Didactic Activities

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

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

Stomach & Small Bowel

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

Colon & Colorectal

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

IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

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

GI Bleeding & Vascular Disorders

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

Hepatology

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

Liver Oncology, Transplant & Advanced Topics

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

Pancreas & Biliary

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

Nutrition, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, HIV

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

Oncology & Advanced Endoscopy

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

Cross cutting, Ethics, Systems & Research

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

Board Review Integration
Comprehensive Recap & Capstone

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