Around 200 delegates recently gathered for the Irish Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) Summer Meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork, on 23-24 May. Learning when errors occur and recognising the impact errors have on staff is critical to help improve patient safety, she concluded. However, over time it became clear there was a need to improve the structure of endoscopy training, he said. Overall, Prof Doherty concluded that there is evidence that simulation training is useful in endoscopy training, not just at the foundation stage but throughout training. It was announced that Dr Manus Moloney will be the next President of the ISG, with his term commencing in the summer of 2025.

Source: Irish Independent June 19, 2024 16:40 UTC