Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy
ME 510M.23A
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Students will become familiar with the pathophysiology, diagnosis, application of endoscopic procedures (diagnostic and interventional) and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreatico-biliary system. As an integral member of the patient care team, students will evaluate patients with a wide range of disorders and will be exposed to a wide range of endoscopic procedures on the hospital-based consult services at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (BWFH). Student are generally on the BWH and BWFH GI consult teams for 3 weeks and the BWH Hepatology consult team for 1 week. Students will be encouraged to consider the pathophysiology, basic/clinical research, and evidence-based guidelines informing the care of GI and hepatology patients. In addition to patient care, students will attend conferences with fellows and faculty, including teaching on core topics (didactic and case-based), research seminars, journal club, and multidisciplinary subspecialty conferences (in hepatology, IBD, motility, pancreas, etc.) with radiology and pathology review.
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