Researchers have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy ...

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Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees, published in the Dec. 2010 issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, according to ...

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OAK BROOK, Ill. – Dec. 15, 2010 – Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees. A report outlining the development and ...

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