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ESGE CURRICULA WORKING GROUP

Strategic aims and responsibilities

To develop and publish a curriculum of minimum / adequate standards of training for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures.
To assess and approve industry applications for endorsements of industry sponsored training courses in the field of GI endoscopy.

List of published ESGE Curricula

Curricula

Curriculum on management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2893-6920| Endoscopy 2026; 58

Curriculum for safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2742-4342| Endoscopy 2025; 57

Curriculum for optical diagnosis of esophageal neoplasia and precursor lesions: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2662-7978| Endoscopy 2025; 57

Quality standards and curriculum for training in cholangiopancreatoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2619-8434 | Endoscopy 2025; 57

Curriculum for training in peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in Europe (Part II) – Best Practice Techniques: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2569-7634 | Endoscopy 2025; 57

Curriculum for training in peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in Europe (Part I): European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2568-7473 | Endoscopy 2025; 57

Curriculum for diagnostic endoscopic ultrasound training in Europe: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2224-8704 | Endoscopy 2023; 55

Curriculum for training in endoscopic musocal resection in the colon: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2077-0497 | Endoscopy 2023; 55

Curriculum for bariatric endoscopy and endoscopic treatment of the complications of bariatric surgery: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2003-5818 | Endoscopy 2023; 55

Definition of competence standards for optical diagnosis of diminutive colorectal polyps: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1689-5130 | Endoscopy 2022; 54

Methodological framework for development of competence standards for optical diagnosis in gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-689-5615 | Endoscopy 2022; 54

Curriculum for ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound training in Europe: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1537-8999 | Endoscopy 2021; 53

Curriculum for optical diagnosis training in Europe: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1231-5123 | Endoscopy 2020; 52: 899–923

Curriculum for small-bowel capsule endoscopy and device-assisted enteroscopy training in Europe: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1185-1289 | 2020; 52: 1–18

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) curricula development for postgraduate training in advanced endoscopic procedures: rationale and methodology
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1000-5603 | Endoscopy 2019; 51: 976–979

Curriculum for endoscopic submucosal dissection training in Europe: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
DOI https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0996-0912 | Endoscopy 2019; 51

CHAIR

Yuichi Mori

Oslo University Hospital

Oslo, Norway

CORE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Giullio Antonelli (Italy)
Abdenor Badaoui (Belgium)
Raf Bisschops (Belgium)
Ivo Boškoski (Italy)
Evelien Dekker (The Netherlands)
James East (UK)
Peter Elbe (Sweden)
István Hritz (Hungary)
Gavin Johnson (UK)
Jan Martínek (Czech Republic)
Ioannis Papanikolaou (Greece)
Katarzyna Pawlak (Poland)
Pedro Pimentel-Nunes (Portugal)
Roos Pouw (The Netherlands)
Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago (Spain)
David Sanders (UK)
Reena Sidhu (UK)
David Tate (Belgium)
Tony Tham (Northern Ireland)
Hugo Uchima (Spain)
Andrei Voiosu (Romania)
George Webster (UK)
Bas LAM Weusten (The Netherlands)

Curricula working group: taskforces

EMR OF LSL COLONIC LESIONS TASKFORCE

David Tate (Belgium)

MEMBERS

Liseth Rivero Sanchez (Spain)
Pradeep Bhandari (UK)
Siwan Thomas-Gibson (UK)
Hiroshi Kashida (Japan)
Marek Bugajski (Poland)
Maria Eva Argenziano (Italy)
Henrik Thorlacius (Sweden)
Ivan Lyutakov (Bulgaria)
Ralph Lee (Canada)
Vladimir Kriazhov (Russia)
Michael Bourke (Australia)
Steven Heitman (Canada)
John Anderson (UK)
Lobke Desomer (Belgium)

BARIATRIC ENDOSCOPY TASKFORCE

Ivo Boškoski (Italy)

MEMBERS

Enrique Perez-Cuadrado-Robles (France)
Mostafa Ibrahim (Egypt)
Roberta Maselli (Italy)
Marco Silva (Portugal)
Vincent Huberty (Belgium)
Stefan K. Gölder (Germany)
Valerio Pontecorvi (Italy)
Marcus Hollenbach (Germany)
Jan Kral (Czech Republic)
Rehan Haidry (UK)
Jayanta Samanta (India)
Árpád Patai (Hungary)

ERCP & EUS TASKFORCE

CHAIR

Gavin Johnson (UK)

MEMBERS

Andrea Anderloni (Italy)
Abdenor Badaoui (Belgium)
Noor Bekkali (UK)
Ivo Boškoski (Italy)
Sara Campos (Portugal)
Dimitrios Christodoulou (Greece)
László Czakó (Hungary)
Michael Fernandez (Belgium)
Stefan Gölder (Germany)
Istvan Hritz (Hungary)
Evangelos Kalaitzakis (Denmark)
Ivan Nedoluzhko (Russia)
Maria Chiara Petrone (Italy)
Jan-Werner Poley (The Netherlands)
Christoph Schlag (Germany)
Andrada Seicean (Romania)
Juan J. Vila (Spain)
Leena Kylanpaa (Finland)
Tomas Hucl (Czech Republic)
Urban Arnelo (Sweden)

NEW STANDARDS FOR OPTICAL DIAGNOSIS OF DIMINUTIVE COLORECTAL POLYPS TASKFORCE

Evelien Dekker (The Netherlands)

MEMBERS

Giulio Antonelli (Italy)
Marco Bustamante-Balen (Spain)
Emmanuel Coron (France)
George Cortas (Lebanon)
Mario Dinis-Ribeiro (Portugal)
Daniela E. Dobru (Romania)
James East (UK)
Cesare Hassan (Italy)
Yark Hazenwinkel (The Netherlands)
Britt B.S.L. Houwen (The Netherlands)
Marietta Iacucci (UK)
Rodrigo Jover (Spain)
Roman Kuvaev (Russia)
Gaius Longcroft-Wheaton (UK)
Yuichi Mori (Norway)
Helmut Neumann (Germany)
Maria Pellisé (Spain)
Ignasi Puig (Spain)
Matt Rutter (UK)
Brian Saunders (UK)
David Tate (Belgium)

SMALL BOWEL TASKFORCE

David Sanders (UK)

MEMBERS

Reena Sidhu (UK)
Martin Keuchel (Germany)
Cristina Carretero Ribon (Spain)
Edward Despott (UK)
Alberto Murino (UK)
Xavier Dray (France)
Stefania Chetcuti Zammit (UK)
Peter Baltes (Germany)

OPTICAL DIAGNOSIS TASKFORCE

Evelien Dekker (The Netherlands)

MEMBERS

Emmanuel Coron (France)
Helmut Neumann (Germany)
Daniela E. Dobru (Romania)
Roman Kuvaev (Russia)
Marco Bustamante-Balen (Spain)
Ignasi Puig (Spain)
Britt B.S.L. Houwen (The Netherlands)

ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION (ESD) TASKFORCE

Pedro Pimentel-Nunes (Portugal)

MEMBERS

Eduardo Albéniz Arbizu (Spain)
Frieder Berr (Austria)
Pierre Deprez (Belgium)
Pieter Dewint (Belgium)
Mario Dinis-Ribeiro (Portugal)
Alanna Ebigbo (Germany)
Amyn Haji (UK)
Alba Panarese (Italy)
Mathieu Pioche (France)
Bas L.A.M. Weusten (The Netherlands)