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Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Draft proposed by Dr CH Ng
Reviewed by Dr Joanna Tung
Essential Skills
Domain 1 - Professional Values & Behaviour
Domain 2 - Communication
Domain 4 - Patient management
Additional desirable skills are listed in each proposal. These recommended skills are to be acquired as opportunity arises.
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Basic Training
Nutrition
- Knowledge of breast milk, infant formulae and enteral and parenteral nutritional product
- Common causes of malabsorption and malnutrition and their consequences (e.g. iron, zinc and vitamin deficiencies)
- Nutritional requirements for healthy and sick children
- Principles and methods of dietary supplementation
- Enteral and parenteral nutrition – their indications and complications
Constipation
Simple constipation and identifies red flags
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Early management of gastro-oesophageal reflux Reflux oesophagitis.
Diarrhoea and vomiting
- Management of acute and chronic diarrhea, vomiting and identifies red flags
- Management of dehydration
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding – common causes and early management.
Liver disease
- Neonatal and childhood jaundice, hepatitis and acute liver failure - different causes and complications
- Paracetamol poisoning
Abdominal pain
- Acute abdominal pain
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Abdominal distention
- Acute intestinal obstruction and the acute surgical abdomen
Higher Training
Nutrition
Short bowel syndrome or gut failure – Multidisciplinary management.
Constipation
Severe constipation – management
Psychosocial aspect of chronic constipation
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Investigations
Surgical management – indication and referral
Inflammatory bowel disease
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease
Other inflammatory bowel disease and acute colitis
Liver and pancreatic diseases
- Fatty liver, particularly non-alcohol related fatty liver
- Coeliac disease
- Wilson's disease
- Chronic liver disease/chronic liver failure
- Chronic hepatitis B carriage and chronic hepatitis
Desirable Skill
Insertion of feeding tube
Gastrostomy tube care
