Endoscopy Immersion Study.

Endoscopy services are under significant pressure and endoscopy training academies and immersion training are under review at a national level. To date, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of the different approaches to immersion training or a large-scale study looking at its impact on trainees and/or endoscopy services. The purpose of this study is to perform a process, impact and economic evaluation of current immersion training practices to determine if they are impactful and value for money.

Retrospective quantitative analysis involves endoscopists (training between January 2022 and the study start date) who may (or may not) have undertaken immersion training. Prospectively analysis will be performed to evaluate the impact of immersion training.