From: A classification of the verbal methods currently used to teach endoscopy
Category | Examples |
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Demonstration with verbal narrative | “So I turn the big wheel to try to look around that corner, all the while ensuring continued torque on the scope” |
Motor instruction | “… keep it centered. Now, look up. Look up again by using the big dial. … tap, tap on the suction …” |
“stay out of that stool.” | |
Tips/tricks/pointers | “… the trick to any colon is you’ve got to negotiate the sigmoid colon without too much insufflation. It makes all the difference.” |
Feedback | “Good. Well done” |
Questioning | “What do you think of the stomach lining over there?” |
Non-procedural information | “If we don’t find the bleeding here, the next step should be a nuclear medicine scan” |