• To demonstrate an understanding of how patients with GI problems present

• To demonstrate an understanding of the causes of common GI symptoms

Colicky RUQ pain, severe, radiating to below right

scapula = consider biliary colic and gallstones

Gnawing epigastric pain, remission for weeks/months, exac. by food, radiating into back consider = peptic ulcer

what is the commonest cause of a serious and life threatening GI bleeding = Burst peptic ulceration

Epigastric pain with associated mass + dysphagia; = consider a gastric carcinoma

painless jaundice = consider a carcinoma of head of pancreas

• To understand how different body systems inter-relate

• To be able to ask relevant GI questions in a medical history

how have your bowel movements changed?

such as the consistency the intervals

ask about any symptoms of dysphagia?

such as is it brought on by certain foods? solids? liquids? - can you feel food sticking? where? etc