ESGE Days 20262026
HAM-AI for objective tip-control assessment
Andrea Sorge·Padua
Research
The evidence behind HAM.
HAM is built on peer-reviewed validation across stratification, skill improvement, AI scoring, and clinical-grade translation. The studies below are what reviewers, programs, and funders cite when adopting HAM.
Talks
HAM at the European endoscopy meetings.
Papers
Three peer-reviewed studies validating the HAM method.
Validity evidence for an objective scoring tool for endoscopic tip control during snare tip soft coagulation
publishedDebels et al.
Frontline Gastroenterology
First validation of objective HAM scoring against expert raters in a clinical-grade tip-control task.
HAM-2: refined assessment of endoscopic tip control
in pressTate, Deleu, et al.
Endoscopy International Open
Stratifies trainees, standard endoscopists, and interventional specialists across four progressive shapes.
HAM-AI: automated scoring of endoscopic tip control from video
in pressTate, Sorge, et al.
Endoscopy International Open
AI scoring shows comparable performance to human raters, enabling scalable assessment at scale.
Vision
From unbiased assessment to safer patient outcomes.
Endoscopic tip control is a foundational skill — and until HAM, there was no cheap, objective, reproducible way to measure it. HAM gives every endoscopy unit, anywhere in the world, the tools to assess competence honestly. Better measurement leads to better training. Better training leads to safer patients.
Cite HAM
Use these snippets when citing HAM in your protocol, manuscript, or grant application.
Vancouver
Debels L, Tate DJ, et al. Validity evidence for an objective scoring tool for endoscopic tip control during snare tip soft coagulation. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2026.
BibTeX
@article{debels2026ham,
title = {Validity evidence for an objective scoring tool for endoscopic tip control during snare tip soft coagulation},
author = {Debels, Lynn and Tate, David J. and others},
journal = {Frontline Gastroenterology},
year = {2026}
}Collaborate with us.
Running a study? Bringing HAM to your unit? Email Lynn to discuss.
Email Lynn Deleu