II. Medical Knowledge

The pediatric gastroenterology fellow can demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and socio-behavioral aspects of pediatric gastroenterology, and can apply this knowledge to patient care.

Objectives:

By the end of the first year of fellowship training, the following are expected.

1. Fellows are familiar with the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of the gastrointestinal disorders enumerated in the core curriculum [as outlined by NASPGN Training Guidelines ( JPGN Vol. 29, Supplement 1, November 1999: S1-26) and The American Board of Pediatrics Content Outline for the Pediatric Gastroenterology Subspecialty Certifying Examination], which include motility and functional disorders, acid-peptic diseases, congenital abnormalities and short-bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel diseases, infectious and immunologic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreatic diseases, and hepatobiliary disorders.
2. Fellows know that pediatric gastroenterology requires life-long learning (literature search, journal club and conference attendance etc).
3. Fellows participate in the teaching of pediatric residents and medical students so fellows will learn that teaching is an important method of learning.

By the end of the 2nd and 3rd years of fellowship training, the following are expected.
A core fund of knowledge in gastrointestinal development, physiology, pathophysiology, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, biochemistry, nutrition, and clinical pharmacology has been achieved, and is continually updated through ongoing self-education.