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It has become increasingly clear that no longer is it
appropriate or practical to train all specialist gastroenterology
registrars in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
This realisation has caused much disquiet and uncertainty among
trainees, concern among trainers, and debate in the
journals.1 At present the implication of the Joint
Committee for Higher Medical Training (JCHMT) curriculum for higher
specialist training in gastroenterology is that all trainees are
expected to become proficient in all areas of endoscopy. In recent
months this issue has been extensively discussed by the appropriate
bodies
Training Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology
(BSG), Joint Advisory Group on Endoscopy Training (JAG), and in
particular the Specialist Advisory Committee in Gastroenterology to the
Joint Committee for Higher Medical Training (SAC to JCHMT). It is the
JCHMT alone that has the statutory powers to enforce decisions on training.
The SAC Gastroenterology, with the
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