The Privilege Is All Yours …

How much training does it take to become competent in endoscopy? The debate has been going on for years, with far-flung answers. The American Board of Surgery considers specialists competent at 50 procedures; gastroenterologists put the number far higher, at 275.

But those thresholds are merely surrogates for more meaningful end points; no matter what path of training a physician follows, newcomers and established clinicians alike who wish to obtain privileges must prove their ability to perform