What next for gastroenterology and hepatology trainee networks? Lessons from our surgical colleagues.
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Authors
Brookes, Matthew James
Issue Date
2022-01-01
Journal
Type
Editorial
Keywords
Gastroenterologists
Hepatologists
Training
Research networks
COVID-19
Inflammatory bowel disease
Hepatologists
Training
Research networks
COVID-19
Inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Title
Frontline Gastroenterology
Volume
13
Issue
1
Begin page
82
End page
85
Abstract
For once, the COVID-19 pandemic gives us a glimmer of hope. Through the pandemic, we used existing gastroenterology trainee research networks to encourage trainees to collate outcomes from their patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who developed COVID-19. This has again shown that the combined effort of trainees through networks can produce powerful data and at the time of writing has led to an accepted manuscript in the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal. While these projects were not exclusively trainee-led, they do highlight that under the right leadership these projects can compile powerful highly cited data while also giving trainees a platform to understand and get involved in research. Furthermore, there is an ongoing UK-led trainee initiative that is exploring variations in IBD practices across Europe with over 30 trainees across Europe taking part.
The future will hopefully see the gastroenterology and hepatology trainee networks across the country unite forces to achieve large-scale multicentre research akin to what the surgeons have achieved. With the correct ambition and buy-in from the important stakeholders interested in the trainee networks, we believe this can be achieved.
Citation
Segal J, Widlak M, Ingram RJM, Brookes MJ, Arasaradnam R. What next for gastroenterology and hepatology trainee networks? Lessons from our surgical colleagues. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar 11;13(1):82-85. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2021-101784. PMID: 34966536; PMCID: PMC8666854.