Clinical Competence in Diagnostic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Authors: HEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1987)

Position Papers1 December 1987Clinical Competence in Diagnostic EsophagogastroduodenoscopyHEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEEHEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEEAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-107-6-937 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe selective granting of clinical staff privileges to physicians is one of the primary mechanisms used by institutions to uphold the quality of care. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations requires that the granting of initial or continuing medical staff privileges be based on assessments of applicants against professional criteria that are specified in the medical staff bylaws. Physicians themselves are thus charged with identifying the criteria that constitute professional competence and with evaluating their peers on the basis of such criteria. Yet the process of evaluating a physician's knowledge and competence is often constrained by the evaluator's...References1. . Endoscopy in evaluation of dyspepsia. Ann Intern Med. 1985;102:266-9. LinkGoogle Scholar2. VENNESSILVERSTEIN JF. Upper gastrointestinal fiberoptic endoscopy. In: SLEISENGER MH, FORDTRAN JS, eds. Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders; 1983:1599-617. Google Scholar3. . Appropriate Use of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Manchester, Massachusetts: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; June 1986. Google Scholar4. KATON R. Complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the gastrointestinal bleeder. Dig Dis Sci. 1981;26(7 suppl 1):47s-54s. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. GILBERTSILVERSTEINTEDESCO DFF. National ASGE survey on upper gastrointestinal bleeding: complications of endoscopy. Dig Dis Sci. 1981;26(7 suppl 1):55s-59s. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. SILVISNEBELROGERSSUGAWA SOGC. 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Wigton, M.D., and was developed for the Clinical Privileges Project Steering Committee by the Clinical Privileges Subcommittee on Gastroenterology: Daniel Ellis, M.D., Chairman; James L. Achord, M. D., (representing the American College of Gastroenterology); Sidney Cohen, M.D., (representing the American Gastroenterological Association); Katherine L. Kahn, M.D.; and Jack A. Vennes, M.D. (representing the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy). Members of the Clinical Privileges Project Steering Committee were: Eugene A. Hildreth, M.D., Chairman; Whitney W. Addington, M.D.; James A. Cowan, M.D.; William E. Golden, M.D.; William A. Reynolds, M.D.; James S. Roberts, M.D.; Sankey V. Williams, M.D.; Linda L. Blank (Consultant). This paper was approved by the Health and Public Policy Committee on 25 March 1987 and the Board of Regents on 30 March 1987.This series will be published, along with other privilege delineation guidelines, in a collection, the availability of which will be announced later. The collection will include the "Guide to the Use of ACP Statements on Clinical Competence," which appeared on pages 588-9 of the October issue. 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