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title: "SRMC Gastroenterology Didactic Activities at Sutter Health"
description: "The SRMC Gastroenterology Fellowship offers structured weekly didactic sessions, including grand rounds and specialized conferences, to enhance fellows' clinical knowledge and support board exam preparation."
url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/didactic-activities"
---

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6.  Didactic Activities

# Didactic Activities

**Section menu**

-   [Gastroenterology, Roseville](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology "Gastroenterology, Roseville")
    -   [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/about "About the Program")
        
    -   [Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/apply "Apply")
        
    -   [Gastroenterology Fellowship Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/curriculum "Gastroenterology Fellowship Curriculum")
        
    -   [Didactic Activities](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/didactic-activities "Didactic Activities")
        
    -   [Gastroenterology fellowship faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/faculty "Gastroenterology fellowship faculty")
        
    -   [Message from the Program Director](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/message-from-the-program-director "Message from the Program Director")
        

-   [Gastroenterology, Roseville](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology "Gastroenterology, Roseville")
    -   [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/about "About the Program")
        
    -   [Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/apply "Apply")
        
    -   [Gastroenterology Fellowship Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/curriculum "Gastroenterology Fellowship Curriculum")
        
    -   [Didactic Activities](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/didactic-activities "Didactic Activities")
        
    -   [Gastroenterology fellowship faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/faculty "Gastroenterology fellowship faculty")
        
    -   [Message from the Program Director](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/fellowships/srmc-gastroenterology/message-from-the-program-director "Message from the Program Director")
        

## Structure & Weekly Format.

-   **Session Length**: 1.5 to 2 hours weekly.
-   **Formats Rotated**:
    -   Faculty‐led didactic lecture
    -   Case‐based conference
    -   Journal club or guideline review
    -   Board‐review Q&A (use question banks like ACG Q and DDSEP)
    -   Path radiology correlation conference
    -   Expert motility/endoscopy review
    -   Research/case‐report meeting (for scholarly activity)
-   **Quarterly**: M&M / QI case review
-   **Monthly**: GI Grand Rounds (external expert), IBD conference, Pathology, Radiology, Motility
-   **Monthly**: Board review with practice questions aligned to past core topic area

## Weekly Didactic Topic Map (by system):

**Esophagus & Upper GI**

-   Week 1: GERD – medical management
-   Week 2: GERD – surgical & endoscopic
-   Week 3: Barrett’s esophagus, dysplasia, surveillance
-   Week 4: Motility disorders: achalasia, spasm, non cardiac chest pain
-   Week 5: Functional upper GI: rumination, aerophagia, hiccups
-   Week 6: Peptic ulcer disease, H. pylori, NSAID ulcer management

**Stomach & Small Bowel**

-   Week 7: Gastroparesis & gastrectomy/post surgical issues
-   Week 8: Gastric polyps and carcinoids
-   Week 9: Celiac disease, malabsorption
-   Week 10: Microbial overgrowth, SIBO
-   Week 11: Chronic diarrhea (IBS subtypes)
-   Week 12: Microscopic colitis, radiation enteritis, solitary rectal ulcer, diversion colitis

**Colon & Colorectal**

-   Week 13: Colon cancer screening, polyp surveillance, serrated lesions
-   Week 14: Familial CRC syndromes (Lynch, FAP)
-   Week 15: Diverticular disease and complications
-   Week 16: IBS, constipation, pelvic floor dysfunction
-   Week 17: Colonic motility disorders & pseudo obstruction
-   Week 18: Anal canal: hemorrhoids, fissures, incontinence, neoplastic disease

**IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)**

-   Week 19: IBD basics: epidemiology, presentation
-   Week 20: Crohn’s disease diagnosis & medical management
-   Week 21: Ulcerative colitis diagnosis & medical management
-   Week 22: Biologics & immunomodulators – IBD therapy
-   Week 23: IBD complications & surgical management
-   Week 24: Surveillance strategies & dysplasia management in IBD

