Global State of Digestive Endoscopy Training Survey

April 28, 2016 updated by: Mohamed Alboraie, Al-Azhar University

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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

1000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Brussels, Belgium, 1070
        • Recruiting
        • Erasme Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Arnaud Lemmers, MD, PhD
  • Brazil
      • Cascavel, Brazil, 85812-090
        • Recruiting
        • São Lucas Academic Hospital - Gastroclínica Cascavel
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ivan Orso, MD, PhD
  • Chile
      • Santiago, Chile, 7760016
        • Recruiting
        • Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna and Clínica Alemana de Santiago
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Yalda Lucero, MD, PhD
  • Egypt
      • Cairo, Egypt, 11651
        • Recruiting
        • Al-Azhar Univerisity
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Mohamed Alboraie, MD, MRCP(UK)
    • Sharkia
      • Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt, 44519
        • Recruiting
        • Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Mohamed Emara, M.D.
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
      • Ahvaz, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 6155873559
        • Recruiting
        • Ahvaz Imam hospital
        • Contact:
          • Pezhman Alavinejad
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Pezhman Alavinejad
  • Pakistan
      • Karachi, Pakistan, 75500
        • Recruiting
        • Dow university of health sciences, Civil hospital Karachi
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Shahriyar Ghazanfar, MBBS, MRCS
  • Poland
      • Szczecin, Poland
        • Recruiting
        • Pomeranian Medical University
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Wojciech Marlicz, MD, PhD
  • Singapore
      • Singapore, Singapore, 169856
        • Recruiting
        • Singapore General Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Damien Tan, MBBS, MRCP
  • Taiwan
      • Taipei, Taiwan, 100
        • Recruiting
        • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Wei-Chih Liao, MD, PhD
  • Turkey
      • Istanbul, Turkey, 34010
        • Recruiting
        • Koç University Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Bulent Baran, MD, FEBG
  • United Kingdom
      • Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH16 4SA
        • Recruiting
        • The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Anastasios KOULAOUZIDIS, MD, FRCPE
  • United States
    • New York
      • Albertson, New York, United States, 11507
        • Recruiting
        • Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Shahzad Iqbal, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Physicians practicing gastrointestinal endoscopy

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Training status
Time Frame: 8 months
Number of certified endoscopy training centers all over the world
8 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Unmet needs
Time Frame: 8 months
Identifying the unmet needs for endoscopy training all over the world
8 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Al-Azhar University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mohamed Alboraie, MD, MRCP(UK), Al-Azhay University, Cairo, Egypt

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

January 1, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 7, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 12, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

April 13, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 2, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 28, 2016

Last Verified

April 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • WEO-ES-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Final results will be made available but not individual participant data.

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