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Class of 2023
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Session Title:
Gastrointestinal Infections
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning MethodsTotal Scheduled Hours = 3
Lecture = 1
Tutorial = 2

Description:
Keywords:
Epidemiology, Preventive Care, illness prevention, critical judgment, problem-solving skills, clinical reasoning, clinical critical thinking

Teaching and Learning Methods
Lecture 1 hour(s)
Tutorial 2 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID Learning Objectives
8242 Define diarrhea
8243 Describe the investigations and describe management options for diarrhea
8244 Recognize common conditions that cause diarrhea
8245 Identify clinical signs of dehydration
8323 Recognize normal flora populating segments of the GI tract and define its role
8324 Define diarrhea and define clinical syndromes (secretory vs osmotic, inflammatory vs non-inflammatory)
8325 List viruses, bacteria and parasites causing gut infections
8326 Describe the diagnosis and management of the following GI infections: Helicobacter pylori gastritis, rotavirus, cholera, ascariasis, giardiasis, shigellosis, Clostridiodes difficile infection, toxic food poisoning and typhoid fever

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID Course Goals
7417 Identify health care resources available for the investigation, treatment and management of the patient
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
me-3 me-4 me-5 me-6 cm-2
Linked Program Competencies To Course Goal(s)
me-3 Medical Expert
Formulate an initial plan of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures relevant to the patient’s presentation.
me-4 Medical Expert
Develop a differential diagnosis and key clinical problem list following assessment of a patient.
me-5 Medical Expert
Develop a management plan for key clinical problems following assessment of a patient.
me-6 Medical Expert
Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem.
cm-2 Communicator
Collect and synthesize accurate and relevant information, incorporating perspectives from patients and their families, colleagues and other health care professionals.

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives
(006-2) LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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(022-1) ACUTE DIARRHEA
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(006-1) UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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(003-2) ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
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(003-3) CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN
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(022-2) CHRONIC DIARRHEA
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(107-1) FEVER AND HYPERTHERMIA
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(116) VOMITING AND/OR NAUSEA
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(118-2) WEIGHT LOSS / EATING DISORDERS / ANOREXIA
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(078-5) OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT
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