Facilities Training in Paediatric Gastroenterology must take place in units recognized by the College Speciality Advisory Committee on Paediatric Gastroenterology. The training unit should be equipped with modern video endoscopy equipment suitable for use in paediatric practice. High quality tele-visual display and image recording facilities should be mandatory. Endoscopic Experience Published and prospective data from one teaching unit in the UK suggest that most trainees require in the order of 100 diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopies and 100 diagnostic ileo-colonoscopies under supervision before the minimum of acceptable competency is achieved. Specific competence in safety, technical ability, and lesion recognition will be assessed by the designated trainer.
Accent is on ongoing skill assessment, i.e. qualitative rather than quantitative.
Trainees should have experience of removal of foreign bodies at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and polypectomy at colonoscopy. Accent is on ongoing skill assessment, i.e. qualitative rather than quantitative. A written record of the number and variety of procedures carried out under supervision, and subsequently independently, should be kept for the trainee s procedure experience record or logbook . Courses in diagnostic and therapeutic paediatric endoscopy Trainees should endeavour to attend courses in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Basic courses covering the principles of endoscopic practice may also be attended.