Education and Training
Did you attend DDW 2019? Your registration included two years of free online access to DDW On Demand, a CME accredited digital library with 450 hours of non-ticketed presentations from this year's meeting. Read more
Gain access to hundreds of hours of recorded sessions from Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2019 and earn CME credits with DDW On Demand. Read more
An SSAT joint symposium with the International Society of Digestive Surgery (ISDS) at DDW on Tuesday, May 21, featured a series of presentations covering the latest evidence-based updates on paraesophageal, inguinal, ventral and parastomal hernia repairs. Garth R. Jacobsen, MD, FACS, opened the symposium with a discussion o... Read more
Carol A. Burke, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE, FACP, and Joseph C. Anderson, MD, MHCDS, FACG, shared practical ways physicians and institutions can decrease the chance for burnout in the AGA symposium "Balancing Work and Life While Avoiding Burnout in Gastroenterology" on Sunday afternoon. Read more
Monday’s SSAT Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecturer David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, offered suggestions for overcoming challenges associated with value-based health care models as they continue to evolve. Read more
"DDW attendees can choose from three options to claim CME: 1. Tap “Claim My CME” on the DDW Mobile App to access the CME website. 2. Visit a registration kiosk on-site. 3. Go to www.ddw.org/cme following the meeting." Read more
SSAT President Steven C. Stain, MD, reviewed some of the society’s key initiatives and accomplishments over the past year and shared his thoughts on both the challenges and the opportunities that lie ahead for the society and the specialty during his presidential address “Our Path Forward” on Sunday. Read more
Shivakumar Vignesh, MD, FASGE, AGAF, discusses efforts to help instructors and faculty become better endoscopy trainers in order to reduce variations in endoscopic skill development in trainees. Read more
“I believe we’re facing a crisis in medical education on two levels,” says Brian Davis, MD, FACS, FASGE. See what he means in Monday's session "Video Coaching and Certification to Enable Competency Based Surgical Education." Read more