Global State of Digestive Endoscopy Training Survey

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02735655
• Other study ID #: WEO-ES-1
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 7, 2016
• Last updated: April 28, 2016
• Start date: April 2016
• Est. completion date: March 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2016
• Source: Al-Azhar University
• Contact: Mohamed Alboraie, MD
• Phone: 00201222717078
• Email: m.alboraie[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Egypt: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: March 2017
• Est. primary completion date: January 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians practicing gastrointestinal endoscopy from all over the world

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any other persons whom are not physicians or physicians not practicing gastrointestinal endoscopy

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Training

Intervention

Other:
• Physician's opinion
To get physician's opinion about the current global state of gastrointestinal endoscopy training programs and to identify the unmet needs and how to improve it through a web based questionnaire.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Erasme Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)	Brussels
Brazil	São Lucas Academic Hospital - Gastroclínica Cascavel	Cascavel
Chile	Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna and Clínica Alemana de Santiago	Santiago
Egypt	Al-Azhar Univerisity	Cairo
Egypt	Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University	Zagazig	Sharkia
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Ahvaz Imam hospital	Ahvaz
Pakistan	Dow university of health sciences, Civil hospital Karachi	Karachi
Poland	Pomeranian Medical University	Szczecin
Singapore	Singapore General Hospital	Singapore
Taiwan	Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei
Turkey	Koç University Hospital	Istanbul
United Kingdom	The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	Edinburgh
United States	Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA	Albertson	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Al-Azhar University

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Belgium,  Brazil,  Chile,  Egypt,  Iran, Islamic Republic of,  Pakistan,  Poland,  Singapore,  Taiwan,  Turkey,  United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (7)

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Ismaila BO, Misauno MA. Gastrointestinal endoscopy in Nigeria--a prospective two year audit. Pan Afr Med J. 2013;14:22. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.22.1865. Epub 2013 Jan 15. — View Citation

Losowsky MS. Research, education, science, training. Work of the committees. British Society of Gastroenterology. Gut. 1987 Sep;28 Suppl:25-6. — View Citation

Makmun D. Present status of endoscopy, therapeutic endoscopy and the endoscopy training system in Indonesia. Dig Endosc. 2014 Apr;26 Suppl 2:2-9. doi: 10.1111/den.12245. Review. — View Citation

Rutter MD, Senore C, Bisschops R, Domagk D, Valori R, Kaminski MF, Spada C, Bretthauer M, Bennett C, Bellisario C, Minozzi S, Hassan C, Rees C, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Hucl T, Ponchon T, Aabakken L, Fockens P. The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Q — View Citation

Watermeyer G, Van Wyk ME, Goldberg PA. Audit of provincial gastroenterology services in the Western Cape. S Afr J Surg. 2008 Aug;46(3):68-72. — View Citation

Xiong X, Barkun AN, Waschke K, Martel M; Canadian Gastroenterology Training Program Directors. Current status of core and advanced adult gastrointestinal endoscopy training in Canada: Survey of existing accredited programs. Can J Gastroenterol. 2013;27(5) — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Training status	Number of certified endoscopy training centers all over the world	8 months	No
Secondary	Unmet needs	Identifying the unmet needs for endoscopy training all over the world	8 months	No