Teacher(s)

Annet Laurence; Baldin Paméla; Bertrand Claude; Camboni Alessandra; Ciccarelli Olga; Dahlqvist Géraldine; Danse Etienne; Deprez Pierre; Dewit Olivier; Horsmans Yves; Kartheuser Alex (coordinator); Komuta Mina; Leclercq Isabelle; Lefebvre Chantal; Reding Raymond; Smets Françoise; Sokal Etienne; Van Den Eynde Marc;

Language

French

Main themes

6 integrated parts : internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, pharmacology, imaging techniques, pathology. The lessons deal with the concise description of the most frequent digestive diseases in adults and children. Diagnostic approach, medical treatment, surgical indications and main surgical techniques are described. Teaching inGI imaging, pathology and pharmacotherapy is provided

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Aims : To teach the main physiopathological concepts in digestive diseases as well as their diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The importance of each chapter is weighed by the local prevalence of pathologies, and for the less frequent, by the prognostic consequences of an adequate diagnosis and/or management Optional : complements of medical gastroenterology, complements of surgical pathology of the digestive tract in adults and children.

Content

Teaching includes conventional lectures, seminars, clinical demonstrations and training. Power-point presentations, syllabi and short videos are used througout the course. In addition, live presentations are performed to show the best way for collecting anamnestic data, for establishing a diagnosis by complementary techniques and for treating the patient. Seminars of clinico-pathological correlations and teaching are also given.

Other information

Written test scheduled at the end of the module of teaching. Oral exam, part of the global integrated control at the end of the year on the base of a written clinical history.

Teaching materials

• transparents, dias, vidéo, bibliothèque et base de données pour travaux d'étudiants

Faculty or entity

MED