Development of Expertise in the Detection and Classification of Non-Polypoid Colorectal Neoplasia: Experience-Based Data at an Academic GI Unit
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The learning pyramid
For simplicity, let's look at the well-known learning-pyramid by Miller,27 as illustrated in Fig. 1. In general, development of practical skills is a stepwise process, starting with acquisition of basic knowledge, followed by in-depth information and development of practical skills—the so-called know-how and show-how—and finally exposure to concrete practical situations. If we extrapolate this model to the practice of GI endoscopy, in particular development of expertise in diagnosis of NP-CRN,
The development of the de novo expertise in NP-CRN at Maastricht
In real life, the issue of developing expertise in detection and management of NP-CRN in current practice can be broken down into a number of questions.
Summary
Based on sound clinical data, we can conclude that accurate detection of NP-CRNs is important and should be incorporated into GI educational programs. Diagnosis and management of some of these lesions in routine practice may be technically challenging. Also, a subset of these lesions may herald advanced histopathology. Our experience in this field adds a further piece of evidence to the mosaic of clinical data indicating that worldwide training in recognition and management of NP-CRNs warrants
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