Block Description
This block will provide students with a broad‐based education in the gastrointestinal (GI) system and the foundation of nutrition. The content will cycle through the normal structure and function of the GI systems to pathology, diagnosis and treatment of disease. In corollary, students will be introduced to the foundation of appropriate nutrition and the consequences of poor nutrition. This block also incorporates the evaluation, management and treatment GI and nutritional diseases. This incorporates the comprehensive services of disease prevention, early detection and health promotion.
Required & Recommended Books
*Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-First Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by ISBN: 9781264268504Publication Date: 2022-03-28
*Book is also required or recommended in other Rowan-Virtua SOM courses or rotations.
Selected E-Books
You can search the Medical E-Books Collection to locate other medical e-books available through Rowan University Libraries. Use Library Search to search for medical print books and other print and electronic books held by Rowan's University Libraries.
Clinical Care of the Child with Obesity: a Learner's and Teacher's Guide by ISBN: 9780071819718Publication Date: 2015-12-03
Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease- 2 Volume Set by ISBN: 9780323609623Publication Date: 2020-06-15
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