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Summary

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Expert performance training requires deliberate practice of physical and cognitive skills. This study deconstructs expertise, focusing on cognitive skills in high-performing endoscopists to improve training methods.

Keywords:

Decisions Deliberate practice Expert performance Expertise Training

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Gastroenterology

Background:

Achieving expert performance necessitates deliberate practice of complex skills.
Effective training design requires deconstructing expert knowledge and decision-making processes.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore methods for deconstructing expertise, specifically the cognitive skills of expert endoscopists.
To identify information sought and decision-making strategies used by high-performing endoscopists.

Main Methods:

Utilized structured interviews to deconstruct the expertise of high-performing endoscopists.
Focused on identifying key features and cognitive processes involved in lesion identification and treatment decisions.

Main Results:

Detailed the information-gathering and decision-making processes of expert endoscopists.
Highlighted critical features noticed by experts during lesion identification and treatment planning.

Conclusions:

Deconstructing cognitive expertise provides a foundation for developing targeted training programs.
Application of these deconstructed skills can enhance the training of future endoscopists.