Table 3.

Comparison of Qualification Requirements (Certification or Minimum Number of Endoscopy Procedures)

	Minimum number of upper gastrointestinal endoscopies required for qualification
Accredited Endoscopy Unit (certified by KSGE)	More than 50% of doctors should be endoscopy specialists. The remaining doctors should have experience performing >1,000 cases of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and 150 cases of colonoscopy
Board certified by KSGE [1]	More than 1,000 cases of supervised endoscopy during the training period
Board certified by the Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy [2]	Extensive endoscopy experience (e.g., >500 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies, 250 colonoscopies, and 20 endoscopy treatments) over the previous 5 years
Competency assessment by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy [3]	A minimum of 130 upper gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures, including 25 for the treatment of nonvariceal hemorrhage and 20 for the treatment of variceal hemorrhage
Quality guidelines for the national gastric cancer screening program (Korea National Cancer Center) [4]	More than 500 cases of supervised endoscopy

KSGE, Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.