**GI Bleeding & Vascular Disorders**

-   Week 25: Upper GI non variceal bleeding
-   Week 26: Variceal bleeding: management, secondary prophylaxis
-   Week 27: Lower GI bleeding + obscure bleeding (AVMs, obscure)
-   Week 28: Mesenteric ischemia & chronic ischemic colitis
-   Week 29: Portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension complications
-   Week 30: GI bleeding in elderly and comorbid settings

**Hepatology**

-   Week 31: Approach to abnormal LFTs, hepatic mass evaluation
-   Week 32: Acute & chronic viral hepatitis (A, B, C, E)
-   Week 33: Alcoholic liver disease & NAFLD/NASH
-   Week 34: Cirrhosis complications: ascites, SBP, HRS, encephalopathy
-   Week 35: Portal hypertension: TIPS and variceal therapy
-   Week 36: Autoimmune hepatitis, PSC, PBC, genetic disorders (Wilson’s, A 1 AT, hemochromatosis)

**Liver Oncology, Transplant & Advanced Topics**

-   Week 37: Hepatocellular carcinoma & other hepatic malignancies
-   Week 38: Liver transplant evaluation & MELD scoring
-   Week 39: Post transplant care and immunosuppression
-   Week 40: Drug induced liver injury and vascular liver diseases (Budd Chiari)
-   Week 41: Pregnancy and hepatobiliary disorders
-   Week 42: Cholestatic syndromes, pregnancy pharmacology, osteoporosis risk

**Pancreas & Biliary**

-   Week 43: Acute & chronic pancreatitis
-   Week 44: Pancreatic cysts, IPMN, neoplasms, function studies
-   Week 45: Nutritional support & surgical aspects in pancreatitis
-   Week 46: Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, divisum, biliary dyskinesia
-   Week 47: Gallstone disease, acute cholecystitis (calculous/acalculous)
-   Week 48: Gallbladder and biliary track neoplasms

**Nutrition, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, HIV**

-   Week 49: Nutrition support in critical illness, short bowel syndrome
-   Week 50: Pediatric GI issues: neonatal jaundice, NEC, Meckel’s, IBD in children
-   Week 51: Women’s health: GI issues in pregnancy, GYN GI interactions
-   Week 52: HIV related GI manifestations, gastrointestinal infections
-   Week 53: Geriatric GI care: gastrostomy, risks of endoscopy in elderly

**Oncology & Advanced Endoscopy**

-   Week 54: GI lymphoma, NETs, GIST, anal & GI tract cancers
-   Week 55: Chemotherapy and radiation therapy considerations
-   Week 56: Endoluminal stenting, palliative techniques
-   Week 57: Capsule endoscopy, enteroscopy, narrow band imaging
-   Week 58: Advanced therapeutic endoscopy: EMR, ESD, EUS, ERCP
-   Week 59: Foreign body management, sedation, complications, ileus, ICU GI care

**Cross cutting, Ethics, Systems & Research**

-   Week 60: Professionalism, communication, systems based practice in GI
-   Week 61: Practice based learning, cost effective care, guidelines uptake
-   Week 62: Ethics in GI: nutrition, consent, surgical referrals
-   Week 63: Quality improvement and morbidity & mortality cases
-   Week 64: Research methodology: journal club, study design, biostatistics
-   Week 65: Evidence based medicine and guideline implementation

**Board Review Integration**  
**Comprehensive Recap & Capstone**

-   Weel 73: GI/hepatology rapid review
-   Week 74: Gastrointestinal oncology & emergencies
-   Week 75: Nutrition, pediatrics, geriatrics, HIV review
-   Week 76: Advanced endoscopy, imaging, motility
-   Week 77: Ethics, systems practice, QI case wrap up
-   Week 78: Final board prep Q&A, test strategy recap

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### Contact Us

**Program Administrator**  
Giovanni Alejo

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**Program Director**  
Inder M. Singh, MD

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