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House Staff and Medical Student Instruction
The Division offers several opportunities for the house staff and medical student to participate in ward and consultation rotations in order to obtain "hands on" experience in digestive disease medicine. The goals of these rotations are threefold: to know the clinical characteristics and natural history of the more important digestive diseases; to develop an understanding of the underlying processes that contribute to the pathophysiology of the different diseases; and to gain an appreciation of how investigators study the basic mechanisms of disease.
The clinical service includes outpatient offices in the Emory Clinic, Emory Hospital, The Atlanta Veterans Hospital and The Grady Memorial Hospital as well as active inpatient and consultation services with frequent faculty rounds at all hospitals. Division teaching conferences attract participants from a number of basic and clinical disciplines. Conferences include: a Journal Club, a weekly interdepartmental conference with members of the digestive diseases, radiology and surgery departments, a weekly GI Grand Rounds, and a weekly GI/Pathology conference. Conferences at Grady and the VA include clinical conferences which are held each week at individual hospitals. House staff who wish to gain experience in flexible sigmoidoscopy are encouraged to participate in these exams while on the rotation.