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Rubin, MD, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2019/03000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Ulcerative_Colitis_in.10.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastLong_mixdown_final.mp3?_=1" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item monographs" data-date-created="1527836400000" data-title="Irritable"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2018/06002/American_College_of_Gastroenterology_Monograph_on.1.aspx"><span class="name">Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Monograph</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">June 2018</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Alexander C. Ford, MB ChB, MD, FRCP</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2018/06002/American_College_of_Gastroenterology_Monograph_on.1.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastQuigley.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1519880400000" data-title="Crohn’s Disease"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2018/04000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Management_of_Crohn_s.10.aspx"><span class="name">Crohn’s Disease - Guideline </span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">March 2018</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Crohns-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2018/04000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Management_of_Crohn_s.10.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastLichtenstein.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline Progress" data-date-created="1517461200000" data-title="Pancreatic"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <b class="text-uppercase text-400 text-xxs item-flex m-b-sm"><b class="circle circle-xxs bg-success m-r-xs"></b> Update - In Progress</b> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2018/04000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Diagnosis_and_Management.8.aspx"><span class="name">Pancreatic Cysts - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">February 2018</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Grace H. Elta, MD, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Pancreatic-Cysts-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2018/04000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Diagnosis_and_Management.8.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastElta.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1496289600000" data-title="Dyspepsia"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2017/07000/ACG_and_CAG_Clinical_Guideline__Management_of.10.aspx"><span class="name">Dyspepsia - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">June 2017</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Paul M. Moayyedi, MB, ChB, PhD, MPH, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/guidelines/acg/dyspepsia" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2017/07000/ACG_and_CAG_Clinical_Guideline__Management_of.10.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastMoayyedi.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline consensus-statements" data-date-created="1493611200000" data-title="Colorectal Cancer"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/05000/Recommendations_on_Surveillance_and_Management_of.11.aspx"><span class="name">Surveillance and Management of Biallelic Mismatch Repair Deficiency (BMMRD) Syndrome: U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">May 2017</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Carol Durno, MD</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/05000/Recommendations_on_Surveillance_and_Management_of.11.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1485925200000" data-title="Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preventative"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/02000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Preventive_Care_in.15.aspx"><span class="name">Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preventative Care - Guideline </span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">February 2017</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Inflammatory-Bowel-Disease-Preventive-Care-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/02000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Preventive_Care_in.15.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastFarraye.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline consensus-statements" data-date-created="1483246800000" data-title="Colorectal Neoplasia"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/01000/Recommendations_on_Fecal_Immunochemical_Testing_to.15.aspx"><span class="name">Fecal Immunochemical Testing to Screen for Colorectal Neoplasia: U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">January 2017</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Douglas J. Robertson, MD, MPH</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/01000/Recommendations_on_Fecal_Immunochemical_Testing_to.15.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1483246800000" data-title="Liver Abnormal Liver Chemistries"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/01000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Evaluation_of_Abnormal.13.aspx"><span class="name">Liver: Abnormal Liver Chemistries - Guideline </span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">January 2017</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Paul Y. Kwo, MD, FACG, FAASLD</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Abnormal-Liver-Chemistries-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2017/01000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Evaluation_of_Abnormal.13.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastKwo.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1459494000000" data-title="Diarrheal"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/05000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Diagnosis,_Treatment,_and.14.aspx"><span class="name">Diarrheal Infections: Acute - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">April 2016</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Mark S. Riddle, MD, DrPH</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/guidelines/acg/diarrhea" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/05000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Diagnosis,_Treatment,_and.14.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastRiddle.