Date
19 November 2026
- 20 November 2026
Location
Svendborg Hospital
Registration deadline
2 November 2026

Masterclass in Colonoscopy

About the course

We are hosting a two-day advanced colonoscopy course for medical specialists, featuring both theoretical and interactive teaching sessions.

Target Audience:
Medical specialists or endoscopy nurses who perform screening colonoscopies or conduct a high volume of colonoscopies (>200 annually).

Final programme will be shared shortly

Course Sessions Include:

  • Colonoscopy and Quality Assurance
  • Screening Colonoscopy in Denmark
  • Colonoscopy Techniques and Best Practices
  • Colonic and Rectal Polyps
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopy Equipment and Instrumentation
  • Resection of Colorectal Neoplasia
  • Colonoscopy – How? (Interactive Knowledge Sharing)

Day 1 - Entrance 85, Room 7

08.15 - 08.45 Breakfast

08.45 - 09.00 Welcome and introduction of the participants.

Session 1 - Colonoscopy & Quality

09.00 - 10.00 Quality of colonoscopy in Denmark and the Region of Southern Denmark - How to perform a high quality and safe colonoscopy.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

Session 2 - Endoscopy Equipment

10.00 - 10.45 Tower hardware & colonoscopes.
Senior Consultant Søren Meisner

10.45 - 11.00 Diathermy & settings.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

11.00 - 11.15 Coffee break

Session 3 - Polyps in the Colon & Rectum

11.15 - 12.00 Morphological classification & optical diagnosis of colon & rectal polyps.
Senior Consultant Niels Buch

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

13.00 - 13.45 HNPCC & the rare syndromes: FAP/Peutz Jegher/HHT/Serrat polypose.
Senior Consultant Henriette Roed Nielsen

13.45 - 14.00 Antitrombotic treatment & endoscopic resection.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

14.00 -14.15 Coffee break

Session 4 - Optimal Colonoscopy Technique

14.15 - 15.00 Hydro Colonoscopy.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

15.00 - 15.45 Loop-free intubation - Guide to technique & ergonomics.
Senior Consultant Søren Meisner

15.45 - 16.00 Summary of the day.

DAY 2 - Session 5 - Resection of Colorectal Neoplasia

08.00 - 08.30 Breakfast & follow up on day 1

08.30 - 09.30 Resection of colorectal neoplasia.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

09.30 - 10.15 Advanced colorectal resection.
Senior Consultant Niels Buch

10.15 - 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 - 11.15 Basic endoscopic instruments.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

11.15 - 11.45 Complications in therapeutic colonoscopy.
Senior Consultant Anders Høgh

11.45 - 12.45 Lunch

Session 6 - Quick Guide

12.45 - 13.45 Basic colonoscope handling, ADR optimization, AI, Tips & Tricks.
Senior Consultant Søren Meisner

Session 7 - Partners in Colonoscopy

13.45 - 14.30 Pathologist's perspective
Senior Consultant Lene Gaarsmand Christensen.

14.30 - 14.45 Coffee Break

14.45 - 15.45 Inflammatory bowel disease & colonoscopy.
Professor Jens Kjeldsen

15.45- 16.00 Summary of the day.

Speakers

Consultant Niels Buch
Consultant Anders Høgh
Consultant Søren Meisner

Guest Speakers:

Professor Jens Kjeldsen, Afdeling for Medicinske Mavetarmsygdomme S, OUH

Consultant Henriette Roed Nielsen, Klinisk Genetisk Afdeling, OUH

Consultant Lene Gaarsmand Christensen, Afdeling for Klinisk Patologi, OUH

Professor Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Forskningsenheden for Kirurgi, OUH

Location

Svendborg Hospital, Baagøes Allé 15, entrance 85 room 7.

Other information

Registration deadline 1st of November 2026

Course language: Danish

Contact ouh.a.satc@rsyd.dk

 

Fee

Participants employed in the Region of Southern Denmark are excempted course fees according to a sponsorship from the region.

Other participants Course fee: 2000 kr.