Curriculum for safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
Authors
Yuichi Mori, Uri Kopylov, Pieter Sinonquel, Alanna Ebigbo, Evelien Dekker, Albert Jeroen De Groof, Omer F. Ahmad, Rawen Kader, Adrian Saftoiu, Erik Schoon, Pietro Mascagni, Pradeep Bhandari, Alexander Hann, Giulio Antonelli, Marietta Iacucci, Oliver Pech, Xavier Dray, Marco Spadaccini, John R. Campion, Cesare Hassan, Helmut Messmann, Raf Bisschops, Lorenzo Fuccio, Antonio Facciorusso, Tony Tham, and the ESGE AI Curriculum advisory and voting Group
The ESGE AI Curriculum advisory and voting group
Fons van der Sommen, Jorge Bernal, Tom Eelbode, Alberto Murino, Apostolis Papaefthymiou, Ariel Benson, Ashraf Monged, Rosamaria Bozzi, Clara Yzet, David Karsenti, Eimear Gibbons, Eyad Gadour, Francisco Baldaque-Silva, Georgios Tziatzios, Gian Eugenio Tontini, Gianluca Esposito, Hardik Rughwani, Ivan Jovanovic, Ivan D. Arciniegas Sanmartin, Jan Kral, João Santos-Antunes, Kareem Khalaf, Ken Namikawa, Krzysztof Kurek, Louis-Jean Masgnaux, Manuel Francisco Balladares Salazar, Marco Bustamante, Michiel Maas, Miguel Mascarenhas, Mirjana Kalauz, Mohamed Shiha, Mostafa Ibrahim, Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, Philip Roelandt, Raj Rameshshanker, Raul Honrubia López, Reena Sidhu, Riadh Sadik, Stylianos Stylianidis, Tawfik Khoury, Thomas de Lange, Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga
ABSTRACT
The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has identified a critical need to establish structured Training for safe and effective use of artificial intelligence (AI) in endoscopy. This manuscript presents the results of a formal Delphi consensus process and outlines the official ESGE position, offering a comprehensive curriculum for acquiring and maintaining the competence needed to exploit the benefit of using AI tools in endoscopy. The proposed framework defines the prerequisites in the preadoption phase, core training components, and requirements to maintain optimal implementation. Key recommendations include: (1) ensuring basic competency in standard endoscopy procedures; (2) acquiring foundational knowledge of AI principles; (3) implementing educational programs to enhance AI literacy; (4) recognizing and mitigating cognitive biases in human–AI interaction; (5) avoiding over-reliance on AI in clinical decision-making; and (6) continuous monitoring of key performance indicators throughout AI system Integration.
