[The nurse as endoscopist].

Introduction: A new diagnostic strategy for evaluation of patients with symptoms suggestive of colorectal cancer involves an increased use of flexible sigmoidoscopy. The number of endoscopists is declining, and therefore we found it interesting to describe a endoscopy training programme for the first two Danish nurses.

Materials And Methods: Two nurses were enrolled in a five-module practical training programme including a multiple-choice test and simulator training.