8Quality indicators as a critical part of pediatric endoscopy provision Priya Narula and Mike Thomson KEY POINTS Safe, efficient, technically‐competent endoscopy is only part of the story. A child and…
9e‐learning in pediatric endoscopy Claudio Romano and Mike Thomson KEY POINTS Distance learning facilitated by online means can achieve faster competence not only in lesion recognition but in learning technical…
5Pediatric endoscopy training and ongoing assessment Catharine M. Walsh, Looi Ee, Mike Thomson, and Jenifer R. Lightdale KEY POINTS Endoscopic skill acquisition can be accelerated by recently available teaching models…
3The endoscopy unit Harpreet Pall KEY POINTS Well‐designed endoscopy units are essential to providing high‐quality care in pediatric gastroenterology. Meticulous disinfection of the instruments is a vital component of patient…
6Recertification and revalidation as concepts in pediatric endoscopy Priya Narula and Mike Thomson KEY POINTS Direct Operational Procedural Skills (DOPS) assessment, as occurs in training, will become standard in due…
2History of pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy Samy Cadranel, Jean‐François Mougenot, and Douglas S. Fishman KEY POINTS Rigid endoscopy as the proof of concept: invisible could be visible: the first step toward…
1Introduction George Gershman and Mike Thomson In the late 1960s, flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy emerged as a novel diagnostic tool but was not employed routinely in children until the mid‐1970s when…
