Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Training Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Global Status and the Unmet Needs for Training in Endoscopy; a World Endoscopy Organization Web Based Survey
This is a 10 minutes web based survey aims at exploring the current, global state of digestive endoscopy training among physicians to identify what are the unmet needs and how to improve it.
Currently, gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy training is not a standardized and is variable
from country to country. A number of certifying authorities in different countries grant
privileges of performing GI endoscopy according to predefined rules, requisites and
regulations, especially in the Western countries (1-4). However, in many other countries,
physicians who perform GI endoscopy as part of their medical practice may not require to be
certified or acknowledged by a relevant regulatory body (5-8).
In the absence of quality assessment of GI training, patient safety and evidence-based
medical care cannot be guaranteed. According to major societies of GI endoscopy, the
credentialing decisions for GI endoscopy should be based on the evaluation of physicians'
qualifications and procedural skills, as assessed by experienced doctors with whom they have
trained, not solely on a simple counting of procedures performed (9). Therefore, there is a
need for a WEO training guideline that defines training duration, procedural skills and
competency that should be acquired by young GI endoscopists during their endoscopy training.
It is particularly important for WEO to standardize the fundamentals of GI endoscopy
training globally by developing recommendations on endoscopic education and training to help
medical institutions ensure the technical and cognitive competence of individuals requesting
endoscopic privileges.
Objective:
To assess the current global state of GI endoscopy training programs and to identify the
unmet needs and how to improve it through a web based questionnaire.
Methods:
Endoscopists from all over the world will be invited to answer in the questionnaire through
e-mail invitations. Results will be analyzed to assess the current global status of GI
endoscopy training in their countries, the unmet needs and to how improve it.
Survey link:
http://www.surveymonkey.net/create/survey/preview?r=true&sm=R74C8rWWwbO8_2BQM2fg9Yr5HcAtrkz8XwZogb4Bbaqr8oC9mFJrq8WAvNY33O45r1
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective