ANZGITA In The News
Chris Hair and Karen Kempin visited Samoa in March for a week. There were 3 medical trainees. Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy Flexible Sigmoidoscopy, UGIB emergency endoscopy procedures were performed and assistance in unit operations, guidelines and more was provided.
Following is an example from Chris of enginuity that ANZGITA and our partners apply in circumstances where resources and facilities are simply not available but a way has to be found. Chris' comment is, "One of the hardest techniques to teach -'reducing the loop' during colonoscopy. In this case we've used a box to hide the loop from Dr Folo, who then attempts to reduce the loop by using the 'feel' of the scope, tactile feedback as the loop in the endoscope is first pulled back, and then rotated to straighten out. Cost us nothing to build this simulation, yet gave a learning experience that money can't buy."
Following is an example from Chris of enginuity that ANZGITA and our partners apply in circumstances where resources and facilities are simply not available but a way has to be found. Chris' comment is, "One of the hardest techniques to teach -'reducing the loop' during colonoscopy. In this case we've used a box to hide the loop from Dr Folo, who then attempts to reduce the loop by using the 'feel' of the scope, tactile feedback as the loop in the endoscope is first pulled back, and then rotated to straighten out. Cost us nothing to build this simulation, yet gave a learning experience that money can't buy."
Chris Hair and Karen Kempin are off to Samoa in March for a week (after a delay due to Cyclone Gita) to provide training and advice. Funding is by the Australian Government Pacific Islands Program which is administered by RACS.
ANZGITA has secured Australia Awards Fellowship funding for Dr Celia Santos from Timor-Leste’s national hospital to undertake three months intensive training at Canberra Hospital and Calvary Hospital. This will help secure the sustainability of the recently established endoscopy unit. Please download the announcement.
| celia_santos_fellowship.pdf |
Our AGM was held on 20 August. Below is the 2017 Annual Report of Activities which was presented at the meeting.
| annual_report_2017_v1.pdf |
Below is our April 2017 Newsletter
| anzgita_newsletter_april_2017.pdf |
On page 4 of the December 2016 Newsletter of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology is an article by Alan Fraser on ANZGITA and his training work in Myanmar earlier in the year.
| nzsg_dec_newsletter.pdf |
At the AGM on 9 October, 2016, the Annual Report was accepted by the Members.
| anzgita_annual_report_2016.pdf |
In March 2016 The Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation (JGHF) awarded ANZGITA a Special Project Grant. Details are in the attached document.
| jghf_grant.pdf |
In the Australia Day Honours Professor Finlay Macrae was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to medicine in the field of gastroenterology and genomic disorders as a clinician and academic, and to human health through the Human Variome Project. The full citation is in the file below.
| finlays_ao_award.pdf |
Below is our first newsletter for members and others who are interested in our activities and latest news
| anzgita_newsletter_jan_2016.pdf |
The following article appeared in the Old Scotch Collegians Association magazine produced by the Scotch College Melbourne Alumni in December 2105.
| osca_dec_15_article.pdf |
A note by Greg Lockrey, an ANZITA member, on his involvement in the Fiji 2015 program appeared in the RACP News in November 2015
| racp-news-nov-2015_extract.pdf |
The following article by Finlay Macrae appeared in the October 2014 edition of the World Gastroenterology News.
| wgo_article_102014.pdf |
