Table 1.
Different curricula
|
Duration (yr) |
Minimal numbers of endoscopy |
Exam |
Protocols | English protocols | |||||||
| Internal medicine | GE | Gastro | Colo |
Abdominal |
Entrance | Final | |||||
| ERCP | Echo | EUS | |||||||||
| Austria | 6 | 2 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| Canada | 4 | 2 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 200 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UK | 2.5 | 2.5 | 200/yr | 100/yr | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Yes | No | No | No |
| Hungary | Nt | 2-3 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Oral | No | No | No |
| Iran | 4 | 2 | > 400 | 100-150 | 40-60 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Italy | 1 | 3 | 300 | 100 | No | 300 | No | Yes | Yes | Nt | Nt |
| NL | 2 | 4 | 300 | 200 | 100 | No | 100 | No | No | Yes | No |
| Romania | 2 | 3 | > 150 | 100 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| South Africa | 4 | 2 | 500 | 75 | 50 | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
No: Not required; Nt: Not known.