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Applying Abdominal Pressure During Colonoscopy

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General Information

This education activity is a video recording. Participation in this activity consists of reviewing the activity and completing the evaluation. It is estimated that this activity will take approximately 21 minutes to complete.

• Date of original release: September 28, 2007 • Date credit expires for this program: October 29, 2010 • Duration/completion time: 21 minutes

Activity

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA category 1 credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, adheres to all ACCME standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education and attests to the fact that this enduring material was produced in compliance with ACCME essentials. No commercial support was received in the production of this CME activity.

CME Credit

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Describe techniques used by the endoscopy assistant to apply abdominal pressure during colonoscopy. • Address the ergonomics of these techniques in an effort to minimize risk of injury to both the patient and the endoscopy assistant.

Reviewing this educational activity does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this activity.

Learning Objectives

Applying Abdominal Pressure During Colonoscopy will provide physicians, residents, fellows, RNs, and endoscoy technicians with an educational tool to demonstrate and support the learning of applying abdominal pressure during colonscopy.

Description and Target Audience

If you are interested in viewing this activity, please visit www.mayo.edu/cme/self-study.html and register. Price is $45.

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