Background And Study Aims: A rising demand for hands-on training in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has coincided with a need for increased scrutiny of outcomes (clinical governance) and the development of less invasive methods of pancreaticobiliary imaging. We surveyed the current provision of ERCP facilities and training throughout the United Kingdom.
Methods: Questionnaires were sent to senior endoscopists in 252 acute hospitals and to 500 trainees in gastroenterology.
Results: Completed forms were returned from 180 hospitals (a 71% response rate) and from 233 trainees (a 47% response rate). A median of 210 ERCPs per year are carried out at each centre (range 40-1000), under the supervision of 345 senior endoscopists. ERCP training had been started by 163 trainees (70%), of whom 42 (26%) had been given one or fewer procedures to start per week. Trainees rated their training as excellent (25%), good (28%), adequate (24%) or inadequate (22%); 193 (83%) perceived that they needed training in ERCP to ensure that future career opportunities were not denied to them.
Conclusions: Some centres have insufficient capacity for training in ERCP. Some form of preselection for both trainers and trainees may be required to ensure that quality is maintained. Gastroenterology training programmes should move away from encouraging all trainees to learn ERCP, and should promote the acquisition of alternative skills.
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