Clinics in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

At UEGW Berlin 2006 we piloted a new format of case discussions in the presence of a multi-disciplinary team of experts.  There was a 120 or 90 minute session on each of the three days of the core meeting and generally it seemed to me that the sessions were well received.  Some cases worked better than others.  The most successful were those cases in which there was a real dilemma about the diagnosis or the appropriate therapeutic intervention.  The least successful were the presentations of rare or unusual disorders as the cases produced little discussion.

The Scientific Committee has decided to run this format again in Paris 2007 and we are therefore putting out a call for clinical cases as we did for Berlin.  Cases will be peer reviewed as before but preference will be given to those cases which present management dilemmas and therefore likely to promote lively inter-disciplinary discussion. 

The early indicators are that the Paris UEGW 2007 will be a resounding success and the Scientific Committee will maintain the tradition of a balanced programme which will include a range of symposia on clinical updates, the best of European gastrointestinal and liver science and some excellent training opportunities for trainees and established gastroenterologists.

Professor Michael Farthing
Chairman, UEGF Scientific Committee

The aim of these sessions is to promote discussion on clinical management problems that fall outside standard clinical guidelines. Clinical cases will be presented, ideally by individuals who have managed the cases, and illustrated by high quality endoscopy, radiology and pathological images. The case is discussed by a multi disciplinary panel who would comment on the clinical presentation
and management strategies. The audience will be invited to comment on the case throughout the presentation and case discussion and invited to vote at intervals on diagnostic and treatment options.