The FES didactics are available to everyone, free -of -charge, at www.fesdidactic.org and cover the following material:
Module 1: Technology
- Characteristics of Endoscopes
- Equipment Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment Care
Module 2: Patient Preparation
- Informed Consent
- Anesthesia Risk Assessment
- Bowel Preparation
- Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy
- Management of Antithrombotics
Module 3: Sedation & Analgesia
- Monitoring
- Moderate Sedation
- Recovery
- Unsedated Endoscopy
Module 4: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Indications/Complications
- Preparation
- Anatomy
- Technique
- Common Challenges
- Common Pathology
- Documentation
- Complications
Module 5: Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Indications/Contraindications
- Screening/ Surveillance
- Preparation
- Anatomy & Technique
Module 6: Performing Lower GI Procedures
- Findings
- Complications
Module 7: Small Bowel
- Indications
- Anatomy
- Techniques
- Pathology
Module 8: Diagnostic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Indications and Contraindications
- Preparation
- Anatomy
- Technique
- Radiographic Findings During ERCP
- Complications
Module 9: Hemostasis
- Non-thermal Techniques
- Thermal Techniques
Module 10: Tissue Removal
- Sampling Techniques
- Complications
- Ablative Techniques
Module 11: Enteral Access
- Indications
- Preparation
- Technique: PEG
- Technique: PEJ and PEG/JET
- Replacement
- Complications
Module 12: Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Indications
- Preparation
- Diagnostic
- Therapeutic
Module 13: Advanced Imaging
- High Definition (resolution) and High Magnification Endoscopy
- Autofluorescence Endoscopy
- Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy