It all depends on where you will do the procedures. For office based procedures like minor derm stuff and joint injections, you just need to do enough to be comfortable. I know that's kind of vague, but most insurance companies will pay you to do these things without much question, it saves them the consultant fee. The same goes for more complicated procedures like flex sigs and vasectomies as long as you are doing them in you office.
The real question comes in for procedures in the hospital, as everything you do there has to be approved by the hospital credentialing commitee, and the requirements differ from location to location. You may be able to get priviledges in a rural setting with 25 supervised colonoscopies, but unable to get creds. in an academic center with 500. There are some general guidelines, and if you have questions about specific procedures, I'll be happy to try to find them. You have to consider the source though. For example the number for colons published by the AGE is basically the lowest number a GI fellow could expect to get and is three times the number published by the surgeons. Other procedures like central lines are usually much less complicated. For example, to get creds for central lines at one of the hospitals where I have priviledges., I basically had to check the central line box on the application.
I hope this helps.
