Publications by authors named "M Scaffidi"

Background: Interest in patient and public involvement in research has grown. Medical, health, and social care research has demonstrated several benefits of patient and public engagement, such as empowering user input and reducing attrition rates in clinical trials. To date, no study has reviewed patient engagement in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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  • * Nine interventions significantly improved ADR, including techniques like dual observation and water exchange, as well as technologies such as i-SCAN and linked color imaging.
  • * Despite these improvements, no interventions showed a benefit for detecting advanced adenomas; however, narrow-band imaging was effective in detecting serrated lesions.
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Background And Study Aims: The Paris classification characterizes the morphology of superficial gastrointestinal tract neoplasms. This system has been shown to predict the risk of submucosal invasion in certain subtypes of lesions. There is limited data that assesses its agreement amongst endoscopists.

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Purpose: Self-assessment of a physician's performance in both procedure and non-procedural activities can be used to identify their deficiencies to allow for appropriate corrective measures. Physicians are inaccurate in their self-assessments, which may compromise opportunities for self- development. To improve this accuracy, video-based interventions of physicians watching their own performance, an experts' performance or both, have been proposed to inform their self-assessment.

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Credentialing, the process through which an institution assesses and validates an endoscopist's qualifications to independently perform a procedure, can vary by region and country. Little is known about these inter-societal and geographic differences. We aimed to systematically characterize credentialing recommendations and requirements worldwide.

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