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline consensus-statements" data-date-created="1456808400000" data-title="Colonoscopy Surveillance After Colorectal Cancer Resection"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/03000/Colonoscopy_Surveillance_after_Colorectal_Cancer.17.aspx"><span class="name">Colonoscopy Surveillance After Colorectal Cancer Resection: U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">March 2016</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Charles J. Kahi, MD, MSc, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Multi-Society-Task-Force-Colonoscopy-Surveillance-after-Colorectal-Cancer-Resection-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/03000/Colonoscopy_Surveillance_after_Colorectal_Cancer.17.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1456808400000" data-title="Nutrition"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/03000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Nutrition_Therapy_in_the.14.aspx"><span class="name">Nutrition Therapy in the Adult Hospitalized Patient - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">March 2016</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Stephen A. McClave, MD</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Nutrition-Therapy-in-the-Adult-Hospitalized-Patient-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/03000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Nutrition_Therapy_in_the.14.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastMcClave.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1454302800000" data-title="Liver Liver Disease and Pregnancy"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/02000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Liver_Disease_and.15.aspx"><span class="name">Liver: Liver Disease and Pregnancy - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">February 2016</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Tram T. Tran, MD, FACG, FAASLD</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/guidelines/acg/liver-disease-pregnancy" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2016/02000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Liver_Disease_and.15.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastTran.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline Progress" data-date-created="1438401600000" data-title="Bleeding Small Bowel"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <b class="text-uppercase text-400 text-xxs item-flex m-b-sm"><b class="circle circle-xxs bg-success m-r-xs"></b> Update - In Progress</b> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/09000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Diagnosis_and_Management.10.aspx"><span class="name">Bleeding: Small Bowel - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">August 2015</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Lauren B. Gerson MD, MSc, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/guidelines/acg/small-bowel-bleeding" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/09000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Diagnosis_and_Management.10.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastGerson.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1427860800000" data-title="Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/05000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Primary_Sclerosing.10.aspx"><span class="name">Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">April 2015</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Keith D. Lindor, MD, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/guidelines/acg/primary-sclerosing-cholangitis" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/05000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Primary_Sclerosing.10.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> <a href="https://s3.gi.org/podcasts/ajg/AJGPodcastLindor.mp3" class="text-muted m-l-sm" target="_blank"> <svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-microphone"></use></svg> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1422766800000" data-title="Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/02000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Genetic_Testing_and.8.aspx"><span class="name">Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes - Guideline</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">February 2015</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Sapna Syngal, MD, MPH, FACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Genetic-Testing-Hereditary-GI-Cancer-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/02000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Genetic_Testing_and.8.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item guideline" data-date-created="1420088400000" data-title="Colon Ischemia"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/01000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Epidemiology,_Risk.8.aspx"><span class="name">Colon Ischemia (CI) - Guideline </span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">January 2015</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, MACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> <a href="https://acgcdn.gi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ACG-Colon-Ischemia-Guideline-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Summary</a> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/01000/ACG_Clinical_Guideline__Epidemiology,_Risk.8.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item competencies-in-endoscopy" data-date-created="1420088400000" data-title="Colonoscopy Quality Indicators"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/01000/Quality_Indicators_for_Colonoscopy.13.aspx"><span class="name">Colonoscopy Quality Indicators - Competencies in Endoscopy </span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">January 2015</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Douglas K. Rex, MD, MACG</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-xs m-t-xs"></p> </div> <div class="card-footer bg-gray-lighter p-y-sm text-uc item-flex"> <div class="item-flex-main"> </div> <div class="item-flex-addon"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/01000/Quality_Indicators_for_Colonoscopy.13.aspx" class="text-muted" target="_blank">READ</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-item competencies-in-endoscopy" data-date-created="1420088400000" data-title="EGD Quality Indicators"> <div class="card display-flex flex-column"> <div class="card-block flex-1"> <h3 class="text-md m-b-xs text-700"> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2015/01000/Quality_Indicators_for_EGD.12.aspx"><span class="name">EGD Quality Indicators - Competencies in Endoscopy</span></a> </h3> <p class="text-sm text-mute m-b-xs date">January 2015</p> <p class="text-sm m-b-0"><svg class="icon icon-user2"><use xlink:href="#icon-user2"></use></svg> Walter G. 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