Questions asked of attending gastroenterologists
1) How many years out of fellowship are you?
2) What is your academic title?
3) What particular career track are you on within your institution?
4) Do you perform EUS/ERCP or are you trained in EUS/ERCP?
5) How would you describe your teaching style for teaching endoscopy?
6) How did you develop this style?
7) Did you have any formal teaching/training on how to teach endoscopy?
8) Do you teach endoscopy differently to a 1st year, 2nd year, or3rd year? If so, how?
9) What do you think are important attributes to teaching endoscopy? Is there one you would select as most important?
10) Are there any key items of information that you offer to the fellows with regards to learning endoscopy?
11) Are there any key items of information that you would offer to faculty teaching endoscopy?
12) Do you think there should be a more standardized endoscopy curriculum? (As an example, a curriculum that is milestone based with clear goals of what fellows should/need to achieve at various times throughout fellowship, i.e. intubating the esophagus within the first 15 procedures)
13) How would you design an endoscopy curriculum if you were to create one?