Gastroenterology board review

The GI boards, the way clinicians think.

The Board Pearls gastroenterology curriculum: 36 chapters across 9 clinical modules, organized by the decision workflow you actually use at the bedside. Clinical vignettes, guideline-anchored study guides, single-voice audio, and a cross-chapter question bank. Chapter 1 is free. Subscribe to unlock the rest.

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A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and atrial fibrillation on apixaban is admitted 4 hours after symptom onset with a right MCA ischemic stroke confirmed on CT angiography. She has left hemiparesis (MRC grade 3/5 upper, 3/5 lower), mild dysarthria, and NIH Stroke Scale score of 12. Glasgow Coma Scale is 14 (eye opening spontaneous, verbal confused, motor localizes). She is alert enough to follow simple commands. Vital signs are stable, oxygen saturation 97 percent on room air, and chest X-ray is clear. Nursing staff asks whether she can start her home medications (including apixaban 5 mg twice daily) orally because she is alert. Which of the following is the most appropriate next test in evaluation?

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Written from ACG · AGA · AASLD · ASGE guidelines + pivotal trials
36
chapters · 9 modules
1,368
vignette MCQs
12–15
min audio
What you get

One subscription, four ways to study.

Study guides

Decision-first chapters

36 chapters organized around the clinical decisions you make at the bedside, not a textbook table of contents. Pearls, traps, and the tables the exam pulls from.

Question bank

1,368 clinical vignettes

Every stem is a patient with real numbers and a reasoning question. Filter by system and topic, build custom tests, and read wrong-answer explanations that teach.

Podcast

Single-voice audio

Guideline-grounded episodes, 12 to 15 minutes each, released chapter by chapter. Free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify for studying on the go.

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A tutor that knows the page

An AI tutor grounded in the same guideline corpus. Ask about the chapter or question on screen and it answers from the sources, not the open web.

Why it's different

No trivia. No filler. No citation noise.

The whole product runs on one rule: information has to be connected, not listed.

01

Vignettes, not flashcards

Every question is a patient with numeric test values and a decision to make, the way the boards actually ask.

02

Wrong answers teach more

Each distractor is a real reasoning error, explained: what that condition looks like, and how it differs from the stem.

03

Primary sources only

Authored from society guidelines and pivotal trials, organized by clinical decision, blueprint-aligned rather than textbook-mirrored.

The curriculum

36 chapters · 9 clinical modules · 1368 questions
Module 01

Esophagus

5 ch · 165 Q
01

Esophageal Symptoms and Diagnostic Workup

Free36Q
02

Esophageal Motility

Locked38Q
03

GERD and Refractory Reflux

Locked34Q
04

Barrett Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer

Locked26Q
05

Eosinophilic and Infectious Esophagitis

Locked31Q
Module 02

Stomach & Duodenum

3 ch · 131 Q
06

Peptic Ulcer Disease and H. pylori

Locked43Q
07

Gastritis, Gastric Cancers, and Submucosal Tumors

Locked49Q
09

Upper GI Bleeding

Locked39Q
Module 03

Small Bowel

4 ch · 119 Q
08

Gastric and Small Bowel Motility

Locked30Q
10

Celiac Disease and Sprue Spectrum

Locked28Q
11

Small Bowel Mucosal Disease

Locked27Q
12

Chronic Diarrhea and Malabsorption

Locked34Q
Module 04

Colon

3 ch · 154 Q
13

IBS and Functional Bowel

Locked31Q
14

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Locked87Q
15

Colorectal Cancer, Polyps, and Diverticular Disease

Locked36Q
Module 05

Pelvic Floor & Anorectal

1 ch · 40 Q
16

Pelvic Floor and Anorectal Disorders

Locked40Q
Module 06

Liver

8 ch · 371 Q
17

Liver Test Interpretation and Workup

Locked33Q
18

Viral Hepatitis

Locked44Q
19

Drug-Induced Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure

Locked46Q
20

Autoimmune and Cholestatic Liver Disease

Locked46Q
21

Steatotic Liver Disease

Locked37Q
22

Inherited Liver Diseases

Locked38Q
23

Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis Complications

Locked79Q
24

Liver Tumors and Transplantation

Locked48Q
Module 07

Pancreas & Biliary

4 ch · 284 Q
25

Acute Pancreatitis

Locked61Q
26

Chronic Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cysts, and Pancreatic Neoplasms

Locked81Q
27

Biliary Tract Disease

Locked76Q
28

ERCP and EUS Procedures

Locked66Q
Module 08

Endoscopy & Procedures

2 ch · 141 Q
29

Endoscopy Practice and Sedation

Locked81Q
30

Colonoscopy Practice and Quality

Locked60Q
Module 09

Cross-Cutting Topics

6 ch · 252 Q
31

GI Emergencies

Locked48Q
32

GI Nutrition

Locked40Q
33

GI Infections

Locked42Q
34

GI in the Immunocompromised Host

Locked26Q
35

GI in Pregnancy

Locked52Q
36

Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes

Locked44Q
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