4th Year Advanced Endoscopy Fellows Program | October 2021-U.S. Healthcare and the Practice of Gastroenterology

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Video Summary

The video is a part of a senior fellows course aimed at providing non-clinical aspects to fellows and helping them understand their options after their fellowship. The speaker mentions that the course covers various topics and encourages feedback from the fellows for future improvements. The speaker then briefly discusses the current healthcare environment, mentioning factors such as increasing costs, regulatory mandates, payment reform, and consolidation of hospitals, practices, and payers. They also touch on the uncertainty of the future of healthcare and the need for fellows to be proactive in building networks and connections within the field. The speaker also highlights the increasing demand for GI services and lists several pathologies that are on the rise. They emphasize the broad and diverse opportunities available within the GI specialty, including academia, private practice, industry, politics, and finance. The speaker concludes by discussing the challenges and possibilities of transitioning to value-based care and the potential impact on GI. They also mention the challenges and opportunities of device development and entrepreneurial ventures in the GI field. Overall, the video aims to provide fellows with a broader understanding of non-clinical aspects related to their future career options and the current healthcare landscape.

Keywords

healthcare environment

GI services

career options

networking

rising pathologies

value-based care

entrepreneurial ventures