title: Simulators in competence assessment and credentialing: prospects and problems.
abstract: Systems that simulate endoscopic procedures have considerable potential in assessing endoscopic competence and assisting credentialing, but there are significant problems. If it can be shown that simulation tests correlate with real performance, the questions will be how to pay for the infrastructure and staff and how to motivate endoscopists to use them.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 69 Jonathan Lucas Street, #210 CSB, Charleston, SC 39425, USA. cottonp@musc.edu
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Cotton
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003406:Credentialing; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000193:education*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000592:standards*; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000193:education*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D014481:United States