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Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship

GI Conferences

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  1. GI Grand Rounds. Weekly. Didactic seminar with faculty or outside speaker on focused subject. Many speakers are visiting professors with national and international expertise in their fields.

  2. Patient management conference. Weekly. Fellows present a case followed by a detailed discussion of current literature relevant to the clinical problem.

  3. GI and liver pathology. Weekly. Faculty, fellows, and pathology staff review normal histopathology and pathological specimens.

  4. GI/radiology. Weekly. Radiologists conduct a weekly conference to review imaging studies of selected GI patients and discuss diagnosis and treatment.

  5. Core curriculum conference. Weekly. Presentation by faculty and visiting speakers on topics related to the Gastroenterology Core Curriculum.

  6. GI journal club. One - two times/month. Detailed discussion of current literature, with discussion of techniques of analysis of literature, study design.

  7. Research conference. Biweekly. Presentation and discussion of ongoing basic and clinical research.

There is also an informal weekly session with the division head or fellowship program director to discuss interesting cases and fellowship training issues.

In addition to the above, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds and numerous research conferences and special seminars are held regularly throughout the medical system.


This page was last updated on: December 12, 2007.

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