Overview
The Saudi Gastroenterology Association (SGA) is pleased to announce the launch of its Capsule Endoscopy Training Course, developed in collaboration with Tayeb Medical. The inaugural course is expected to take place in October/November 2026. Designed for practicing gastroenterologists, this intensive one-day course combines focused expert-led lectures, video-based education, and extensive hands-on capsule endoscopy reading and interpretation using dedicated software and real anonymized cases. The programme provides a structured approach to patient selection, systematic capsule review, lesion recognition and characterization, standardized reporting, and clinical decision-making — covering inflammatory, vascular, and neoplastic pathology as well as common interpretive pitfalls and emerging applications, including colon capsule endoscopy. This initiative reflects SGA’s continued commitment to advancing high-quality, practice-oriented endoscopy education and supporting excellence in capsule endoscopy practice across the region.
Why attend this course
- Learn directly from expert faculty through focused lectures and video-based teaching
- Get extensive hands-on capsule reading and interpretation practice on real, anonymized cases
- Option to attend with a nurse from your endoscopy unit, supporting team-based implementation
- Eligibility to apply for an optional remote capsule endoscopy proctorship after the course
What you will learn
- 1Apply a structured approach to patient selection for capsule endoscopy
- 2Perform systematic, standardized capsule review and reporting
- 3Recognize and characterize inflammatory, vascular, and neoplastic lesions
- 4Avoid common interpretive pitfalls and support sound clinical decision-making
- 5Explore emerging applications, including colon capsule endoscopy
Curriculum
9 modules across 5 units — 9 published, 0 in development.
Unit A · Foundations — Capsule Endoscopy in Practice
Unit B · Patient Selection & Systematic Review
Unit C · Lesion Recognition & Characterization
- 4
Inflammatory Lesion Recognition
Recognizing and characterizing inflammatory findings on capsule endoscopy
20mPublished - 5
Vascular Lesion Recognition
Recognizing and characterizing vascular findings on capsule endoscopy
20mPublished - 6
Neoplastic Lesion Recognition & Characterization
Recognizing and characterizing neoplastic findings on capsule endoscopy
20mPublished
Unit D · Reporting & Clinical Decision-Making
Competency-based curriculum benchmarked against JAG UK and ESGE ESD frameworks. Each module includes Bloom-tagged learning outcomes, pre-reading anchors, case-based reasoning, clinical pearls and pitfalls, and self-assessment MCQs.
Hands-on training (key highlight)
- Reading and interpretation practice on dedicated capsule-review software
- Real, anonymized patient cases
- Optional remote proctorship after the course, with individualized feedback from faculty
Who should attend
- Practicing gastroenterologists
- Endoscopy unit nurses (optional, alongside their supervising gastroenterologist)
Course format
- Expert-led lectures and video-based education
- Extensive hands-on capsule endoscopy reading and interpretation using dedicated software and real anonymized cases