ILOs:

• Describe about various tools and techniques for GI imaging
• Discuss about advantages and disadvantages of various GI imaging techniques/tools
• Discuss about utilisation of GI imaging techniques in various disease conditions
• Discuss diagnosis and treatment of upper GI bleeding
• Discuss diagnosis of lower GI bleeding
• Explain the interdependence of medicine, radiology and pathology in GI investigation and management

• Outline the imaging modalities of the GI tract

Endoscopy

• What are the most common types of endoscopy?
• What might some of the downsides of endoscopy be?
• Picture of some endoscopes...
• Where is endoscopy done?
• How far do we often go in an Upper GI endoscopy?
• Which drug is used to sedate patients undergoing an upper GI endoscopy?
• The type of pictures you expect to see in an endoscopy

X-Rays

• How valuable are the plain abdominal x-rays?
• What's fluoroscopy?