Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation

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Gastroenterology Elective
MED 615

Prerequisite: Fourth year medical students who have successfully completed their Internal Medicine clerkship.

Objectives:

• Become proficient in the comprehensive evaluation/physical exam skills for new patients with gastrointestinal disorders.
• Understand the interpretation of laboratory, procedural and diagnostic data as it relates to gastrointestinal diseases.

Students are assigned to a gastroenterology service with the gastroenterologist. Exposure to both primary and consultative gastroenterology cases is included. Students also spend time in the endoscopy suite and may be given the opportunity to participate in endoscopies.

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