MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
for Women in Endoscopy
April 2024 – February 2025 | 🌐 HYBRID
The Program is complimentary and will be held in the English language.
Women in Endoscopy has a core mission to help promote women in the field of endoscopy through education, professional growth, and leadership development. Endoscopy on Air shares this vision in creating diversity and equity among endoscopists around the world using a state-of-the are global virtual platform.
Working together with our industry ally, Boston Scientific, WIE and EOA are launching a unique mentorship program that focuses on the endoscopic skills within interventional endoscopy, as well as development of leadership competency skills that will allow participants to start programs and become leaders in their institutions or open doors for new opportunities.
Program Details
In this first mentorship program we will focus mostly on the hepatobiliary aspect of interventional endoscopy and geographically will work with mentees from the Europe, Middle East and African regions (EMEA). We aim to bring together the most renowned hepatobilliary physicians to share their experiences, clinical knowledge and future perspectives with a group of early career women endoscopists, creating the initial wave of what is meant to be a long-term initiative to drive systemic change.
The general sessions (group virtual sessions) covered a wide range of topics across ERCP, EUS, and colonoscopy. ERCP-related discussions included the basics, the prevention and management of post-ERCP complications like pancreatitis, bleeding, and perforation. Advanced topics exploreed complex ERCP procedures, including cholangioscopy, along with EUS-guided ERCP techniques. EUS sessions focused on foundational knowledge of anatomy, stations, indications, and ultrasound principles. Further topics covered EUS-guided drainage for collections and gallbladder issues, along with interventional EUS procedures involving ERCP and gastrojejunostomy (GJ).
Structure
- Duration: April 2024 – February 2025
- Available Seats: 12
- Mentee-Mentors Ratio: 1:2
- Online part: 1 group meeting per month + 2 individual 1:1 mentor-mentee meetings per month (starting June 2024)
- Onsite part: First group meeting in Berlin during ESGE days (April 24-25, 2024). The first onsite meeting will feature: program introduction, workshops, clinical cases presentations and sessions on how to improve colonoscopy performance, ERCP, basic skills in EUS, gaming and testing, understanding your value, how to broaden your network, interviews with the experts, and much more. Last group meeting to be held in Madrid at Boston Scientific facility (November 21-22, 2024).
The Directors
The Mentors
The Selected Mentees
A Video Summary from the Onsite Meeting in Berlin
A Few Pictures from the 2024-2025 Program
How to Apply
The applications closed on March 17th, 2024. Thank you for applying!
Contact
Please contact this dedicated email address for any inquiries about the mentorship program: [email protected]
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Terms & Conditions
The selected mentees are expected to make their own travel arrangements for the onsite meetings.
Our Mentorship program ensures a fruitful and direct exchange between Mentor and Mentee, fueled by a sincere sharing of experiences and values to inspire and guide consistently. The primary goal is to support the Mentee in fully expressing their potential and making more informed choices for their future. The principles that guide us are transparency, sharing, equality, and integration, leading individuals to self-identify and organizations to define their character. By participating in the program, one aligns with the above-mentioned principles.