
Primary Care On Demand: Gastroenterology
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Course Content
Session | Title | Faculty |
Session 1 (58 minutes) | Management of GERD: Balancing the Risk/Benefits of PPI Therapy | J. Pandolfino, MD |
Session 2 (61 minutes) | The Nuts and Bolts of IBS: Simplification of Diagnostic Strategies and Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments | D. Brenner, MD |
Session 3 (22 minutes) | Making the Diagnosis of IBS is Easy: Shifting Our Attention Toward Global Symptom Improvement | D. Brenner, MD & S. Quinton, PsyD |
Session 4 (45 minutes) | GERD and Dietary Therapy | B. Doefler, MS |
Session 5 (62 minutes) | Fad Diets: What to Know | B. Doefler, MS |
Session 6 (56 minutes) | I Don't Understand Why Laxatives are Failing? The Wrong Treatment for the Wrong Disorder | D. Brenner, MD |
Session 7 (55 minutes) | How to Approach Dysphagia | I. Hirano, MD |
Session 8 (66 minutes) | Colon Cancer Screening and Surveillance: Where Are We At and Where are We Going? | R. Keswani, MD |
Session 9 (45 minutes) | Health Care Maintenance in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | E. Bellaguarda, MD |
Session 10 (64 minutes) | Pancreaticobiliary Issues in Primary Care | G. Cote, MD |
Session 11 (50 minutes) | Update in Hemostasis | S. Komanduri, MD |
Session 12 (58 minutes) | Dyspepsia: The Bloats to H. pylori | A. Vanagunas, MD |
Session 13 (47 minutes) | All Things Gluten: Evaluation and Management of Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Sensitivity | A. Stein, MD |
Program Overview
Continuing Education Company has been organizing its Primary Care Conference Series for the past 30 years. These conferences are designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. As part of this series, Primary Care On Demand: Gastroenterology an online course comprised of the recordings from recent conferences with an emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice.
Gastrointestinal disorders are common in the general population. In the current health care arena, the primary care physician has increasingly assumed the role of primary care giver for patients with many of the most common gastrointestinal ailments. Consequently, it has become clinically important and economically prudent for primary care physicians to become familiar with the management of these disorders and perhaps most importantly when to consult a gastroenterologist. This program will address these evolving needs, providing the primary care provider with effective evidence-based diagnostic, therapeutic, and referral strategies for common gastrointestinal disorders.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of this educational activity, participants should be better able to:
- Assess and provide patients with an accurate diagnosis and optimal care for a broad range of gastrointestinal disorders seen in primary care.
- Integrate evidence-based strategies and recent guidelines for screening, prevention, and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders and their comorbidities in clinical practice.
- Formulate comprehensive evidence-based interventions and treatment strategies for gastrointestinal disorders that will lead to the reduction of modifiable risk factors and improved long-term outcomes.
Post-Test and Evaluation:
After completing the CME activity, you must successfully complete a post-test and fill out a program evaluation form. You will then be able to view and print your CME certificate. Login into CME365 to view your transcript and reprint your certificate at any time.
Faculty
Emanuelle A. Bellaguarda, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Darren M. Brenner, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director of the Neurogastromotility and Functional Bowel Programs
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Gregory A. Coté, MD, MS, BA
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Bethany Doerfler, MS, RDN
Clinical Research Dietitian
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Adjunct Faculty, Marciella School of Nursing, Loyola University
Chicago, IL
Ikuo Hirano, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Rajesh N. Keswani, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Director of Quality and Integration, Digestive Health Center
Chicago, IL
Srinadh Komanduri, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
John E. Pandolfino, MD
Division Chief, Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Sarah E. Quinton, PsyD
Director, Behavioral Medicine for Digestive Health
Co-Director, Northwestern Integrated Bowel Dysfunction Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Psychiatry
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Adam C. Stein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Arvydas D. Vanagunas, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Accreditation
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™: Continuing Education Company, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Education Company designates this enduring material for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Please allow 6-8 weeks for your MOC points to appear on your ABIM records.
AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 11.5 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this activity.
AANPCB: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Nurse Practitioners may receive a maximum of 11.5 hours of participation, 6 of which can be used towards Pharmacology, for completing this activity.
Release Date: 3/14/2022
Expiration Date: 3/14/2025 (Date after which this enduring material is no longer certified for credit.)
Medium: Internet/Enduring Material, Video/Audio
Faculty/Planning Committee Disclosures
Review and Planning Committee Disclosures:
The following individuals have indicated that he/she (nor spouse/partner) has no relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest that may impact upon this CME activity:
- Raymond E. Major – Reviewer
- Walter Ejnes, CHCP - Reviewer & Planning Committee (Continuing Education Company)
- Beth Townsend - Reviewer (Continuing Education Company)
- Su Barnwell - Planning Committee (Continuing Education Company)
Faculty Disclosures:
The following individuals have indicated that he/she (nor spouse/partner) have no relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest that may impact upon this CME activity:
Faculty | Disclosure |
Emanuelle A. Bellaguarda, MD | Nothing to Disclose |
Darren Brenner, MD | Advisory Board: Arena Pharmaceuticals Advisory Board, Consultant: Alphasigma Pharmaceuticals Advisory Board, Consultant, Speakers Bureau: Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Ironwood, Salix, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Consultant: Alnylam |
Gregory A. Coté, MD, MS, BA | Consultant: Boston Scientific Corp. and Olympus American Corp. Consultant, Grant Recipient: Cook Medical Speakers Bureau: Abb Vie |
Bethany Doerfler, MS, RDN | Nothing to Disclose |
Ikuo Hirano, MD | Consultant, Research Grant: Allakos, Arena, Astra Zeneca, Esocap, Gossamer Bio, Lilly, Parexel, Receptos, Regeneron, and Shire |
Rajesh N. Keswani, MD, MS | Consultant: Boston Scientific Corp. |
Srinadh Komanduri, MD, MS | Nothing to Disclose |
John E. Pandolfino, MD | Advisory Board, Consultant, Ownership Interest Stockholder: Medtronic Advisory Board, Consultant, Speakers Bureau: Sandhill Consultant: Ironwood Consultant, Speakers Bureau: Ethicon Speakers Bureau: Takeda |
Sarah E. Quinton, PsyD | Research Grant: Pfizer Consultant: Takeda |
Adam C. Stein, MD | Speakers Bureau, Advisory Board: Abbvie and Pfizer Speakers Bureau: Alcresta |
Arvydas Vanagunas, MD | Nothing to Disclose |
Unlabeled Use Declaration:
During their presentation, faculty may discuss unlabeled or investigational use which is not approved for a commercial product. Faculty members are required to disclose this information to the audience when referring to an unlabeled or investigational use.
Statement of Disclosure and Independence:
It is the policy of Continuing Education Company (CEC) to ensure all of its accredited educational activities are designed, implemented, and evaluated in accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (ACCME) Criteria and Policies. In accordance with ACCME requirements, CEC has Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosure Policies that are designed to ensure that accredited educational activities are fair, balanced, independent, evidence based, and based on scientific rigor.
All individuals who are in position to influence and/or control content of a CEC accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity must disclose any relevant financial interest or other relationships they have with an ineligible company, which is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. (Relevant financial interest or other relationship includes such things as grants or research support, employee, consultant, major stockholder, member of speakers’ bureau, etc.) The intent of this disclosure is to provide activity participants with information to determine whether the speaker’s interests or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusions. All relevant financial relationships have been identified, mitigated, and are listed above.
The opinions, ideas, recommendations, and perspectives expressed in the syllabus and accompanying presentations at this activity are those of the program authors and presenting faculty only and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, ideas, recommendations or perspectives of their affiliated institutions, Continuing Education Company, advisory boards or consultants.
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