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The GI SAM series of online self-assessments modules is an interactive, intuitive product that will assess your current knowledge of specific gastroenterology and hepatology-related topics. The complete series will include eight modules covering 16 topics, offering you access to a wide variety of GI and hepatology topics. Upon completing this educational activity, successful learners will be able to: * Identify their own knowledge gaps. * Apply new knowledge to their practice. * Compare ...

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) is pleased to present online archives of the three-part webcast series entitled Optimizing Care for Patients with IBD: Highlights from the "Advances in IBD" Conference. These accredited webinars feature highlights from the most widely attended presentations from our 2010 Advances in IBD Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Clinical & Research Conference. In the "The Latest in Genetics, Risks, and Therapy Management in IBD" webcast, you will...

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) is pleased to present online archives of the three-part webcast series entitled Optimizing Care for Patients with IBD: Highlights from the "Advances in IBD" Conference. These accredited webinars feature highlights from the most widely attended presentations from our 2010 Advances in IBD Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Clinical & Research Conference. In the "Challenges in the Clinical Management of IBD Patients" webcast, you will learn:...

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) is pleased to present online archives of the three-part webcast series entitled Optimizing Care for Patients with IBD: Highlights from the "Advances in IBD" Conference. These accredited webinars feature highlights from the most widely attended presentations from our 2010 Advances in IBD Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Clinical & Research Conference. Join us for an overview presentation of current controversies in IBD treatment, followe...

Educational Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to: * Improve the diagnosis and treatment of common family practice problems * Apply traditional modes of diagnosis and management more effectively * Apply information to commonly asked questions in office practice * Increase proficiency and maintain competence by updating cognitive understanding of family medicine * Feel better prepared to pass the American Board of Family Medici...

After reading Electrosurgery and GI Endoscopy the participant will be able to: 1. Describe the principles of electricity. 2. Understand the basic concept of electrosurgery. 3. Identify the precautions necessary to perform electrosurgery safely. 4. Describe correct return electrode placement to prevent injury. 5. Understand the basic concept of argon plasma coagulation (APC). 6. Identify the precautions necessary to perform APC safely. 7. Identify the precautions n...

ARRS Web lecture series brings presentations by the best educators in the field to your desktop, available for viewing at home or office and on your schedule. This Web Lecture includes 2 lectures with an estimated time to complete the activity of 1.5 hours.

OBJECTIVES Nutrition: • Construct algorithms to guide in appropriate use of Parenteral Nutrition in the hospitalized patient • Organize support groups for patients with eating disorders and their families • Discuss specific dietary nutrients required for comprehensive medical and/or surgical support of the GI patient • List feeding tube issues that can improve outcome in patient treatment • Examine the ethics of feeding the critically ill patient • Relate strategies for gu...

NEEDS ASSESSMENT This course is knowledge based and designed to change physician competence. We have identified opportunities for education about a broad range of gastroenterology and hepatology digestive disease topics based on feedback from past participants and physician needs assessment surveys. Topics identified included the selection of treatments for the diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B and C, chronic diarrhea, diverticular disease, chronic abdominal pain, GERD, and ...

At the conclusion of GI Cases, attendees should understand: 1. Describe the common pitfalls in gastrointestinal disorders in the urgent care. 2. Understand the use of commonly available diagnostic methods for gastrointestinal disorders. 3. Explain the current treatment trends for gastrointestinal disorders in the urgent care. 4. Discuss the evidence for common diagnostic practices for gastrointestinal disorders. 5. Discuss the evidence for common gastrointestinal disorder treatments.

The primary objective of the symposium is to provide a comprehensive pediatric board review, which will prepare you for board certification or recertification. The quality and breadth of the symposium is also attractive for individuals needing a comprehensive review of basic pediatric clinical information.There are several unique features that set this review above the others. These include the use of an anonymous audience response system, which allows the attendee to gauge their knowledge b...

Presented by three respected faculty in radiology and gastroenterology, this course provides an introduction to the use of enterography for diagnosing and evaluating the small bowel. This program introduces CT and MR enterography, reviews the relevant protocols, details relevant applications and findings, and presents two case studies. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: • Determine the appropriate use of enterography as a diagnostic tool...

Mayo Clinic’s 15th Annual Internal Medicine Update: Sedona 2011 is a four-day course offering primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants a practical update on a variety of subspecialty topics including allergy, cardiovascular diseases, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious diseases, integrative medicine, neurology, psychiatry, pulmonary, renal disease, rheumatology, travel medicine, and others applicable to today’s practice and pat...

