IBD in Clinical Practice: Long-term Disease Management and Surgery - 2017

Gastroenterology
Curriculum:
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Clinical Practice: An Interactive Tutorial for Patient Management 2017
Credits:
0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Launch Date:
May 04, 2017
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.

Primary Audience:

Physicians and gastroenterologists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Relevant Terms:

inflammatory bowel diseases; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis

Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD

Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina. His main interest is clinical IBD studies. Dr. Herfarth is the author of more than 190 journal articles, book chapters and reviews related to IBD. He is on the editorial board of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and is the chairman of the Clinical Research Alliance of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

Miguel Regueiro, MD

Miguel Regueiro, MD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Miguel Regueiro MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Head of the Clinical Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, and Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is also the Associate Chief for Education and former Director of the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Fellowship Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
1. Decide which medical treatment to use in acute IBD flares and for long-term disease management
2. Identify IBD characteristics for which surgery is indicated

A fact sheet from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation describes the infliximab and adalimumab biosimilars and other recently approved therapies for IBD:  http://www.ccfa.org/assets/pdfs/recently-approved-treatments.pdf
 
 
Reading Resources:
  1. Feuerstein JD, Cheifetz AS. Ulcerative colitis: epidemiology, diagnosis, and management. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014;89(11):1553-1563.
  2. Jones J, Peña-Sánchez JN. Who should receive biologic therapy for IBD?: The rationale for the application of a personalized approach. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2014;43(3):425-440.
  3. Levesque BG, Sandborn WJ, Ruel J, Feagan BG, Sands BE, Colombel JF. Converging goals of treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, from clinical trials and practice. Gastroenterology. 2014;148(1):37-51.
  4. Mosli MH, Sandborn WJ, Kim RB, Khanna R, Al-Judaibi B, Feagan BG. Toward a personalized medicine approach to the management of inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2014;109(7):994-1004.
Disclosures:
Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD, has affiliations with Celltrion, Merck, Pfizer, Samsung (Consultant).
Miguel Regueiro, MD, has affiliations with AbbVie, Celgene, Janssen, Miraca, Pfizer, Takeda, UCB (Consultant).
 
Authors disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above.  No other planners, members of the planning committee, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose. 
 
Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other health care professionals are awarded .05 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 0.5 contact hours. Faculty for this activity have been requested to identify significant financial or other relationships with manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) or with provider(s) of any commercial service(s) which might affect the balance of their presentation.
 
Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes
Medium: Internet

FEE INFORMATION
There is no fee for this educational activity.

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
This activity is jointly provided by The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. This activity is supported by independent educational grants from AbbVie Inc., Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
 
HOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT
By reviewing the course content and successfully completing the post-test and evaluation, physicians are entitled to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
  • Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
  • Participate in the activity.
  • Complete the post-test and activity evaluation.
  • Physicians who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive AMA credit. You must score a 75% or higher on the post-test to receive credit for this activity. You will have three attempts to take the post-test.
  • All other participants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive a certificate of participation.
 
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