The Pancreas. It’s not very large, but it packs a punch. You gotta know about the pancreas. Then toss in the crazy complexities of the biliary system and there’s is a lot to learn to manage your patients. In this latest book in the Acing GI Board Exam Series, the focus is on the pancreas and biliary tree and how they can cause trouble. In today’s fast-paced world, it is a struggle to keep up with the burgeoning panc-bil literature. Until now, there has been no single, slim, but high-yield volume that summarizes the panc-bil you really need to know for the board exam. This review book keeps you on your toes and sharp for everyday clinical practice too. What is the best way to effectively prepare and study, if reading multiple resources can’t seem to fit into your daily schedule? The answer to your study questions (and study time!) can be found inside Acing the Pancreaticobiliary Questions on the GI Board Exam: The Ultimate Crunch-Time Resource. Dr. Brennan MR Spiegel and Dr. Hetal A. Karsan have collected every pearl of wisdom, high-yield factlet, panc-bil "board buzzword," and classic imaging study they could muster, all while keeping Acing thePancreaticobiliary Questions on the GI Board Exam a manageable size. Why You Will Need to Read Acing the Pancreaticobiliary Questions on the GI Board Exam: Carefully vetted board-style clinical vignettes with color images Comprehensive yet succinct answers using a high-yield format Emphasis on key clinical pearls and “board buzzwords” Answers to classic board “threshold values” questions that you need to know but always seem to forget Rapid-fire, crunch-time exam with 150 classic one-liners Acing thePancreaticobiliary Questions on the GI Board Exam fills the unmet need in board review by presenting time-tested and high-yield information in a rational, useful, and contextually appropriate format suitable studying for the board exams and preparing for the recertification exam. Chapters Include: A compilation of general lessons learned from past test-takers “Tough Stuff” board review vignettes Board review “Clinical Threshold Values” “Crunch-Time” Self-Test and Answer Guide—time to get your game on! With its focus on pearl after pearl, emphasis on images, and attention to high-yield “tough stuff” vignettes you don’t know the answers to (yet), Acing the Pancreaticobiliary Questions on the GI Board Exam is truly the ultimate crunch-time resource for acing the GI board examination, taking recertifying examinations, looking good on clerkship rounds, or for just challenging yourself with interesting and entertaining vignettes.

Acing the GI Board Exam: The Ultimate Crunch-Time Resource has been updated into a Second Edition. The Second Edition contains new vignettes, a discussion on Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Exam, and discussion on test relevancy for residency rotations! In today’s fast-paced world, gastroenterology and hepatology residents and fellows struggle to find the time to study for the board exams, prepare for the recertification exam, prepare for teaching rounds, or just plain read. What is the best way to effectively prepare and study, if reading multiple resources can’t seem to fit into your daily schedule? The answer to your study questions (and study time!) can be found inside the newly updated Second Edition of Acing the GI Board Exam: The Ultimate Crunch-Time Resource! Why You Will Need to Read Acing the GI Board Exam, Second Edition: New! 41 new and carefully vetted board-style vignettes with color images New! Brief discussion on the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Exam New! Discussion on test relevancy for residency rotations Comprehensive yet succinct answers using a high-yield format Emphasis on key clinical pearls and “board buzzwords” Answers to classic board “threshold values” questions that you need to know but always seem to forget Rapid-fire, crunch-time exam with 200 classic one-liners Dr. Brennan Spiegel has collected every pearl of wisdom, high-yield factlet, "Board buzzword," micrograph, and classic imaging study he could muster, all while keeping Acing the GI Board Exam: The Ultimate Crunch-Time Resource, Second Edition a manageable size. Acing the GI Board Exam, Second Edition fills the unmet need in board review by presenting time-tested and high-yield information in a rational, useful, and contextually appropriate format suitable studying for the board exams and preparing for the recertification exam. Chapters Include: A compilation of general lessons learned from past test-takers “Tough Stuff” board review vignettes Board review “Clinical Threshold Values” “Crunch-Time” Self-Test and Answer Guide—time to get your game on! With its focus on pearl after pearl, emphasis on images, and attention to high-yield “tough stuff” vignettes you don’t know the answers to (yet), Acing the GI Board Exam, Second Edition is truly the ultimate crunch-time resource for acing the GI and Hepatology examination, taking recertifying examinations, looking good on clerkship rounds, or for just challenging yourself with interesting and entertaining vignettes.

Hepatology is an expanding field - it's hard to keep up. The liver has been sitting there the whole time, but the knowledge surrounding this perplexing organ is exploding; this makes it hard to prepare for board and recertification exams, where 1 in every 4 questions pertains to hepatology. Until now, there has been no single, slim, but high-yield volume that summarises the hepatology you need to know for the boards. This book has it nailed. The authors have collected every pearl of wisdom, high-yield factlet, liver ""board buzzword,"" hepatic micrograph, and classic liver imaging study they could muster, all while keeping the book a manageable size - because who has time for more than manageable when you're busy? The answer to your study questions (and study time!) can be found inside: Acing the Hepatology Questions on the GI Board Exam: The Ultimate Crunch-Time Resource. Traditional textbooks usually feature long and detailed discussions that are not directly related to Board and recertification exams. On the flip side, many Board review manuals provide lists and bullet points lacking sufficient background and context. Inside Acing the Hepatology Questions on the GI Board Exam, Drs. Brennan Spiegel and Hetal Karsan present time-tested and high-yield information in a rational, useful, and contextually appealing format. With its focus on pearl after pearl, emphasis on images, and attention to high-yield "tough stuff" vignettes you don't know the answers to (yet), Acing the Hepatology Questions on the GI Board Exam is truly the ultimate crunch-time resource for acing often vexing liver section of the examination, taking recertifying examinations, looking good on clerkship rounds, or for just challenging yourself with interesting and entertaining vignettes.

The world of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) knowledge is vast. Within that world is a sub-set of knowledge that is especially important for everyday clinical care. The testable material includes time-honored, locked-in-stone, mostly uncontroversial facts that have withstood the test of time.

For certification and recertification preparation, look no further than the all-new 10th Edition of Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Review and Assessment. This all-new test preparation book, by Drs. Emad Qayed, Shanthi Srinivasan, and Nikrad Shahnavaz, contains more than 1,000 new single-best-answer multiple-choice questions that test your medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, interpretation, and problem solving skills. Whether used alone or alongside the Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease text, this review guide will help you fully prepare for your exam. Brand-new editorial and author teams with diverse clinical and academic experience ensure that every question is relevant and reflects current standards of practice. Vignette-style questions prepare you for what you’ll see on exams. Content follows the ABIM blueprint for the gastroenterology boards. Detailed answer explanations refer back to the Sleisenger and Fordtran main text for further information, or can be used as a stand-alone review tool.

This valuable clinical reference covers the major GI diseases and conditions most commonly seen in clinical practice. Lavishly illustrated with 350 full-color Netter images to aid understanding, the guide also incorporates a handy template format for fast, easy access to key information on etiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, management and therapy.

Whereas other textbooks mix a clinical approach with large amounts of the basic science of gastroenterology, this book concentrates on providing practicing gastroenterologists with 100% clinically focused, evidence-based chapters on how to correctly diagnosis and treat all disorders of the digestive tract. Once again, the book is divided into 4 clear parts: Symptoms, Syndromes and Scenarios; Diseases of the Gut and Liver; Primer of Diagnostic Methods; and Primer of Treatments. An accompanying website contains more than 85 high-definition surgical videos of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, 300 MCQs written to mirror the American College of Gastroenterology postgraduate course exams, more than 35 management protocol charts for different diseases, and 850+ illustrations for use in scientific presentations.