• Mohamad Suki, Fadi Abu Baker, Shaul Pery, Moran Levin, Smadar Nephrin, Amani Beshara, Baruch Ovadia, Oren Gal, and Yael Kopelman.
• Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
• Isr Med Assoc J. 2023 Jan 1; 25 (1): 131713-17.

BackgroundPolyp detection rate (PDR) is a convenient quality measure indicator. Many factors influence PDR, including the patient's background, age, referral (ambulatory or hospitalized), and bowel cleansing.ObjectivesTo evaluate whether years of professional experience have any effect on PDR.MethodsA multivariate analysis of a retrospective cohort was performed, where both patient- and examiner-related variables, including the experience of doctors and nurses, were evaluated. PDR, as the dependent variable was calculated separately for all (APDR), proximal (PPDR), and small (SPDR) polyps.ResultsBetween 1998 and 2019, 20,996 patients underwent colonoscopy at a single center. After controlling for covariates, the experience of both doctors and nurses was not found to be associated with APDR (odds ratio [OR] 0.99, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 0.98-1.00, P = 0.15 and OR 1.03, 95%CI 1.02-1.04, P < 0.0001, respectively). However, after 2.4 years of colonoscopy experience for doctors, and 9.5 years of experience for nurses, a significant increase in APDR was observed. Furthermore, results revealed no association for PPDR and SPDR, as well.ConclusionsYears of colonoscopy experience for both doctors and assisting nurses were not associated with APDR, PPDR, and SPDR. In doctors with 2.4 years of experience and nurses with 9.5 years of experience, a significant increase in APDR was observed.

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