Remote training in flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy

Abstract

Formal training in GI endoscopy has always been a 1-to-1 apprentice type of education. The teacher is in the same room as the student, watching each movement, each touch of the controls, every twist and torque, giving verbal suggestions and support during each procedure. The best instructors do a lot of talking, especially during the early phases of learning, describing each turn, remarking on the mucosal appearance, painting a verbal picture of the endoscope configuration as the tip advances in the lumen.

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