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UNITED EUROPEAN GASTROENTEROLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 750-755Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2050640617713936
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Training; education; scientific societies; gastroenterology
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- UEG National Societies Committee (Chair: Luigi Ricciardiello)
- UEG Secretariat Staff (Julia Kasper, Wilma Hofer and Sorika Berner-Alteneder)
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One of the aims of the Young Talent Group (YTG) is to make United European Gastroenterology (UEG) more attractive for young fellows interested in gastroenterology, and to involve them actively in UEG activities, by collaborating with young GI sections (YGIS) across Europe. Therefore, the YTG launched a survey to collect up-to-date information on YGISs belonging to UEG National Societies. The Friends of YTG were chosen as the target population and received a web-based questionnaire concerning their personal information, the structure of YGIS in their respective country, the YGIS' support mechanisms for young trainees, and ideas on how to improve them. Overall, 24 of 29 Friends answered the survey (83%). Among the Societies surveyed, only half have a young section. Typically, YGIS are supported, but not influenced, by National Societies through several initiatives. Results of the survey suggest that a lack of funding, of harmonised education, and of active roles available within National Societies, were the concerns most prevalent among young fellows. Our survey shows that the development of YGIS is being hindered by organisational, financial, and political issues. The YTG believes that a close collaboration between National Societies, UEG, and the YTG is necessary in order to offer young fellows the most productive and professionally satisfying future possible.
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