Senior Fellows Program (2nd and 3rd Year)

Objectives:

• Assist in understanding advantages and disadvantages of pursuing advanced fellowships including advanced endoscopy, IBD, transplant hepatology, and obesity medicine.
• Discuss unique characteristics and benefits of various gastroenterology practice settings to help identify and pursue the practice environment that best aligns with their personal and professional goals.
• To review work-life balance as it relates to the above professional tracks.

Objective: Provide a platform for participants to ask and receive answers to their most pressing questions about career paths in gastroenterology, helping them make well-informed decisions about their professional futures. 

Objective: Provide practical advice and strategies to help new practitioners successfully navigate the challenges of their first year in practice, ensuring a smooth transition from training to independent practice and fostering early career success. 

Location: Bio Skills Lab

Objective: Offer participants an immersive, hands-on experience with essential endoscopic techniques, enhancing their practical skills and confidence in performing advanced procedures through direct, supervised practice. 

Location: Auditorium

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM | Endo-Efficiency: Boosting Your Procedural Prowess

Objective: Improve participants' efficiency in performing endoscopic procedures by teaching advanced techniques, time management strategies, and best practices to optimize workflow and enhance overall procedural performance.

12:50 PM – 1:10 PM | Polyp Predicaments: A Case Based Approach to Common Clinical Issues

Objective: Utilize simple and complex cases to review how to approach diagnostic challenges for a common problem.

1:10 PM – 1:30 PM | Complication Command: Navigating Endo-Hurdles

Objective: Equip participants with strategies and best practices for effectively managing and resolving complications that may arise during endoscopic procedures, thereby enhancing patient safety and improving clinical outcomes.

1:30 PM – 1:50 PM | Excelling at Academics: Climbing the Scholastic Ladder

Objective: Equip participants with strategies for building a strong professional brand and advancing their academic careers, including tips on publishing, networking, and achieving academic promotions.

1:50 PM – 2:10 PM | Learning After Fellowship: Gaining New Experiences Beyond Training

Objective: Discover opportunities for learning both on the job site and off with industry, online learning tools, and preceptor/apprentice opportunities.

2:10 PM – 2:30 PM | Endo-Insights: Your Questions Answered

Objective: Create an open forum for participants to ask questions and receive expert answers on various endoscopic topics, facilitating knowledge exchange and addressing specific challenges faced by attendees in their practice.

Location: Auditorium

2:45 PM – 3:05 PM | Endo-Efficiency: Boosting Your Procedural Prowess

Objective: Improve participants' efficiency in performing endoscopic procedures by teaching advanced techniques, time management strategies, and best practices to optimize workflow and enhance overall procedural performance.

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM | Polyp Predicaments: A Case Based Approach to Common Clinical Issues

Objective: Utilize simple and complex cases to review how to approach diagnostic challenges for a common problem.

3:25 PM – 3:45 PM | Complication Command: Navigating Endo-Hurdles

Objective: Equip participants with strategies and best practices for effectively managing and resolving complications that may arise during endoscopic procedures, thereby enhancing patient safety and improving clinical outcomes.

3:45 PM – 4:05 PM | Excelling at Academics: Climbing the Scholastic Ladder

Objective: Equip participants with strategies for building a strong professional brand and advancing their academic careers, including tips on publishing, networking, and achieving academic promotions.

4:05 PM – 4:25 PM | Learning After Fellowship: Gaining New Experiences Beyond Training

Objective: Discover opportunities for learning both on the job site and off with industry, online learning tools, preceptor/apprentice.

4:25 PM – 4:50 PM | Endo-Insights: Your Questions Answered

Objective: Create an open forum for participants to ask questions and receive expert answers on various endoscopic topics, facilitating knowledge exchange and addressing specific challenges faced by attendees in their practice.

Location: Bio Skills Lab

Objective: Offer participants an immersive, hands-on experience with essential endoscopic techniques, enhancing their practical skills and confidence in performing advanced procedures through direct, supervised practice. 

Objective: Engage participants in cheering the final three GI fellow teams in a competitive yet educational environment where they can test their endoscopic knowledge, fostering camaraderie and highlighting excellence in procedural techniques through a series of challenging questions. 

Objective: Networking and relaxation.

Objective: Networking over dinner.

Objective: Facilitate an informative networking opportunity where participants can gain valuable insights from experienced professionals in GI Alliance, fostering connections in gastroenterology.

Location: Auditorium

Objective: Recap the previous day's key highlights and set the stage for the second day's sessions, re-energizing participants and providing an overview of the day's agenda to ensure a smooth and productive continuation of the conference.

Location: Bio Skills Lab

Objective: Offer participants an immersive, hands-on experience with essential endoscopic techniques, enhancing their practical skills and confidence in performing advanced procedures through direct, supervised practice. 

Location: Auditorium

8:00 AM – 8:20 AM | Maximizing Return: Coding and Billing 101

Objective: Review the basics of medical coding and billing, focusing on commonly used codes in gastroenterology, E/M coding, and coding for endoscopic procedures.

8:20 AM – 8:45 AM | Follow the Money: Compensation, Metrics, and RVUs

Objective: Provide a comprehensive understanding of financial metrics such as Relative Value Units (RVUs) and their impact on compensation.

8:45 AM – 9:15 AM | Money Matters: Financial Planning for Physicians

Objective: Equip participants with essential financial planning and management skills tailored to the unique needs of physicians, covering topics such as budgeting, investments, retirement planning, and insurance, to ensure long-term financial stability and success.

9:15 AM – 9:40 AM | Contributions Beyond the Job: Ways to Get Involved

Objective: Familiarize the participants with venture opportunities that may be of interest including industry sponsorship, regional and national society involvement, pharma, advocacy including in the political realm, and tech development.

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM | Career Queries: Your Questions Answered

Objective: Create an open forum for participants to ask specific questions and receive expert insights and advice, addressing their individual concerns and enhancing their understanding of the discussed topics.

Location: Auditorium

10:15 AM – 10:35 AM | Maximizing Return: Coding and Billing 101

Objective: Review the basics of medical coding and billing, focusing on commonly used codes in gastroenterology, E/M coding, and coding for endoscopic procedures.

10:35 AM – 11:00 AM | Follow the Money: Compensation, Metrics, and RVUs

Objective: Provide a comprehensive understanding of financial metrics such as Relative Value Units (RVUs) and their impact on compensation.

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Money Matters: Financial Planning for Physicians

Objective: Equip participants with essential financial planning and management skills tailored to the unique needs of physicians, covering topics such as budgeting, investments, retirement planning, and insurance, to ensure long-term financial stability and success.

11:30 AM – 11:55 AM | Contributions Beyond the Job: Ways to Get Involved

Objective: Familiarize the participants with venture opportunities that may be of interest including industry sponsorship, regional and national society involvement, pharma, advocacy including in the political realm, and tech development.

11:55 AM – 12:15 PM | Career Queries: Your Questions Answered

Objective: Create an open forum for participants to ask specific questions and receive expert insights and advice, addressing their individual concerns and enhancing their understanding of the discussed topics.

Location: Bio Skills Lab

Objective: Offer participants an immersive, hands-on experience with essential endoscopic techniques, enhancing their practical skills and confidence in performing advanced procedures through direct, supervised practice. 

Location: Auditorium

Objective: Summarize the key takeaways from the conference, provide final insights, and reinforce connections made during the event to ensure participants leave with actionable knowledge and a sense of community.