Abdominal ultrasonography by the hepato-gastroenterologist: problems, demands, solutions

Adler, Michael Piessevaux, Hubert [UCL] Louis, Edouard Lamy, Virginie Michielsen, Peter Geubel, André [UCL]

This document analyzes the reasons for organizing an abdominal ultrasound training for Belgian trainees in hepatogastroenterology. The hepatogastroenterology speciality should implement, together with the radiology speciality and the national scientific and professional associations, the minimum training requirements which are proposed by the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Trainees in hepatogastroenterology should acquire the same theoretical and practical training as radiologists, they should be taught and supervised by competent instructors and have their expertise evaluated.