Response

On behalf of all study authors, we thank Segal et  al1 for their reply to our article.2 It is challenging to contextualize the balance of endoscopic training with the substantial disruption in provision of endoscopy service to patients. Our study adds value because it provides data on the impact of the pandemic on endoscopic trainees, which, indep endently of the major clinical impact of the pandemic on patients, remains a real and tangible gap that must be addressed by endoscopic educators. We believe that it can be a disservice to the education and welfare of future endoscopists to de-emphasize this gap, as the letter writers infer, by stat ing that these findings were predictable on the face of things and are less important without the “appropriate COVID-19 pandemic context.”
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research