Endoscopy Immersion Study.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Training; Endoscopy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07377110

24/108/GHT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Endoscopy services are under significant pressure and endoscopy training academies and immersion training are under review at a national level. To date, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of the different approaches to immersion training or a large-scale study looking at its impact on trainees and/or endoscopy services. The purpose of this study is to perform a process, impact and economic evaluation of current immersion training practices to determine if they are impactful and value for money.

Full description

Retrospective quantitative analysis involves endoscopists (training between January 2022 and the study start date) who may (or may not) have undertaken immersion training. Prospectively analysis will be performed to evaluate the impact of immersion training.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Endoscopy trainees (Surgical, Gastroenterology or CE) who have received (or are soon to undertake) immersion training in either gastroscopy or colonoscopy

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Endoscopy trainees who have received (or are soon to undertake immersion training