Methodological framework for development of competence standards for optical diagnosis in gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement.

Competing Interests: R. Bisschops has received consultancy and speaker’s fees from Fujifilm and Pentax (both 2015 to present); his department has received research grants from Fujifilm and Pentax (both 2015 to present). E. Dekker has received speaker’s fees from Roche (2018), Norgine (2019), Olympus and GI Supply (both 2019 to 2020), and Fujifilm (2020), and has provided consultancy to Fujifilm (2018), CPP-FAP (2019), GI Supply (2019 to 2020), Olympus (2020 to present), PAION and Ambu (both 2021); she received a research grant from Fujifilm (2017 to 2020) and her department has equipment on loan from Fujifilm (2017 to present) and Olympus (2021). C. Hassan has received research support from Fujifilm (2017 to present); his department has received support from Sonoscape. M. Dinis-Ribeiro is co-editor in-chief of Endoscopy. V.M.H. Coupé, M.J.E. Greuter, Y. Hazewinkel, B.B.S.L. Houwen, and J.L.A. Vleugels declare that they have no conflict of interest.