Japan Digestive Disease Week 2022
International Poster Session3 (JDDW)
October 28, 9:30–10:10, Room 15 (Marine Messe Fukuoka Arena Digital Poster Session)
IP-17_E
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Colonoscopy Training of Gastroenterology Fellows
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University
Backgrounds: COVID-19 pandemic resulted in interruption of elective colonoscopy. This study aimed to determine this impact on the competency achievement in colonoscopy training.
Methods: The prospectively and retrospectively collected data of colonoscoic performance among 6-novice fellows (interrupted) and 5 recent-graduated fellows (control) was compared. Competency was defined as; independent cecal intubation (ICI) rate and cecal intubation time (CIT) < 20 minutes.
Results: 2,757 colonoscopies were included; 1,295 from interrupted group. By 200 procedures, the ICI rate was significantly lower in interrupted group (p=0.047). The interrupted group achieved a lower ICI by 20 min (p< 0.001) and the overall success rate (ICI+CIT<20 min) (p <0.001).
Conclusion: The interruption of elective colonoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic has major impact in achieving competency benchmarks of colonoscopy.
Methods: The prospectively and retrospectively collected data of colonoscoic performance among 6-novice fellows (interrupted) and 5 recent-graduated fellows (control) was compared. Competency was defined as; independent cecal intubation (ICI) rate and cecal intubation time (CIT) < 20 minutes.
Results: 2,757 colonoscopies were included; 1,295 from interrupted group. By 200 procedures, the ICI rate was significantly lower in interrupted group (p=0.047). The interrupted group achieved a lower ICI by 20 min (p< 0.001) and the overall success rate (ICI+CIT<20 min) (p <0.001).
Conclusion: The interruption of elective colonoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic has major impact in achieving competency benchmarks of colonoscopy.
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- Index Term 1: colonoscopy training
- Index Term 2: COVID-19 pandemic