Successful Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Video 6.1Endoscopic anatomy of the colon

Video 6.2Rectal intubation techniques

Video 6.3Locating the lumen

Video 6.4Subtle lesions of colon

Video 6.5Alpha‐loop

Video 6.6N‐loop

Video 6.7Reverse alpha‐loop

Video 6.8Transverse colon loop

Video 6.9Acute turn

Video 6.10Intubation of the ileal–caecal valve

Video 6.11 Ex vivo colonoscopy model overview

Video 6.12 Ex vivo colonoscopy model setup

Video 1.6Virtual reality colonoscopy simulator training

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