This is one of a series of documents prepared by the American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy Training Committee. This document contains recommendations for a training …

This is one of a series of documents prepared by the American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy (ASGE) Training Committee. This curriculum document contains …

Endoscopy of the whole colon, colonoscopy, was first described in 1971 [1]. Endoscopy has
advanced from a research tool with diagnostic potential to a major subspecialty of …

Colonoscopy is considered to be the most effective tool for reducing colorectal cancer (CRC)
morbidity and mortality. As a result, certifying trainee competence in the performance of …

BACKGROUND: How to define competency in colonoscopy, how to assess it, and how much
training is required are questions that experts in endoscopy have grappled with since the …

All trainees in gastroenterology must acquire competence in the basic endoscopic
procedures of esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. This chapter focuses on the …

Colonoscopy is an unlikely technique. Inserting one flexible tube through another, even
more flexible, one and judging progress by guesswork and feel sound like madness; …

Background An audit in 2002 showed that colonoscopy training in a large London training
region was poorly structured, with the quality of supervision below recommendations and …

Practical Colonoscopy Jerome D. Waye, MD, Director of Endoscopic Education, Clinical
Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA James Aisenberg …

Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality. dGeorge
Santayana Competence is defined as the possession of a required skill, knowledge …