GAST 544-01
SITE:
University of Maryland Hospital
DEPARTMENT:
Medicine
TITLE OF COURSE:
Gastroenterology
DESCRIPTION AND GOALS OF COURSE: The student serves as a member of a busy consult team and is exposed to a wide range of patient problems and techniques. He/she will work closely with the fellows in seeing new consults, following old patients, and staffing the weekly outpatient clinics. The student will have the opportunity to observe all GI procedures including upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, liver biopsy, esophageal manometry, and laser endoscopy. The student will have the opportunity to be instructed in the basics of flexible sigmoidoscopy. Attending rounds are held daily Monday through Friday. The student will learn how to use endoscopic, radiographic, and biopsy methods in diagnosing and managing GI disorders and will have the opportunity to correlate and compare the obtained information with the patient's clinical course. The student will be expected to attend and participate in all activities of the GI Division. The day begins with endoscopic procedures at 8 a.m. and rounds are usually over by 6 p.m. Conferences include weekly grand rounds, patient management, pathology, and radiology conferences. By the end of the rotation, the student should feel comfortable in evaluating patients presenting with jaundice, atypical chest pain, abdominal pain, GI bleeding, diarrhea, and alcohol abuse. He/she will learn the fundamentals of how to manage patients with reflux esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, pancreatitis, inflamma-tory bowel disease and hepatitis and be able to work up patients suspected of having malabsorption, gastrointes-tinal cancer and functional bowel disease. He/she should also begin to understand the indications, benefits and limitations of endoscopy and liver biopsy. Duration:
4 weeks
Hours of Participation:
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Number of Students:
3
Time of Year Available:
Academic weeks 1-44
Faculty Responsible:
Bruce D. Greenwald, M.D. UMMS, N3W62 Phone: (410) 328-8731 Fax: (410) 328-8315 E-mail: bgreenwa@medicine.umaryland.edu
Contact Person:
Pat Phoebus UMMS, N3W62 Phone: 8-8731 E-mail: pphoebus@med.umaryland.edu
Prerequisite:
Junior Internal Medicine
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