Core Curriculum – Topics (2009-2010)

Approach to elevated LFTs

Autoimmune hepatitis

Barrett’s esophagus

Basics of GI radiology

Biliary complications of OLT

Biofeedback therapy: concepts and utilities

BIOVAC: introduction and indications

Celiac disease

Chronic diarrhea: a rational approach

Colonoscopy video # 3

Colorectal cancer – screening guidelines and surveillance

C. difficile infection

Drug-induced liver injury – new concepts

Eosinophilic esophagitis (parts 1 & 2)

Fecal microbiomedical-clinical applications

Foreign body impaction

GERD

GI manifestations of vasculitides

Hemostasis devices

Literature review for the GI clinician

Liver graft rejection: diagnosis and treatment

Liver lung syndromes

Liver transplantation evaluation: work-up and practical issues

Logistics of endoscopy and conscious sedation

Luminal pathology assessment

Management of benign liver lesions

Management of foreign body impactions

Management of ulcerative colitis in the hospital setting

Managing an endoscopic unit

Medication management in functional disorders

Molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of IBD

Non-cardiac chest pain

Nutrition – general concepts

Practical aspects of care for patients with IBD

Psychological testing for treatment of hepatitis C

Psychotherapy in the GI setting

Small bowel imaging in IBD

Sorting out jaundice and liver disease

Vascular radiology for the GI physician

VCE: indications, complications

Virtual colonoscopy