Bowel Sounds Ep. 3: Catharine Walsh – Education in Endoscopy

In this episode, Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Catharine Walsh about teaching and assessing endoscopy skills for learners, touching on ergonomics, cognitive overload and assessment of competence.

Dr. Walsh is a pediatric gastroenterologist at SickKids Hospital in Toronto and an education scientist with a primary research focus on examining factors that influence the acquisition of complex clinical skills and on identifying best practices in the training and assessment of clinical skills, including endoscopy.

This episode is eligible for CME credit!  Once you have listened to the episode, click this link to claim your credit.  Credit is available to NASPGHAN members (if you are not a member, you should probably sign up).  And thank you to the NASPGHAN Professional Education Committee for their review!

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand approaches to the prevention of endoscopy-related injury including ergonomics and non-technical aspects of endoscopy planning and management.
2. Review best practices of providing feedback and instruction to trainees learning endoscopy.
3. Review validated competence assessment tools that may be used in the evaluation of endoscopy skills in trainees.

Links:

1. Core curriculum for ergonomics in endoscopy
2. Pediatric Endoscopy Quality Improvement Network Quality Standards and Indicators for Pediatric Endoscopists and Endoscopists in Training: A Joint NASPGHAN/ESPGHAN Guideline
3. Evidence-based Approach to Training Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Trainers
4. Colonoscopy competence assessment tools: a systematic review of validity evidence
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Produced by: Jason Silverman

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This episode may be eligible for CME credit! Once you have listened to the episode, click this link to claim your credit. Credit is available to NASPGHAN members (if you are not a member, you should probably sign up). And thank you to the NASPGHAN Professional Education Committee for their review!

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