IBD in Clinical Practice: Diagnosis and Medical Treatment – 2019

Program Overview

Join leading inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experts in this interactive activity where you will have the opportunity to follow a patient to learn about the diagnosis and management of IBD. Be sure to check out the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation resources, as well as a comprehensive reading list related to the learning objectives following the closing commentary section of the activity.

Credit Expired

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Target Audience

The target audience for this activity is physicians, gastroenterologists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Describe indications for, and interpretation of, diagnostic testing in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
Apply principles of therapeutic management according to clinical symptoms, duration, and severity of disease

Activity Faculty

Miguel Regueiro, MD

Chair, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Professor, Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD

Professor, Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. 