Course Catalog

 
90-281 GASTROENTEROLOGY
Department MEDICINE Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Private Physicians Office
Course Director PAREKHA YEDLA, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact LANITA CARTER, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email lanitacarter@uabmc.edu Address UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
301 Governors Dr SW, Suite 313A
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone (256) 551-4432 Fax (256) 551-4451
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The goal of this course is to give the senior level student an intensive experience in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disease in the hospital setting. The goal is also to simulate what it might be like to be in private practice as a gastroenterologist, including taking call, inpatient prerounding and rounding, observing procedures, assisting in procedures as appropriate, and occasionally doing some office visits. The student will work closely with one private gastroenterologist for the majority of the month. The student will be involved in the continued care of patients with acute and chronic gastrointestinal problems, as well as those who are requiring GI consults. The student should learn the essentials of gastroenterology during this month, with special emphasis on acute and chronic GI diseases, including the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal disorders, acute abdomen, gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, bezoars, gastroparesis, small intestinal disorders and absorption disorders, cancers of the entire GI tract, inflammatory bowel disease, bowel obstructions, hepatology, and gallbladder disease. Gastrointestinal pharmacology should also be learned more in depth on this rotation. The student will be inherently exposed to EGD?s and colonoscopies during this rotation. This rotation will also emphasize interpretation of GI-related radiographs and laboratory studies.
Where To Report Students will be e-mailed with information about where and when to report.
Requirements The student will be expected to be responsible for at least 5-6 inpatients on average at all times, including their daily progress notes, however they will observe significantly more patients than that on daily rounds with the attending gastroenterologist. The student is expected to participate in the primary evaluation of at least 2 admissions or consults each day on average. Work days will be Monday through Friday every week. BEEPER CALL WILL BE EXPECTED FOR EXTREMELY INTERESTING PATIENTS ONLY (MONDAY NIGHTS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTS ONLY) AND AT NO TIMES WILL THE HOURS WORKED EXCEED THE ACGME GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTS. The student will not be expected to come in on Friday evenings nor weekends.
Evaluation The student will be evaluated by the attending physician based upon the attending physician's observations of the student's performance, thought process and interest level. They will be jedged on knowledge, attitude, ability, level of documentation, communication skills, level of progression, attendance, and timeliness. The rotation is pass or fail. The preceptor should give written or verbal feedback to the student approximately half way through the course and the student should feel free to ask for feedback more frequently.
Notes Students are not allowed to drop this course with less than 30 days notice and it would be difficult to schedule with less than 30 days notice.