Pease note that from January 2018, the Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) in Gastroenterology and the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Examination (ESBGHE), was replaced by the European Specialty Examination in Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ESEGH).
Top tips for sitting the SCE
- Do as many test questions as you can e.g. from SCE book, mock exam on RCP website
- Learn key flow charts from guidelines e.g.polyp follow up, Colonoscopy following CRC, variceal surveillance
- Learn the genetics of the inherited cancer syndromes
- Look at radiology/endoscopy images, a lot of these come up in the exam
Textbooks
- Oxford Handbook of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2011 (S Bloom, G Webster) – Second Edition
- Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 10th Ed, 2015 (M Feldman, Laurence S Friedman)
- Textbook of Gastroenterology, 5th Ed, 2008 (Ed T Yamada)
- The Textbook of Hepatology, 3rd Ed, 2007 (Ed J Rodes)
Journals
- GUT
- Gastroenterology
- Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- UEG Journal
Online Resources
- Specialty certificate examination in Gastroenterology sample MCQ
- BSG website ‘clinical’ and ‘guidelines’
- EASL
- UEG Library
- ASGE
- AGA
- Sign guidelines
- NICE
- Up to date
- Blue Book of Gastroenterology
BSG website
- Visit the BSG events page for educational events/webinars, and specifically:
- Short masterclass talks on topics such as constipation
- SSG Digest this! videos
MCQ books
- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/best-of-five-mcqs-for-the-european-specialty-examination-in-gastroenterology-and-hepatology-9780198834373?facet_narrowbybinding_facet=Hardback&type=listing&facet_narrowbyprice_facet=100to200&lang=en&cc=bt
- https://www.studyprn.com/p/gastroenterology (online question bank) – please note, whilst it is great to have a free question bank and most of the questions seem relevant, it is worth mentioning that the formatting of questions doesn’t seem true to the actual ESEGH style (i.e. sometimes very long stems to the questions with some irrelevant information, occasional grammatical errors etc). Therefore useful to practice testing knowledge, but not as a reflection of the exam itself
Resources for pathology
- Morson and Dawson’s GI pathology
- The WHO book for the classification of GI tumours
- For images on web: https://www.pathologyoutlines.com
Resources for endoscopy
- www.friendsofendoscopy.org
- https://www.endoscopy-campus.com/en/
- https://www.gastrointestinalatlas.com/english/english.html
- https://www.endoatlas.net/ea/AtW01/106.aspx
Other resources
- Digital Gastro Trainee Network (DGTN): The BASICS course
- East Midlands training: Live via MS Teams Thursdays 12.30-1.30 covering a broad range of topics; and recorded for ‘on-demand’. Register here.
- BASL Virtual School of Hepatology monthly teaching sessions
- Sheila Sherlock Postgraduate Hepatology Course
- Association of Gastrointestinal Physiologists Masterclass
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