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Endoscopy 1995; 27(1): 66-69
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1005635
Special Topic: Training

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Hands-On Endoscopy Training: An Evaluation of the SADE Endoscopy Course

L. Aabakken1 , M. Osnes1 , A. R. Rosseland2 , F. T. Fork3 , G. Liedberg4 , P. Matzen5 , A. Kruse6
  • 1Medical Department of Gastroenterology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  • 2Department of Surgery, Akershus Central Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway
  • 3Department of Radiology, Malmö General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
  • 4Department of Surgery, Central Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden
  • 5Department of Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
  • 6Department of Surgery, Århus Community Hospital, Århus, Denmark
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

The Scandinavian Association of Digestive Endoscopy course in advanced practical endoscopy has been arranged on a regular basis since 1980, representing a joint Scandinavian effort to offer hands-on endoscopy training with expert supervision at major endoscopy centers. The course has been aimed at gastroenterologists with previous endoscopic experience, focusing on special techniques, practical hints and expert solutions in special cases. Three days of practical training throughout Scandinavia are completed with two days of review lectures, case reports and special techniques. An inquiry among previous course participants indicates that the course has indeed been of practical value for their daily work, and that personal training as well as watching “experts at work” were useful for their ensuing endoscopic practice. The course model does, however, require close co-operation with the endoscopy units hosting the practical part of the course.

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