The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) is dedicated to improving
the quality of gastrointestinal endoscopy through educational activities such as live
endoscopy events (LEEs). The primary utility of LEEs is the educational value for
the audience, and patients should not expect additional benefit from being treated
during a LEE compared to a routine setting. Although there is no evidence that LEEs
entail additional risks for patients, neither can possible unknown risks be excluded
as the evidence available is limited. Therefore, necessary measures should be taken
to assure patient safety. Patients must be adequately informed that the standard of
care will be assured and that their identity will not be revealed. ESGE recommends
that an endoscopist not belonging to the hosting unit is named as patient advocate.
Clinical indications for the LEE procedures and the educational outputs must be clear
and agreed between host and demonstrator teams. ESGE will ensure that in all ESGE-organized
LEEs the indications, procedural descriptions, and adverse events will be registered,
and that organizers requesting ESGE endorsement can demonstrate such a registry.
