Johns Hopkins Hospital 創立於1890年， 是個有百年歷史的醫院, 同時也連續十六年被評為全美第一的醫院， Johns Hopkins Hospital 胃腸科更是全美也是全球頂尖的內視鏡治療與研發中心，該科的臨床與內視鏡動物實驗皆享有卓越聲譽， 內視鏡團隊中多人擁有研發專利， 光胃腸科主任Professor KALLOO 就擁有超過十項的美國專利，今年美國消化醫學會會長也出自該科教授。本次進修特地安排橫跨動物實驗(創新、研發觀念的落實)與臨床照護(內視鏡病患安全與醫師教育訓練)二大領域，以期能全面性了解此一系統下, 醫療研究人員在此方面的觀念與思考上的特色。 職的Preceptor是該院胃腸肝膽科主任Professor Kalloo 與該科動物實驗與教育部門主任Dr Kantsevoy二人, 動物實驗團隊成員尚包括Dr. Magno, Dr Giday, Dr Shin, Dr. Clarke, Dr. Buscaglia; 而臨床與教育進修部分則是直接參與全科所有臨床活動。在短短的一年中, 職完成並出版first author文章兩篇(一篇review, 一篇editorial); 書寫中的first author 一篇(original article); co-author方面已接受之original article兩篇, revised一篇, 投稿中的論文三篇; 這樣的成果可以推想此一團隊活躍與積極度 。以下是職的preceptor最近來信, 剛好幫職過去一年的進修做了最佳的摘要:Hello Alex!I am glad to hear that you time spend with us will benefit your position back at home! We liked you and you were a big help for our projects. Please look at the results and what you achieved for the last year: you are a co-author of 2 papers already accepted (blood as a cushion for EMR and comparizon of intraabdominal pressure during transgastric surgery), the third paper with you as a coauthor (hybrid endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery) I revised and re-send yesteday. We are ready to submit additional 3-4 papers with you as a co-author very-very soon and you were a first author on review paper with Tony. Do not forget to write all this papers into yout CV - very few people can achieve so much in such a short period of time.