{"id":110536,"date":"2024-05-08T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=110536"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:19:53","slug":"dr-ali-helping-create-endoscopy-credentialing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/05\/08\/dr-ali-helping-create-endoscopy-credentialing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ali helping create endoscopy credentialing system"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family medicine resident Rubab Ali, MD, is taking part in an ongoing major initiative to create a universal credentialing system for endoscopists at the national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This important initiative is being driven by 11 national medical and surgical societies in a collaborative <\/a>attempt to define the current and future landscape of endoscopy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with her mentor, Dale Agner, MD, Dr. Ali recently presented the results of three years of research on endoscopy guidelines and accreditation, aimed toward creating a universal accreditation protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndividually, all the different societies have their guidelines,\u201d Dr. Ali said. \u201cYou can see the framework that they follow in terms of credentialing, and obviously the goal is to provide high quality patient care and safety. But all these societies have individual frameworks of how to credential the endoscopist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal is to come up with universal guidelines for all the societies. We have a great team of experts working with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, Dr. Ali and the rest of Dr. Agnar\u2019s team collected and reviewed more than 500 papers per team member, many in different languages, to explore four key questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n