Table 4.

The teaching of key informationin about endoscopy 

Navigate the sigmoid colon like climbing a spiral staircase (use rotary movements).

Use the Bolster Technique (applying abdominal pressure during upper endoscopy) to visualize Schatzki rings.11

Keep a short scope to stay off the esophageal or intestinal wall.

If the scope is taken from fellow, provide an explanation why, and try to return the scope when the impediment is resolved.

Navigate the transverse colon like playing a trombone (repeated insertions and withdrawals).

Use the pinkie finger to hold the flexible portion of the colonosope at the entry point, stabilizing position (the Pinkie Maneuver).12

When taking esophageal biopsies, open the forceps in the stomach and then withdraw towards the lesion.

Air is your enemy going in, but air is your friend going out.

Focus on one take-home lesson for fellow for each endoscopy case or session.

Do not go into a puddle: suction from above and keep your view.

Going around the hepatic flexure is like climbing a ladder… keep the rungs of the ladder in view at all times and keep yourself off the mucosa as you climb your way up.