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Published in: Journal of Gastroenterology 2/2017

01-02-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Factors influencing the accuracy of EUS FNA: do educational elements matter?

Author: Neel Sharma

Published in: Journal of Gastroenterology | Issue 2/2017

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Excerpt

Hijioka et al. [1] have demonstrated an array of factors that can determine the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. As a medical educationalist and gastroenterology trainee, I wonder if additional factors may be of relevance to spark further interest in this area. It is noted that experts primarily performed the procedures. The interest here would therefore lie in the definition of an expert and how the experts were mentored. What factors played a role in their mentoring. What forms of pedagogy and what assessment strategies were used? …
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Hijioka S, Hara K, Mizuno N, et al. Diagnostic performance and factors influencing the accuracy of EUS-FNA of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. J Gastroenterol. 2016;51(9):923–30.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
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Schuwirth LW, Van der Vleuten CP. Programmatic assessment: from assessment of learning to assessment for learning. Med Teach. 2011;33(6):478–85.CrossRefPubMed
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Metadata
Title
Factors influencing the accuracy of EUS FNA: do educational elements matter?
Author
Neel Sharma
Publication date
01-02-2017
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Gastroenterology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0944-1174
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5922
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-016-1276-z

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