Dear Endoscopy Enthusiasts,

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 6th edition of the Core Competency in GI Endoscopy Workshop – a course created for those who are taking their first steps in endoscopy as well as for colleagues ready to embrace new skills and new professional horizons.

This workshop is more than a technical training; it is an invitation to join a community of practice. Here, you will not only refine your basic and advanced colonoscopy skills, polypectomy techniques, ESD, full-thickness resection, hemostasis, PEG, ERCP and EUS interventions, but you will also develop the clinical judgment and confidence needed to become a true problem solver in daily endoscopic practice.

Core Endoscopy Skills

Sessions within this course include:

• Basic and Advanced Colonoscopy;
• Basic and Complicated Polypectomy/EMR – Deconstruct the approach to en-bloc and piecemeal cold and hot snare polypectomy;
• ESD;
• Full-thickness resection (FTDR);
• Repair of Mucosal Defects: Endoscopic Closure of Gastrointestinal Perforations;
• Hemostasis;
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG);
• EUS FNA/FNB: basic tehnique of EUS FNA/FNB;
• EUS Collections Drainage using LAMS.
• ERCP Essentials: Practical Training Station

Our trainers are part of a global network of lifelong learners. They are committed to your growth, willing to share their experience generously, and prepared to guide you through hands-on sessions, structured feedback, and honest reflection. You will explore how to choose and optimize medical therapy based on endoscopic diagnosis in both organic and functional digestive diseases, and how to integrate technical excellence with safety, ethics, and patient-centered care.

At the same time, this course continues our journey into Network Skills – strengthening communication, collaboration, and emotional intelligence. We believe that who we are together, as a community of endoscopists, is just as important as what we can do with our instruments. Learning how to listen, support one another, and create inclusive, just, and joyful learning spaces is essential for facing today’s health challenges.

We invite you to fully engage: ask questions, take risks, practice repeatedly, and reflect deeply. May this workshop be a turning point in your professional path – one that expands your skills, reshapes your way of thinking, and empowers you to move forward with confidence in GI endoscopy.