The educational programme of the 16th Congress of ECCO is scheduled prior to the official start of the ECCO Congress. It covers activities for ECCO's different interest groups including young gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists, IBD Nurses and allied health professionals and scientists.
A novel educational activity for experienced gastroenterologists with an interest in IBD will be held for the first time at ECCO'21 in Copenhagen.
The 1st Guideline Methodology and GRADE Workshop took place at the 14th Congress of ECCO in Copenhagen.
At the 12th Congress of ECCO in 2016, N-ECCO and ClinCom launched together the 1st edition of the School for Clinical Trialists, tailored towards Clinical and IBD Nurses, and also allied health professionals. The School for Clinical Trialists is now fully organised by ClinCom.
The 6th D-ECCO Workshop will take place at the 16th Congress of ECCO in Copenhagen. The date of the course will be July 9, 2021, 08:15-12:25.
The ECCO-AOCC Forum is taking place every other year. The next one will take place again at ECCO'21.
The ECCO: EduCational COurses for Industry are now organised by ClinCom and are split up between the Basic and the Advanced ECCO: EduCational COurse for Industry. Both courses take place every other year.
The H-ECCO IBD Masterclass is organised by the Histopathologists of ECCO (H-ECCO). This course is divided into two sessions that cover different topics.
The annual IBD Intensive Course for Trainees is a one day course which takes place prior to the ECCO Congress. It was initiated in 2003 by EduCom with the general aim to provide advanced fellows and junior faculty in gastroenterology with a multidisciplinary broad base of knowledge in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
The Imaging Workshops are hands-on, practical workshops on endoscopy, bowel ultrasound and MRI for the evaluation and monitoring of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and provide a unique opportunity to gain specialist knowledge and some practical experience in this evolving field, which will facilitate non-invasive monitoring and change your practice.
The Imaging Workshops are hands-on, practical workshops on endoscopy, bowel ultrasound and MRI for the evaluation and monitoring of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and provide a unique opportunity to gain specialist knowledge and some practical experience in this evolving field, which will facilitate non-invasive monitoring and change your practice.
The N-ECCO Network Meeting provides educational and networking opportunities and covers all aspects of IBD with a mix of presentations from nursing, medical, surgical and paediatric specialties. It has been well attended with attendance increasing every year.
For several years ECCO has been exploring ways to increase nurse education opportunities throughout Europe. ECCO believes it is essential to develop a comprehensive, practical education programme for IBD Nurses, which aims to increase the number of IBD Nurses and enhances their role.
At the ECCO Congress in Copenhagen 2014, the Paediatric Committee launched a new educational activity with the goal to bring paediatric treatments closer to adult physicians as well as IBD Nurses and to provide continuous medical education with the ultimate aim to provide a smooth transition from paediatric to adult care. The P-ECCO Educational Course is taking place annualy at the ECCO Congress.
The 9th SciCom Workshop will take place at ECCO'21. The topic of the workshop is "Precision medicine in IBD: Disease prevention, progression and therapy outcomes"
Organised every year, the aims of this masterclass are to discuss all the aspects of IBD surgery in a multidisciplinary approach and to give insight into the new surgical medical strategy and surgical techniques. The S-ECCO IBD Masterclass focuses on a range of hot topics in IBD surgery.”
This workshop invites young basic scientists to present and discuss their own research with peers and senior opinion leaders.
The success of this Europe-wide nursing collaboration has provided momentum and an opportunity for nurses to connect on this matter, with N-ECCO having hosted the inaugural N-ECCO Research Forum for nurses at the ECCO’14 Copenhagen Congress.
The EpiCom Workshop’s focus is on the design and execution of epidemiological trials in IBD. The primary objective of the workshop is to explain the design and methodology of epidemiological studies. The course is designed for specialists and junior scientists with a special interest in epidemiology.
