Updated guidelines for live endoscopy demonstrations.

摘要

Courses that demonstrate endoscopic techniques in real time, termed live demonstrations, are valued because they provide invaluable lessons from real-life situations along with the opportunity to demonstrate standards of care. Attendees learn the thought process involved in making decisions while a procedure is being performed. At the same time, live demonstrations must be conducted with the patient as first priority. Endoscopic "experts" are put in a "pressure cooker"-like environment where the emphasis shifts from patient care to demonstration and performance. Further, live demonstrations often involve visiting endoscopists who have not previously had the opportunity to review the patient's medical history and records and require these visiting "experts" to perform for an audience outside their own familiar environment. Together, these can be a nidus for cloudy judgment, even for the most experienced endoscopists.