Healthcare
Outpatient Colonoscopies Can be Performed Safely and Competently by Trained Family Physicians
By American Academy of Family Physicians
Mar 30, 2005, 06:22

Analyzing data from 731 colonoscopies performed by two rural family physicians, researchers find that colonoscopies can be performed safely and competently by properly trained family physicians in the outpatient setting.

With the increasing demand for colonoscopy screening outstripping the capacity of gastroenterologists, these findings should encourage more family physicians to seek training in this procedure.

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