Meeting the Motility Educational Requirements of the Gastroenterology Trainee in the 21st Century.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastrointestinal (GI) motility and functional disorders comprise over two-third of referrals to GI specialists yet training programs are disproportionately focused on endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and liver disease. Trainees at many centres receive minimal or no formal training in motility disorders and have little or no exposure to motility testing. Our purpose was to develop an educational intervention to address this learning need.

Methods

We designed a formal training program comprised of didactic sessions, workshops and hands-on motility sessions with live demonstrations designed to be held over the course of a weekend. Faculty for the course were experienced GI motility experts from across Canada. Resident trainees from all Canadian GI fellowship pro

SUBMITTER: Lazarescu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678733 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature