Education News

7 October 2020

The Education and Guidelines Committees have today relaunched a survey in partnership with EDUCOM to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on surgical training.

20 March 2020

Ruth Blanco Colino updates us on what the evolving COVID-19 outbreak means for surgeons in training.

19 March 2020

We spoke to Baljit Singh, Consultant Surgeon and Honorary Associate Professor at the University Hospitals of Leicester, about the educational support available for coloproctology professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 March 2020

Unfortunately the LapCME course scheduled for the 15-16 June at ORSI in Belgium has been postponed until further notice. Applications will remain open and we will update the website with the new dates once they have been confirmed. The health and wellbeing of ESCP members is a top priority for the organisation and the ESCP Executive Committee are closely monitoring the global Coronavirus situation as it develops.  In the meantime, we advise members to adhere to recommendations from local governments and the World Health Organisations (WHO) in helping to prevent/reduce the risk of spreading the Coronavirus on a larger scale and to contact relevant travel operators directly for updates on scheduled travel arrangements.

13 March 2020

Unfortunately the 9th Regional Masterclass 'Rectal Cancer Surgery – The Aftermath' being held in Utrecht, The Netherlands on Thursday 18 June is postponed until further notice.

4 February 2020

Jasper Stijns, colorectal surgery fellow at the UZ Leuven in Belgium, reports on his 2019 Japanese Society of Coloproctology (JSCP) Travelling Fellowship.

31 January 2020

ESCP reflects on its successful 8th Regional Masterclass under the theme of 'Colorectal Surgery – Tomorrow’s World' on 1 November 2019 at the Cardiff Hilton Hotel.

31 January 2020

ESCP's 10th Regional Masterclass went hybrid! For the second time, ESCP welcomed attendees both in-person and online to the 10th masterclass 'Anal Cancer from Dysplasia to Invasive Cancer',  hosted at The Cité internationale universitaire de Paris on 18 November 2021.

29 November 2019

ESCP offered one 3-month Fellowship, one 6-month Fellowship and 21 two and four week Observerships for 2018-2019. Fellows report here on their experiences.

24 October 2019

Dragomir Dardanov reports on his fellowship in Korea where he participated in the International Colorectal Research Summit and observed surgical practice in the main Seoul hospitals, including one of the biggest hospitals in the world.