GI Fundamentals Study Track
Build a reliable approach to diagnosing and managing the GI conditions you see most often, from reflux to liver disease to GI bleeding.
What this track covers
This track covers acid-related and functional GI disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease, GI bleeding, and celiac/malabsorptive conditions. It focuses on recognizing patterns in labs and presentations, choosing the right next diagnostic or referral step, and structuring a management plan a clinician can defend on rounds or in clinic.
What you will practice
- Distinguish GERD from alarm features that warrant endoscopy referral
- Differentiate Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis based on distribution and presentation
- Interpret LFT patterns to localize hepatocellular versus cholestatic injury
- Risk-stratify a GI bleed and sequence resuscitation versus endoscopy timing
- Work through a stepwise approach to suspected celiac disease and malabsorption
Simulator scenario
A patient presents with melena and lightheadedness, requiring the clinician to triage severity, initiate resuscitation, and decide on timing for endoscopy.
Board question topics
- H. pylori testing and treatment approach
- IBD medication classes and monitoring
- Upper versus lower GI bleeding localization
- Celiac disease screening and confirmatory workup
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