CODE | MDS3017 | ||||||
TITLE | Gastroenterology | ||||||
UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Medicine and Surgery | ||||||
DESCRIPTION | The study-unit addresses gastrointestinal disease including upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease, integrated with pathological and therapeutic correlates and is aimed at medical students in their early phase of clinical training. Study-unit Aims: • To introduce gastroenterology and gastroenterological, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic surgery to students who would have already acquired proficiency in clinical anatomy, clinical physiology, biochemistry, and general pathology/immunology; • To present an integrated approach involving the practice of clinical gastroenterology with pathology, surgery, and clinical pharmacology as a mirror of actual day-to-day clinical practice; • To provide guidance for the acquisition of knowledge and its application; • To provide an order of priority and a theoretical complement to the acquisition of clinical skills; • To provide an understanding of the basic principles, indications, and complications of gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic surgery; • To use formal lectures and tutorials to enhance case-based learning and to provide an understanding of drug safety in relation to gastroenterology disorders; • To provide details on the mode of action and clinical use of various classes of drugs in relation to gastroenterology disorders. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Describe the aetiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, and morphology of inflammatory and malignant diseases of the oesophagus, stomach and small and large bowel, diseases of the liver (including viral hepatitis), and pancreatic and biliary diseases; • Describe the main symptoms and signs of gastroenterological conditions including gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic disease; • Apply scientifically reliable evidence to clinical practice; • Access information sources and carry out an appropriate literature search; • Critically appraise published medical literature; • Recognise the importance of understanding the mode of action and clinical use of drugs in relation to gastroenterology disorders; • List the clinical principles involved in the selection of these classes of drugs to the individual patient in relation gastroenterology disorder and predict the effects of these classes of drugs in specific patients in relation to gastroenterology disorders; • Outline the clinical consequences and complications of inflammatory and malignant diseases of the oesophagus, stomach and small and large bowel, diseases of the liver, and pancreatic and biliary diseases; • Describe the types of investigations (laboratory, radiological, endoscopic, histological) available for clinical diagnosis of oesophagus, stomach and small and large bowel, diseases of the liver (including viral hepatitis), and pancreatic and biliary diseases. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Take a history and perform a physical examination in a patient with gastroenterological, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic disease; • Seek appropriate additional information and advice, to arrive at a working diagnosis; • Devise and discuss the rationale and practicalities of a management plan; • Discuss the theoretical aspects of diagnosis, possible complications, and management options; • Show an understanding of the knowledge of the mode of action of drugs used in gastroenterology disorders; • Explain the selection of differing drug therapies in these drug classes for the individual patient in relation to gastroenterology disorders; • Interpret common symptoms and signs in terms of possible underlying pathology in inflammatory and malignant diseases of the oesophagus, stomach and small and large bowel, diseases of the liver, pancreatic and biliary diseases, and to outline a differential diagnosis; • Correlate the use of simple diagnostic investigations with clinical and morphological features of disease; • Choose the appropriate investigations to confirm diagnosis and interpret the result. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Kumar P., Clark M., (2020) ‘Clinical Medicine’ - Williams, N.S., et al., (2023) ‘Bailey & Love’s Short Practice of Surgery’. Supplementary Readings - Douglas G., Nicol E.F. & Robertson, C. (2023) ‘Macleod’s Clinical Examination’ - Longmore J.M., et al., (2022) ‘Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine’ - Lumley J., et al., (2016) ‘Hamilton Bailey’s Physical Signs: Demonstrations of Physical Signs in Clinical Surgery’. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study, Placement & Tutorial | ||||||
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