Better training. Safer procedures. Wider access to knowledge.
Our mission
Bronchoscopy International® works to reduce human suffering by improving procedural education and expanding access to high-quality learning resources. We are particularly committed to clinicians, educators, and institutions in resource-limited and underserved settings.
Why Bronchoscopy International?
Procedural skill should not be acquired through unsupervised trial and error on patients. Clinicians learn more safely and effectively when knowledge, simulation, deliberate practice, structured feedback, and supervised clinical experience are combined.
Bronchoscopy International was created to advance that approach. Its educational models emphasize competency rather than exposure alone and encourage learners to develop technical ability, clinical judgment, communication, ethical awareness, and professional responsibility together.
A global educational foundation
Our founding principle is the democratization of knowledge. Educational resources on Bronchoscopy.org are designed for broad international use and are made freely available whenever possible. They support independent learning as well as teaching in fellowship programs, simulation centers, workshops, conferences, and faculty-development initiatives.
Over many years, Bronchoscopy International has collaborated with clinicians, educators, professional societies, universities, and medical institutions around the world. Its methods and vocabulary have helped shape contemporary approaches to competency-based bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology education.
How education improves patient care
Patients may bear the consequences of inadequate procedural preparation through unnecessary discomfort, excessive sedation, prolonged procedures, avoidable complications, incomplete examinations, or the need for repeat procedures. Training that combines simulation, structured assessment, and supervised practice can reduce those risks and help clinicians provide more consistent care.
Founder
Bronchoscopy International was founded by Henri G. Colt, M.D., FCCP, FAWM, Professor Emeritus of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California. His work has focused on bronchoscopy, interventional pulmonology, competency-based procedural education, medical ethics, and international faculty development.
Collaboration
Bronchoscopy International complements the work of regional and international professional organizations. Its purpose is not to compete for ownership of knowledge, but to make useful educational methods and resources more accessible to the people who teach, learn, and care for patients.
Bronchoscopy International® is a name registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.