ASGE 2023 Masterclass EUS: Principles, Best Practices & Innovative Paradigms (Virtual) | February 2023-Accreditation

Accreditation_2023 Masterclass EUS

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The Masterclass EUS: Principles, Best Practices and Innovative Paradigms, hosted by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), is a virtual program taking place on February 25, 2023. This course is designed for gastroenterologists, advanced endoscopy GI fellows, and other healthcare professionals interested in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). The course aims to provide an overview of the fundamentals and best practices in EUS, as well as discuss the business and operational aspects of running a successful EUS practice and explore emerging technologies, techniques, and trends in the field. <br /><br />The learning objectives of the course include identifying the critical role and indications of EUS in clinical practice, describing the best way to be trained in EUS and set up an EUS practice, recognizing the structure of an ideal EUS support team and its importance, understanding the use of EUS staging in GI neoplasia, differentiating types of pancreatic tumors and their treatment with ablative therapies, describing the EUS FNA technique and the use of core biopsy needles, explaining how EUS is used to evaluate bile duct stones, tumors, and access, and defining the most common EUS quality and reimbursement metrics for GI practices.<br /><br />Participants can claim 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing this educational activity. To claim credit, participants must complete an online evaluation survey through ASGE's Learning Management System. The course organizers assure a commitment to high-level scientific evidence and adherence to neutrality. The planners and faculty members involved in the course have disclosed any relevant financial relationships and measures have been taken to mitigate any potential conflicts of interest.<br /><br />The ASGE's Masterclass EUS course is designed to meet ASGE's Level 3a - Learning: Declarative knowledge on an anticipated outcome-based education scale. The program's instruction and objectives aim to address desirable physician attributes, such as medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, providing patient-centered care, and employing evidence-based practice.<br /><br />The course planners include experienced gastroenterologists and experts in the field of EUS. The faculty members comprise renowned physicians and professors specializing in gastroenterology, internal medicine, and hepatology, among others. The course is supported, in part, by Boston Scientific Corporation, FujiFilm Healthcare Americas Corporation, Olympus Corporation of the Americas, and PENTAX Medical.<br /><br />This course serves as part of ASGE's continuing medical education program, with the intention of maintaining, developing, or increasing the learners' knowledge, skills, and professional performance in the field of gastroenterology and endoscopy. The content is based on generally recognized standards of practice and the basic medical sciences.

Keywords

Masterclass EUS

endoscopic ultrasound

EUS training

EUS support team

pancreatic tumors

EUS FNA technique

bile duct stones

EUS quality metrics

reimbursement metrics

continuing medical education