For the first time since 2013, the BSG Annual Scientific Conference returned to Glasgow, a city with strong links to the practice of medicine. The Clinical Services Journal visited the SEC to discover some of the highlights.
The British Society of Gastroenterology’s conference offered delegates an opportunity to update and refresh clinical practices, and to enjoy the challenge of academic debate. The conference of innovative content was arranged by outgoing senior secretary, Nick Thompson, who arranged a broad social programme of events.
The week’s academic offering included the BSG’s invited lectures, spanning science, medical politics and clinical practice. Fiona Powrie, former Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology, Oxford, and current director of the Kennedy Institute, started proceedings on Tuesday 18 June, with the Sir Arthur Hurst Lecture, ‘Host microbe interactions in the intestine: New therapeutic strategies for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases’.
The wide range of speakers included experts such as chief medical officer of Scotland, Catherine Calderwood, who spoke on personalised healthcare, Ben Page of Ipsos MORI, who reported on public perceptions of the NHS, and Gary Rolfe, emeritus Professor of nursing, who discussed the professional value of reflective learning.
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