Gastroenterology

 

The Gastroenterology Fellowship will offer a learning opportunity for fellows and give them the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to function as gastroenterologists in any setting.   Fellows’ interests and needs are considered, and the program is designed to maximize the opportunity to attain their personal and professional goals.  Clinical, endoscopic, patient management, diagnostic, and procedural skills will be learned. The fellow will rotate at Arnot Ogden Medical Center.

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The fellow’s training is completed at Arnot Ogden Medical Center.   The major focus of the training program is to provide comprehensive care for GI patients under the supervision of board-certified gastroenterology physicians.  The program is flexible in design, allowing for the individual trainee’s needs, temperament, and abilities to be considered and addressed within the basic framework of the required services.

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A Year I Fellow should be able to assess new patient problems, formulate and execute a treatment plan with guidance and teach basic gastroenterology skills to medical students and other trainees. Year I fellows should begin to develop basic procedural competencies in diagnostic upper endoscopy and colonoscopy.

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A Year 2 Fellow should learn to assess and care for a larger volume of patients and learn and teach basic textbook and evidence-based medicine to medical students and other trainees. Year II fellows should independently perform diagnostic upper endoscopy and colonoscopy and begin to perform therapeutic maneuvers.

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A Year 3 Fellow (senior level) should demonstrate rapid assessment and planning skills and near-attending level care planning and management, while teaching medical students and other trainees at near to or exceeding attending level teaching. Year III fellows should be able to perform diagnostic and therapeutic upper endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures independently.