Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the GI/GU module, students should have improved their skills in 3 core areas:
1) Biomedical Knowledge:
Students should be able to:
A) Describe the inflammatory conditions involving the oesophagus and stomach. Outline the pathogenesis and morphology of peptic ulcer disease. Describe its complications.
B) List the causes of malabsorption and describe the associated clinicopathological features.
C) Describe the infectious conditions that affect the gastrointestinal tract.
D) Outline the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Describe the macroscopic and microscopic features of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and list their complications.
E) Understand what is meant by the term 'acute abdomen'. List the common causes of an acute abdomen and outline the pathogenesis of these causes.
F) Describe the presentation and pathogenesis of gastrointestinal motility disorders.
G) Discuss the benign and malignant neoplasms affecting the gastrointestinal tract including risk factors, presentation, morphological features and prognostic features. Illustrate the adenoma-carcinoma sequence.
H) Describe the clinicopathological features of acute and chronic liver disease and the features that distinguish the two. Outline the effects of alcohol on the liver.
I) Classify the causes of cirrhosis.
J) Discuss the epidemiology, clinical features, complications and methods involved in the diagnosis of the hepatitis viruses.
K) Discuss the non viral causes of liver disease and their complications.
L) Outline the aetiology, pathogenesis and complications of gallstones.
M) List the causes of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Describe the pathogenesis, clinical features and complications of both.
N) Discuss the benign and malignant tumours of the liver, intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tree and the pancreas.
O) Describe the common infections involving the urinary tract.
P) Classify the causes of glomerular disease and outline the underlying pathogenesis, clinical features and methods involved in the diagnosis of different types.
Q) Outline the tubulointerstitial diseases and their clinicopathological features.
R) List the causes and complications of renal calculi.
S) Discuss the benign and malignant tumours involving the kidney, ureter and bladder and outline their presentation, morphological and prognostic features.
T) Describe the pathologies of the male reproductive tract.
U) Outline the pathogenesis and complications of prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic adenocarcinoma.
V) Describe the causes and consequences of common sexually transmitted diseases.
2) Professional and Clinical Skills:
After completion of this module, it is envisaged that the successful student should be in a position to critically evaluate the different pathologies of the gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and genitourinary tracts and suggest appropriate investigations and possible management options.
A) Formulate a logical approach to the investigation of upper and lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding. B) Propose an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract.
C) Formulate an approach to the investigation and management of the acute abdomen.
D) Formulate an approach to the investigation of jaundice and abnormal liver function tests.
E) Describe the treatment options for viral hepatitis.
F) Recognise the signs and symptoms and complications of liver failure and portal hypertension.
G) Formulate an approach to the investigation of proteinuria and haematuria.
H) Suggest possible treatment options for the sexually transmitted infections.
3) Personal and Professional skills:
The student should have:
A) Improved their personal and professional skills by participating in group based interactive tutorials B) Assimilated the professional approach that Gastroenterologists, microbiologists and pathologists demonstrate in their clinical illustrations in their lectures and case based tutorials.