American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, or ASGE, is a professional organization of physician
s dedicated to improving endoscopy
. The ASGE is made up largely of gastroenterologists
from the United States
. Included in its membership are endoscopists from other medical specialties as well as from other countries. ASGE publishes the medical journal
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
"The core purpose of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is to be the leader in advancing and promoting excellence in gastrointestinal endoscopy".
Goals:
ASGE offers a member site, www.asge.org, devoted to Endoscopy from a physicians point of view, a public site, www.askasge.org, for patients and their families who have questions about procedures and www.screen4coloncancer.org, a site dedicated to information about colon cancer. Brochures in Spanish are available on the public sites.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s dedicated to improving endoscopy
Endoscopy
Endoscopy means looking inside and typically refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an endoscope , an instrument used to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike most other medical imaging devices, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ...
. The ASGE is made up largely of gastroenterologists
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Included in its membership are endoscopists from other medical specialties as well as from other countries. ASGE publishes the medical journal
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
"The core purpose of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is to be the leader in advancing and promoting excellence in gastrointestinal endoscopy".
Goals:
- ASGE will be recognized by its members for helping them to improve their endoscopic practice.
- Regulatory and credentialingCredentialingCredentialing is the process of establishing the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy...
agencies will look to ASGE as the source of expertise in the practice of endoscopy. - ASGE benefits the profession and the public by promoting valuable, ongoing research in endoscopy and its application to disease management and prevention.
- Members will have access to up-to-date, quality educationEducationEducation in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
. - Improve the quality of endoscopy delivered to the public.
ASGE offers a member site, www.asge.org, devoted to Endoscopy from a physicians point of view, a public site, www.askasge.org, for patients and their families who have questions about procedures and www.screen4coloncancer.org, a site dedicated to information about colon cancer. Brochures in Spanish are available on the public sites.