Raika Jamali - Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Research Development Center, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Background & Objective: Considering the possible risks of performing endoscopy training on patients the use of a moulage prior to training seems reasonable The aim of this study was to evaluate residents rate of satisfaction with the training process and their ability in performing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy using gastric moulage prepared in Sina Hospital Iran   Methods: This study was conducted on ۲۰ residents of the endoscopy ward at Sina Hospital from September ۲۰۱۲ to September ۲۰۱۳ The endoscopy training program consisted of ۳ steps of training with gastric moulage observation and training on human subjects The present educational development plan was evaluated through studying the ۲ criteria of residents satisfaction and ability The satisfaction of residents with the endoscopy training course was evaluated by a selfreport questionnaire The residents ability in performing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was evaluated by measuring the time of reaching the gastroesophageal junction and pyloric valve   Results: The reliability and validity of the selfreport questionnaire were ۶۴% (۰۶۰۰۸۹) and ۷۸% (۰۱۲۰۹۵) respectively Over ۹۰% of residents agreed with the items of the selfreport questionnaire The highest rate of agreement belonged to the item that interpreted the effect of this method on lowering residents anxiety in performing endoscopy (۱۰۰%) The mean ± standard deviation of time of reaching the gastroesophageal junction and pyloric valve were ۱۶۲۰ ± ۱۳۵۴ and ۲۷۲۸ ± ۱۳۷۵ seconds respectively   Conclusion: The results of this study showed that training residents using gastric moulage prepared in Sina Hospital was associated with residents satisfaction and the successful obtaining of the endoscopy skill

Endoscopy, Training, Resident, Satisfaction, Skill, Gastric moulage