses from Europe and all over the world to present their experiences, studies and projects at the 18th ESGENA Conference in October 2014 in Vienna.
Deadline for submitting abstracts is May 31, 2014. Please find the detailed Call for Abstracts enclosed. Learn more »

Registration
Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the reduced fee during early registration which will close on 15th May 2014. Learn more »

Please note, it is essential that nurses bring a copy of their nurse’s professional standing or similar identification to the conference registration desk in order to prove their nurse’s status (confirmation by employer, proof of education or registration as nurse).

Any nurses who are interested in attending the UEG Week on Tuesday and Wednesday, should contact Ulrike Beilenhoff (ESGENA Scientific Secretary, email: UK-Beilenhoff@t-online.de

Ulrike Beilenhoff
ESGENA Scientific Secretariat

New ESGENA Governing Board

Following the Annual General Assembly in Berlin, ESGENA has a new Governing Board:

• President - Michael Ortmann, Switzerland
• Vice-President - Jayne Tillett, UK
• Secretary - Jadranka Brljak, Croatia
• Treasurer - Marjon de Pater, NL
• Councillors
  Enriqueta Hernandez-Soto, Spain
  Anita Jorgensen, Norway
  Wendy Waagenes, Denmark

Board Members also have special tasks:

• ESGENA News, E-News - Anita Jorgensen
• Website - Enriqueta Hernandez-Soto
• Workshop-Co-ordination - Michael Ortmann & Jadranka Brljak
• Grants - Jayne Tillett
• Membership - Wendy Waagenes
• ESGENA representatives in ESGE-Guideline Committee - Jayne Tillett, Jadranka Brljak, Ulrike Beilenhoff
• ESGENA representatives in ESGE-Education Committee - Marjon de Pater, Michael Ortmann, Wendy Waagenes

Learn more »

Jadranka Brljak
EESGENA General Secretary

ESGENA Training Centers

In June 2013 the University Hospital of Basle, Switzerland, became the first ESGENA Training Center. March 2014 the University Hospital of Zagreb, Croatia, became the second ESGENA Training Center. The ESGENA Education Working Group (EEWG) has developed quality criteria must be fulfilled in order to qualify as an ESGENA Training Center. ESGENA aims to establish a European network of training centres in European membership countries. ESGENA therefore invites highly qualified endoscopy departments to submit their applications.

Learn more »

Ulrike Beilenhoff
ESGENA Scientific Secretariat

Invitation to next ESGENA Annual General Assembly with ESGENA board election

The ESGENA Governing Board invites members to attend the next annual General Assembly, which will be held:

• during the 18th ESGENA Conference
• on Saturday 18 October 2014
• from 11.00-12.30 hours
• at the ACC in Vienna, Austria

In accordance with ESGENA’s statutes, the term of office of three board members will end at the time of the Conference in Vienna. Consequently, there will be three vacancies. Members of ESGENA are invited to stand for election to the governing board.
Learn more »

Jadranka Brljak
ESGENA General Secretary

ESGE Symposia on Quality in Endoscopy

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) continues the series of symposia on quality in Endoscopy with an interactive Symposium on management of GI Bleeding which will be held on November 28-29, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.

This symposium will cover topics including non-variceal upper GI bleeding, esophagogastric variceal bleeding, obscure bleeding, lower GI bleeding, post procedure bleeding, and the role of antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants in GI bleeding. Interaction, including the exchange of ideas, clinical experiences and knowledge, between faculty and participants is a central element of our symposia

Learn more »

ESGENA Members are eligible to receive a 50% registration fee reduction. To take advantage of this offer, please enter your ESGENA member ID in the membership ID field.

Ulrike Beilenhoff
ESGENA Scientific Secretariat

Events calendar

A number of interesting European and national conferences are scheduled to be held in 2014.
Learn more »