Competency information
Details
Produce a clear written report of each type of investigation.
Considerations
- Requirements for content and format of reports for investigations of the lower gastrointestinal system.
- Interpretation of ultrasound images and the relationship to gastrointestinal motility.
- Ultrasonographic appearance of relevant anal pathologies, including anal abscesses, anal fistulae, and IAS and EAS defects.
- Ultrasonographic appearance of rectal cancers, the depth of penetration and the appearance of a metastatic lymph node.
- Investigation of benign lower gastrointestinal disease in a broad patient range, e.g. paediatric, adult, elderly, pregnancy.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Continue to perform and produce reports on non-invasive breath tests (hydrogen, methane – if there is a methane analyser available – and urea breath testing). |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform anorectal manometry procedures in patients presenting with a range of conditions, for example obstetric trauma, pre- and post-surgical defaecatory problems, slow transit constipation, obstructive defaecation, neurological disorders. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform endoanal ultrasound investigations in patients presenting with a range of conditions, including obstetric and surgical trauma, sepsis, fissures, faecal incontinence and obstructive defaecation. |
| # 5 | Outcome Interpret the data and produce clinical reports with respect to non-invasive breath testing, anorectal manometry, balloon distension, compliance, capacity and sensory awareness; endoanal ultrasound being able to differentiate between artefact and physiological occurrence. |