14th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer On behalf of the entire Scientific Organizing Committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the ESMO 14th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona, Spain from 27-30 June 2012. This Congress is the premier global event in the field, encompassing malignancies affecting every component of the gastrointestinal tract and aspects related to the care of patients with gastrointestinal cancer, including screening, diagnosis and t...

Meet your ACR CME requirements for accreditation in BOTH CT and MR with just one Course! The SCBT-MR 32nd Annual Course showcases the latest in Body CT and MR, featuring imaging specialties such as MSK, GI, GU, thoracic, cardiovascular, trauma, pancreas, PET, breast, pelvis and Spectral CT. CT Colonography and Cardiac CT and case reviews included as well! 30 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, including 22.5 hours CT and 15.5 hours MR.

Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the technical basis for 3.0-T abdominal MR imaging. 2) List the major advantages and limitations of 3.0-T abdominal MR imaging. 3) Discuss the main applications of 3.0-T MR imaging in the abdomen.

In May 2011, the FDA approved two new drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection: boceprevir and telaprevir. These drugs, when combined with peginterferon and ribavirin, offer significantly higher response rates and shorter durations of therapy compared with the current standard of care therapy and give new hope to HCV-infected patients. HCV Care & Guidance: Practical Education and Resources for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants will help prepare your office, staff,...

Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the pathophysiologic and histopathologic changes of Budd-Chiari syndrome. 2) Recognize the indications for a particular method of treatment in patients with this syndrome. 3) Explain how a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt works to treat Budd-Chiari syndrome.

This CME activity on DVD is based on lectures presented at the Johns Hopkins Tenth Annual Conference on Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, held November 6 – 7, 2010. This DVD series is intended as a practical overview for pathologists who encounter gastrointestinal specimens in daily practice. Interpretation of biopsies of the upper GI tract mucosa and the liver are addressed, as well as recent advances in pancreatic pathology. After completing the lectures, participants will come away wi...

Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the epidemiologic features, risk factors, and morphologic classification of cholangiocarcinoma. 2) Describe the typical imaging appearances of cholangiocarcinoma and their correlation with pathologic findings. 3) List the findings that can help differentiate cholangiocarcinoma from other benign or malignant diseases.

Learning Objectives: 1) List the various thoracic complications associated with chronic liver disease. 2) Discuss the mechanisms or pathophysiology of those complications. 3)Describe the imaging features of the various thoracic complications in patients with chronic liver disease.

Learning Objectives: 1) List the risk factors for development of volvulus of the stomach, small bowel, and colon. 2) Identify the most common imaging appearances of gastrointestinal volvulus. 3) Describe common subtypes of volvulus of the stomach and colon.

Physical therapists must be able to identify signs and symptoms of systemic disease that can mimic neuromuscular or musculoskeletal (herein referred to as neuromusculoskeletal or NMS) dysfunction. For example, Paget’s disease, gastrointestinal (GI) disease, gynecologic disease and vascular conditions such as endocarditis and ovarian varicosities are only a few examples of systemic diseases that can cause sacral, SI and/or pelvic pain. The therapist must especially know how and what to loo...

Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the clinical relevance of detection and characterization of liver fibrosis. 2) Describe use of liver biopsy in diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis, including the limitations of this technique. 3) List the MR imaging techniques that have an emerging role in noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis.

Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the importance of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. 2) Identify the risk factors for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. 3) Describe ways to minimize the chance of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis while still ensuring safe diagnostic imaging.

Learning Objectives: 1) List the various uncommon types and causes of pancreatitis that have distinctive clinical and radiologic features. 2)Describe the distinctive clinical and imaging manifestations of these entities. 3) Discuss the imaging features that help distinguish these entities from pancreatic malignancy.

Learning Objectives: 1)Describe the advantages and limitations of US, CT, and MR imaging methods for liver fat quantification. 2) Recognize imaging features that are indicative of fatty liver disease and suggestive of its cause. 3) Identify the unique advantages of MR spectroscopy for quantifying liver fat in specific settings.

Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the utility of volume rendering of multidetector CT image data for evaluating mesenteric disease. 2) Recognize normal and abnormal 3D CT appearances of the mesentery. 3) Identify the most likely cause (neoplastic, infectious, or inflammatory) of mesenteric abnormalities depicted at multidetector CT.

DESCRIPTION This CME activity on DVD is based on lectures presented at the Johns Hopkins Tenth Annual Conference on Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, held November 6 – 7, 2010. This DVD series is intended as a practical overview for pathologists who encounter gastrointestinal specimens in daily practice. Interpretation of biopsies of the upper GI tract mucosa and the liver are addressed, as well as recent advances in pancreatic pathology. After completing the lectures, participants wil...