Global State of Digestive Endoscopy Training Survey

ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT02735655

Lead Sponsor

Al-Azhar UniversityOTHER

Overall Status

Unknown status

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment

1,000Estimated

Last Update Posted

May 2, 2016Estimated

Start Date

Apr 2016

Primary Completion Date

Jan 2017Estimated

Completion Date

Mar 2017Estimated

Official Title

The Global Status and the Unmet Needs for Training in Endoscopy; a World Endoscopy Organization Web Based Survey

Brief 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.

Detailed 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

• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Training

• Physician's opinion

Ages Eligible for Study

Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)

Sexes Eligible for Study

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Eligibility Criteria

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

Observational Model

Cohort

Time Perspective

Prospective

Lead Sponsor

Al-Azhar UniversityOTHER

m.alboraie@gmail.com00201222717078

marlicz@hotmail.com+48 91 425 32 31

damien_tan@yahoo.com+65 63265769

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