BASIC UPPER GIT ENDOSCOPY SHORT COURSE 2020
Event Description
BASIC UPPER GIT ENDOSCOPY COURSE
Supported by an educational grant from THE GASTROENTEROLOGY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Course Convenor: Dr Gayla Chinnery
Course 1: Thursday 27th February 2020
Course 2: Thursday 6 August 2020
This course has been running for over five years and is aimed at the novice/beginner wanting to feel more comfortable with the scope and consumables before starting formal endoscopy training. It includes a morning of interactive lectures on anatomy, common pathology, cleaning of scopes, sedation, diathermy, practical tips and tricks when starting upper endoscopy, followed by an afternoon of practical experience including scope cleaning, negotiating the porcine model, biopsy,
foreign body retrieval, clip application, variceal band ligation, snaring and hot polypectomy, and placement of a PEG.
Venue:
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch 7700
Cape Town
Registration fee: R1500
More information: galyachinnery@gmail.com
Bookings: melissa.mohamed@uct.ac.za