Abstract
The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) is dedicated to improving
the quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy, including through educational activities
such as live endoscopy events (LEEs). The primary goal of LEEs should be to facilitate
the improvement of endoscopic patient care through the acquisition of best endoscopic
practice. Patients should not expect additional benefit from being treated during
a LEE compared to a routine setting. There is limited available evidence on LEE safety
but to date there is no indication that patients are at increased risk from participation.
Pre-recorded cases with live facilitation can also be used to fulfill learning outcomes.
Establishing an endoscopic curriculum with clear learning outcomes is important to
structure attendees’ learning, assess course outcomes, and allow appropriate targeting
of courses to learner experience. Increasingly, LEEs are streamed online and therefore
the necessary measures should be taken to ensure that patients have given appropriate
consent and that their anonymity has been safeguarded. ESGE recommends that an endoscopist
who is not participating in the live demonstrations is named as patient advocate,
and that patient safety should must be prioritized throughout. In all ESGE-organized
LEEs the intended learning outcomes, procedural indications and descriptions, attendee
feedback, and adverse events should be recorded and submitted in a post-event report
to ESGE.
