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Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Measuring the impact of the ABS flexible endoscopy curriculum
- Source :
- Surgical Endoscopy. 34:4110-4114
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- In 2014, the ABS introduced the Flexible Endoscopy Curriculum (FEC). The FEC did not alter the minimum defined category case volumes for endoscopy; however, it did introduce specific cognitive and technical milestones for endoscopy training. It also mandated that residents pass the Fundamentals of Endoscopic Skills (FES) exam to qualify for board certification. Although significant research has been published regarding residents’ success on the FES exam, very little is known regarding how the FEC has changed the way general surgery programs train their residents in surgical endoscopy. The aim of this study was to quantify changes in flexible endoscopy education at a large academic program in the 4 years since the FEC was published. We classified the impact of FEC into four categories: (a) case volume or distribution, (b) clinical rotations, (c) required didactics or simulation exercises, and (d) FES pass rates. For category (a), we reviewed current and historical case logs for all categorical residents from 2013 to 2018. Mann–Whitney U tests were used to compare endoscopy volumes for each PGY level in 2013–2014 to the respective PGY level in 2017–2018 with p
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Complete data
Certification
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Flexible endoscopy
medicine
Humans
Medical physics
Curriculum
Academic year
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Internship and Residency
Endoscopy
United States
General Surgery
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Surgery
Clinical Competence
Board certification
Surgical endoscopy
business
Academic program
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14322218 and 09302794
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Surgical Endoscopy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....213eeeecc9696e046dedb2b2d639d3b3