This document outlines the requirements for writing a GI module, including deciding outcomes, goals, objectives, content, educational strategies, and assessment methods. Some key points include: - Outcomes should be based on standards like GMC's "Tomorrow's Doctor" and include areas like being a scholar, practitioner, and professional. - Common GI presentations like abdominal pain and diseases like peptic ulcers should be covered. - Objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. - Educational strategies may include lectures, role-playing, skills labs, and clinical experiences. - Assessment can involve written tests, OSCEs, and workplace-based evaluations to measure knowledge, skills

1. HOW TO WRITE GI MODULE
Dr. Mohammed Saeed
Written at 2011 modified at 05/04/2017

2. objectives
• To understand the basic components for
writing a module
• To understand the components of GI module

3. 1. Decide the overarching outcomes the
students have to have at the end of the
medical course
2. GMC Tomorrow`s doctor will be used as an
example of high level outcomes to build the
framework of GI module
3. Choosing an examples to facilitate
understanding

4. Requirements
1. Outcomes
2. Goal & objectives
3. Content
1. Common presentation like abdominal pain
2. Common disease like peptic ulcer or GERD

5. Requirements
1. Educational strategies
1. Lecture
2. Small group
3. Role play
4. Case based discussion
5. Others
2. Assessment methods
1. Written tests
2. OSCE
3. Portfolio
4. Others
3. Evaluation : How good was the process of
implementation

6. Requirements
• What are the outcomes
– Scholar & scientist
– Practitioner
– professional

7. Scholar & scientist
Apply
biomedical
science
Psychological
science
Social
science

8. Scholar &scientist
Population
health
Medical
research

9. practitioner
• History taking
• Physical examination
• Mental state
• Explanation , advice &support
• Communicate with violent, mentally ill,
vulnerable
• Medical emergency
• Diagnose,& manage acute emergencies
• 1st aid, CPR & life support

10. practitioner
• Prescribe drug safely, effectively,&
economically
• Diagnostic & therapeutic procedures

11. professional
• Respect
• Reflect, learn, & teach
• Learn & work effectively with
Multiprofessional team

12. requirements
Common presentation
1. Abdominal pain
2. Diarrhoea
3. Constipation
4. Nausea & vomiting
5. Dysphagia
6. Upper & lower GI bleeding

13. requirements
• Common diseases
1. GERD
2. Peptic ulcer
3. Irritable bowel syndrome
4. Functional dyspepsia
5. Inflammatory bowel diseases
6. Coeliac disease
7. Gastroenteritis
8. Anal disorders
9. Acute abdomen
10. tumors

14. Outcomes & presentation
 take a history from alcoholic patient with
epigasrtic pain caring for the values,
concerns& preferences of the patient
Keep the above patient data confidential
Epigasrtic pain ( Presentation)
History taking & confidentiality are outcomes

15. Goal & objectives
• What is the difference between goal &
objectives
• The Goal is general description
• Objectives : specific, measurable, achievable,
relevant& time bound
• Goal : At the end of this module all students
should be able to appropriately approach to
patients with common GI disorders, diagnose,
manage & appropriately refer

16. Objectives
 knowledge
Skills
Attitude

17. Cognitive objectives
1. List the common causes of epigastric pain
2. Explain the mechanism of how H pylori
induces ulcer

18. Psychomotor objectives
1. Take appropriate history from patient with
abdominal pain
2. Do appropriate abdominal exam
3. Able to perform N/G tube & gastric lavage

19. Attitudinal objectives
1. Value the importance of analysis of
abdominal pain to reach an appropriate
conclusion

20. Educational strategies
1. Lecture on peptic ulcers & H.Pylori
2. Role play to learn how to take history from
patient with epigastric pain & feedback from
his peers & tutor
3. Skill lab to learn how to introduce N/G tube
4. GI clinic to observe the consultant how he
take history & examine ( Role Model )

21. Assessment
1. Written assessment
1. MCQs
2. Short answer questions
To assess the knowledge
2. Clinical
1. OSCE using the Mannequin for N/G insertion
2. Workplace based
1. Mini CEX
2. DOPS directly observed procedure like Tapping Ascites

22. Evaluation
1. Survey reflecting the reaction of the students
toward the module
2. 90% pass the written tests
3. 90% pass the OSCE GI station

23. • Thank you