EDUCATION OF BILIOPANCREATIC ENDOSCOPY-RELATED PROCEDURES

Abstract

Biliopancreatic endoscopic procedures are broadly classified into ERCP and EUS, both of which are indispensable in the current treatment of biliopancreatic diseases. Their education is extremely important to ensure a uniform level of care. The Advanced Endoscopic Trainees Program (AETP) has been used for education of cholangiopancreatic endoscopic procedures mainly in Europe and the United States, and the EUS and ERCP Skills Assessment Tool (TEESAT) has recently been proposed as an assessment method for the AETP; however, in Japan, the TEESAT is not yet available, and there is still no established evaluation or educational method. Many books and videos on related techniques have been published in recent years to assist in the education of biliopancreatic diseases. Live seminars, virtual simulators, and hands-on training using dry and wet models and actual living animal models have been actively developed and implemented. In Japan, it is important to make good use of these tools to learn biliopancreatic endoscopy-related procedures and explore related case studies under the supervision of senior physicians at their own institutions.