ArticleAlimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2022
The knowledge and skills needed to perform intestinal ultrasound for inflammatory bowel diseases-an international Delphi consensus survey.
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- Review Article: Extending the Frontiers of Intestinal Ultrasound Knowledge, Performance and Expansion.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic Review: Ultrasound Goes Echo-Decarbonising Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care Through Intestinal Ultrasound.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2025Pooled it
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- Learning curve in intestinal ultrasound: advancing from basic skills to advanced competencies-insights from the IUS IG-IBD Master program.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2026Article
- Integrating Intestinal Ultrasound to Clinical Trials in Patients With Crohn's Disease: Opportunities and Challenges.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2025Review
- Intestinal Ultrasound: Advancing Towards Broader Adoption-Insights from a National Survey in Turkey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- PET/MRI in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease - a prospective accuracy study.Clinical physiology and functional imaging · 2025Article
- Comparison of Radiomics and Deep Learning Using Intestinal Ultrasound Images for Differentiating Inflammatory and Fibrotic Intestinal Strictures in Crohn's Disease.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Magnetic Resonance Enterography and Intestinal Ultrasound for the Assessment and Monitoring of Crohn's Disease.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2024Review
- Role of Intestinal Ultrasound for IBD Care: A Practical Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The role of intestinal ultrasound with colour Doppler in predicting the response to biologic therapy in inflammatory bowel disease patients.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2024Article
- Current and Novel Uses of Intestinal Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023Article
- Intestinal Elastography in the Diagnostics of Ulcerative Colitis: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The knowledge and skills needed to perform intestinal ultrasound for inflammatory bowel diseases-an international Delphi consensus survey.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022Article
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13 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIntestinal ultrasound (IUS) is a non-invasive modality for monitoring disease activity in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). IUS training currently lacks well-defined standards and international consensus on competency criteria.
aimTo achieve international consensus on what competencies should be expected from a newly certified IUS practitioner.
methodsA three-round, iterative Delphi process was conducted among 54 IUS experts from 17 countries. Round 1 was a brainstorming phase with an open-ended question to identify the knowledge and skills that experts believe a newly certified IUS practitioner should possess. The experts' suggestions were then organised into statements by a Steering Committee. In round 2, the experts commented upon and rated the statements, which were revised accordingly. In round 3, the experts rated the revised statements. Statements meeting the pre-defined consensus criterion of at least 70% agreement were included in the final list of statements.
resultsIn total, 858 items were suggested by the experts in the first round. Based on these suggestions, 55 statements were organised into three categories: knowledge, technical skills and interpretation skills. After the second round, 53 revised statements remained. After the final round, a total of 41 statements had achieved consensus.
conclusionsWe established international, expert consensus on the knowledge and skills that should be expected from newly certified IUS practitioners. These consensus statements are the first step towards mastery learning for IUS training. Educators can utilise these statements to design training programmes and evaluate the competencies of trainees before they engage in independent practice.
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