{
  "abstract": "Introduction The primary aim was to understand the current experience of colonoscopy training among general surgical trainees with a subspeciality interest in colorectal surgery.Methods An electronic survey was developed and disseminated by members of the Dukes’ Club (colorectal trainees network) and Association of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland colonoscopy subcommittee between February and April 2024 to assess key themes identified through formal and informal feedback from colorectal trainees of endoscopy training experience.Results The survey was completed by 196 participants. This included 13.3% from core trainee (CT) 2 -speciality trainee (ST) 4, 28.6% from ST5-ST6, 36.5% from ST7-ST8, 13.3% from post-certificate for completion of training fellows, senior clinical fellows and speciality and specialist (SAS) doctors and 8.7% from early years consultants. The median number of colonoscopies performed by respondents was 121.6 (range 0–8000). Only 33.7% (66/196) reported having one dedicated training list per week, and 56.6% (111/196) were not allocated to any regular training list. The barriers to training were service provision (71.9%), lack of dedicated training lists (69.9%) and access to training lists due to other trainees or healthcare professionals (42.3%). Only 25% of respondents had experience of immersion training, but they consistently reported high numbers of colonoscopy during these periods, with 40% achieving more than 30 colonoscopies.Conclusion There is an urgent need to improve access to colonoscopy training. Regular endoscopy training lists and funding of academies and immersion training centrally are likely to greatly improve the experience of colonoscopy training. Senior colorectal trainees should be prioritised to avoid delay in the completion of training.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Salisbury District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Katie Siggens"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Endoscopy/Colorectal Surgery, King’s College Hospital, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sophie Williams"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Guy's and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Andrew Yiu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Charlotte El Sayed"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Jordan Fletcher"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK",
        "Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sarah Mills"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "General Surgery, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Barnstaple, UK",
        "ACPGBI, York, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Katie Yeadon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK",
        "Robin Phillip’s Fistula Research Unit, St Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, Harrow, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Lillian Reza"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [],
      "name": "On behalf of The Dukes’ Club and ACPGBI Colonoscopy subcommittee"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Survey of the current experience of colonoscopy training for colorectal surgical trainees in the UK",
  "uid": "daf4bbb3-4287-5e70-ab70-e23b54b68cb7"
}