The Dukes’ Club and ACPGBI joint paper on colonoscopy training has been accepted by Colorectal Disease.
The paper is available to view here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/codi.15584
Abstract
Colorectal surgeons across the UK currently undertake a large proportion of routine diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy in most NHS Trusts. Meanwhile, the new UK General Surgical curriculum now includes an indicative requirement of 200 diagnostic colonoscopies for surgical trainees who have declared a colorectal subspecialty interest (hereafter termed ‘colorectal trainees’), indicating the JCST’s (Joint Committee on Surgical Training) commitment to colonoscopy training. However, several studies have reported a marked deficiency in colonoscopy training opportunities and accreditation for surgical trainees compared with gastroenterology trainees.