As trainees progress through their career, they are encouraged or even expected to train and supervise junior colleagues. Traditionally, this has been reserved for inpatient management, basic procedures such as vascular access, and more advanced procedures such as chest drains or central venous access. Whilst surgical training in the UK often pair a junior […]
Category: Frontline Endoscopy
#FGBlog: New colonoscopy training pathway and certification: will we rise to the challenge?
Colonoscopy is the gold standard technique to assess the lower gastrointestinal tract, allowing direct visualisation of the bowel mucosa, targeted biopsy, and appropriate therapy including resection of precancerous lesions. Although the quality of colonoscopy has improved, there is a still wide variation in quality of colonoscopies performed in the United Kingdom (UK).1, 2 With […]