What DM Gastroenterology residents and departments actually read in 2026 — with journals, a year-wise reading plan, and the references you will need for your thesis and exit practical.
Sitting the DrNB instead? The same superspecialty is covered at DrNB Gastroenterology books.
DM Gastroenterology and DrNB Gastroenterology cover the same superspecialty and the same exit-exam scope, so residents on both routes read the same texts. These 15 titles are the reading list the National Board of Examinations publishes for Gastroenterology, reproduced exactly — spelling and abbreviations included. Use it as your scope anchor, then buy the current edition of the titles you actually need from the next section.
Source: National Board of Examinations curriculum document for Gastroenterology
The books most residents actually buy. These are the editions in circulation now, with a note on whether each is something you read through, keep as a reference, or open only for the viva.
Three years of superspecialty training goes faster than it sounds, and most of it is spent on the floor. The order below is what works for most DM Gastroenterology residents.
Read Sleisenger and Fordtran systematically alongside ward and endoscopy postings, with Sherlock's for the liver rotation. Log diagnostic endoscopies, learn scope handling, and register the thesis.
Add procedural depth — Cotton and Williams, Baron on ERCP, Hawes on EUS — read in parallel with therapeutic endoscopy exposure. Use Yamada for motility and physiology gaps; collect thesis data.
Second pass of Sleisenger plus Sherlock's, systematic guideline reading (Baveno, EASL, AGA, ACG, ISG), weekly image and slide station practice, and long-case drills. Submit the thesis.
Protocol, methodology and reporting standards examiners expect you to have followed.
Cases, spotters and stations that come up again and again in the exit exam.
DM Gastroenterology is a three-year course after MD/DNB in General Medicine or Paediatrics. The NMC exit examination format is four theory papers of 100 marks each with a clinical/practical and viva voce component, and a thesis must be accepted before the candidate appears. The practical is distinctive for its live endoscopy component and its endoscopic-image and histopathology stations.
The titles on this page are the ones residents and departments actually use, each with the edition in circulation now. Start with the first one listed and add the references as your reading deepens.
Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease by Feldman, Friedman, Brandt (eds) is the usual anchor. The anchor text for DM Gastroenterology; the NMC DM Hepatology curriculum also lists it first.
DM Gastroenterology is a superspecialty course taken after a broad-specialty MD, MS or DNB, so the reading is narrower and deeper. The broad-specialty texts are assumed knowledge by the time you start.
No. Most residents own two or three and use the department or library copy for the rest. That is exactly why printing selected chapters from a PDF works out cheaper than buying volumes you will open twice.
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