GI Electives for Residents and Medical Students
OVERVIEW
Residents and medical students, both at Stanford and from other sites, have several opportunities to participate in the clinical care of gastroenterology patients.
Residents and students are welcome to our elective rotations in inpatient gastroenterology consultation service, inpatient hepatology service and outpatient clinics for both gastroenterology and hepatology. During these rotations, residents and students are integrated within the care team and are able to observe various endoscopic procedures. Additional opportunities are also available at our affiliate hospital sites.
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CONTACT US
To sign up for GI or Hepatology electives please contact:
Elaine Tschorn
Fellowship Coordinator
Stanford University School of Medicine
430 Broadway Pavilion C-3rd Floor, GI Suite
Redwood City, CA 94063
Telephone: 650-721-6190
Fax: 650-723-5488
Email: tschorn@stanford.edu
The Gastroenterology inpatient rotation is designed to provide training and experience to acquire the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes in digestive diseases. Medicine residents will have an opportunity to assess and treat a diverse array of gastroenterology disorders.
The resident will serve as a GI consultant and will provide general gastroenterology management under the direct supervision of both faculty and fellows. The gastroenterology inpatient rotation site is at Stanford University Hospital (SUH). The resident will be responsible for daily continuity of care on the inpatient service by reporting daily findings to both the fellow and attending. The resident will also have opportunity to observe endoscopy procedures performed on the inpatient GI service.
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| AM | 7:00 am – 10:00 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 11:00 am Morning Report 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions & consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
7:00 am – 9:30 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 11:00 am Morning Report 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions and consults
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8:00 am - 9:00 am Medicine Grand Rounds 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Inpatient Rounds & Consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
7:00 am – 10:00 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 11:00 am Morning Report 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions and consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
7:00 am – 8:00 am GI Didactics Conference 8:00 am – 10:00 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions and consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
| PM | 1.30 - 5.00 pm Admissions and consults |
1.30 - 5.00 pm Admissions and consults |
1:15 pm – 4:00 pm Admissions, consults 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm GI Board Review Conference 4:30 pm – 6:00 pmDigestive Diseases Clinical Conference |
1:15 pm – 5:00 pm Admissions and consults |
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Admissions and patient care |
The outpatient gastroenterology elective provides trainees an opportunity to rotate in several different subspecialty clinics including inflammatory bowel disease, motility/ esophagus, pancreas, general GI and advanced endoscopy.
Trainees will develop an understanding of when to consult gastroenterology and how to approach commonly seen diagnoses in the primary care practice. They will participate in the multidisciplinary management of complex GI diagnoses and also attend sub-speciality clinical case conferences.
A sample schedule is shown below:
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| AM | Streett (IBD Clinic) |
Okafor (General GI) |
Zikos (General GI) |
Outpatient report |
Clarke (Esophagus) |
| PM | Sonu (General GI) |
Shah (General GI) |
Sinha (IBD Clinic) |
Fernandez-Becker (Celiac clinic) |
Halawi (Advanced Endo) |
The inpatient hepatology elective is designed to expose medicine residents and students to patients with cirrhosis and complications from liver disease that frequently lead to hospital admissions. The rotation is designed as an educational elective, not a primary inpatient medicine service. This is a Monday – Friday rotation only; there are no weekend expectations.
As a member of the transplant team, trainees will have an opportunity to assess, manage and treat patients that are undergoing a workup for liver transplantation. Trainees will also be involved in the care of patients following liver transplantation, gaining an exposure to immediate and delayed complications following liver transplant. Patients on the liver service are cared for on the general medical/surgical floors and the ICU. Residents and students will have an opportunity to learn from patients requiring various levels of care.
The trainee will be joining an inpatient team inclusive of an attending hepatologist, 1-2 fellows, and advanced practice providers, providing valuable multidisciplinary care. A sample schedule is shown below:
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| AM | 7:00 am – 10:00 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 11:00 am Morning Report 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions & consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
7:00 am – 9:30 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 9:30 am – 10:00am Multidisciplinary Care Meeting 10:00 am – 11:00 am Morning Report 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions and consults
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8:00 am - 9:00 am Medicine Grand Rounds 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Inpatient Rounds & Consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
7:00 am – 10:00 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 11:00 am Morning Report 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions and consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
7:00 am – 8:00 am GI Didactics Conference 8:00 am – 10:00 am Inpatient Rounds & Consults 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Admissions and consults 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Conference |
| PM | 1.30 - 5.00 pm Admissions and consults |
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Transplant selection meeting 2:00pm - 3:00pmTumor Board 3:00pm - 4:00pm Pathology conference |
1:15 pm – 4:00 pm Admissions, consults 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm GI Board Review Conference 4:30 pm – 6:00 pmDigestive Diseases Clinical Conference |
1:15 pm – 5:00 pm Admissions and consults |
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Patient Care Conference 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Admissions and patient care |
The outpatient hepatology elective provides trainees an opportunity to learn about the diagnosis and management of various liver diseases including viral hepatitis, fatty liver disease, alcohol-associated liver disease, autoimmune diseases and liver cancer. Trainees will develop an understanding of when to consult hepatology for common indications such as abnormal liver enzymes and when to consider liver transplantation for chronic liver diseases.
A sample schedule is shown below:
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| AM | Research |
Hepatology Clinic at Palo Alto VA with Dr. Ramsey Cheung |
Hepatology clinic RWC OPC (Kwo, Ahmed) |
Transplant clinic – Boswell (Goel, Daugherty, Kumari, Ghaziani) |
Hepatology clinic RWC OPC (Goel) |
| PM | Transplant clinic – Boswell (Kwo, Ahmed, Daugherty, Nguyen) |
12:30 pm – 2.00 pm Transplant selection meeting 2:00pm - 3:00pmTumor Board 3:00pm - 4:00pm Pathology conference |
Hepatology clinic RWC OPC 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm GI Board Review Conference 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Digestive Diseases Clinical Conference |
Transplant clinic – Boswell (Goel, Daugherty, Kumari, Ghaziani |
Research |