Incorporating image enhanced endoscopy in your everyday practice.

Purpose of review: The purpose of this review is to analyze newly available image enhanced endoscopic techniques and to evaluate how these techniques can be integrated into daily routine. Recent findings: Recent guidelines have clearly stated how competency can be achieved. Endoscopist should have achieved general competence in endoscopy (more than 300 examinations) before commencing training in optical diagnosis. Summary: A validated optical diagnosis training course should be attended and meeting competence thresholds by assessing a minimum number of lesions prospectively during real-time endoscopy should be performed.These guidelines will help to standardize training and to achieve high efficiency in enhanced imaging.