Gastroenterology CME

Carcinoid Syndrome: Updates in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment consists of a single lecture and discussion by Drs. Matthew H. Kulke and C. Metz.

After viewing Carcinoid Syndrome, you will be better able to:
• Summarize the cause of carcinoid syndrome
• Perform an appropriate workup and differential diagnosis from presenting symptoms
• Adopt evidence-based best practices in managing carcinoid syndrome, including strategies to address refractory or poorly controlled symptoms
• Evaluate safety and efficacy of current and emerging treatment approaches for carcinoid syndrome

Target Audiences:
This program is intended for US-based medical oncologists, endocrinologists and gastroenterologists, as well as oncology physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses involved in the diagnosis and management of carcinoid tumors and carcinoid syndrome.

This course contains two courses:

• Crohn’s Disease: Therapeutic Updates, Barriers to Care, and Emerging Therapies (1 hr CME)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): A Global Approach to Quality Management and Barriers to Care in an Era of Resource Consciousness(1.25 hr CME)
• In order to get credit from ScientiaCME, you must first establish a username and password.

Target Audience:

Healthcare professionals specializing in colon and rectal surgery, family medicine, internal medicine, gastroenterology, oncology, pain management, palliative care, primary care, proctology, and other clinicians who treat patients suffering from gastrointestinal disorders.

Learn Now: Advances in Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatric Care Series: Gastroenterology is a part of a comprehensive continuing medical education series. Led by Chris A. Liacouras, MD, this online CME program provides updated information on diagnostic tips for early recognition, evaluation and effective management of various gastrointestinal diseases in pediatric patients.

Pediatricians, primary care physicians, fellows, medical students and other healthcare personnel will learn to better:

• Recognize the signs and symptoms of various pediatric gastrointestinal diseases
• Understand the importance of differential diagnosis in establishing the final diagnosis
• Effectively diagnose, treat and manage specific pediatric gastrointestinal disorders
• Discuss the latest therapeutic options for various pediatric gastrointestinal diseases

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Diagnose and treat specific pediatric diseases
• Discuss symptoms and treatments for various pediatric diseases

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for primary care physicians, pediatricians, fellows in specialty training, medical student and other health care personnel.

This site offers numerous brief presentations concerning Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HBC), Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).

Target Audiences:
Hepatology, Gastroenterology and any medical professional who serves patients with chronic liver disease.

About 17 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection.

All of these categories offer CME credit: Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases.

Recent presentations include:
• Highlights From Amsterdam 2013: HCV Phase III Studies and Approved Agents
• Management of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Women of Reproductive Age
• Hepatitis Highlights
• So You Think You’re a Hepatitis C Expert, Educational Material, Part 3
• Updates in Viral Hepatitis from AASLD 2012
• Treat or Wait in HCV? A Series of Challenging Case Vignettes

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Infectious Disease and related specialties.

The goal of the Gi Health Foundation is to provide health professionals with the most current education and information on gastrointestinal health.

Major areas of focus are: Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Crohn’s Disease; Ulcerative Colitis; and Fecal Incontinence.

Some recent topics include:
• The Great Debates in Functional GI Disorders: Discussing the Clinical Implications of Fecal Incontinence and IBS
• Xpert Perspectives from UEGW… Reporting on IBS
• Xpert Perspectives from ACG… Reporting on IBS
• Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation (IBS-C): From Conventional to New and Emerging Pharmacologic Therapies

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, and Family Medicine

A set of brief (30 minutes) case simulations about:
• Hepatitis A (3)
• Hepatitis B (14)
• Hepatitis C (6)
• Common Management Issues (2) and
• Health Educator (2).

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Infectious Disease

Only the webcasts offer CME credit. Of these, 13 are in Oncology; other areas are Hematology (7) and Gastroenterology (6). Many of the webcasts offer multiple modules.

Target Audiences:
Physicians specializing in Hematology, Oncology, or Gastroenterology.

CME activities of special interest to gastroenterologists.

Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:

CONFERENCE COVERAGE – Reports of advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.

CLINICAL UPDATE – Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.

FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.

CME-LIVE – Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year.

CLINICAL BRIEFS – Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each

JOURNAL CME – Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals.

SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.

INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.)

CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

Target Audience: Gastroenterologists

Discover New Guidelines with Pathology CME

Gastropathology is an online CME course that combines traditional lectures and microscopy sessions to review recent concepts in esophagitis, gastritis, and dysplasia, as well as discussions of the small intestine, colon, and anus.

In addition to discussions on difficult and rapidly evolving areas in pathology, sessions in this continuing medical education program — part of our Masters of Pathology Series — address topics that will help you:

• Understand liver neoplasms and medical liver
• Define gastrointestinal and liver mesenchymal tumors
• Assess inflammatory esophagus biopsies, especially those with lymphocytosis
• Evaluate hepatic adenomas
• Recognize clues for separating reactive and neoplastic changes in esophageal and gastric samples

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, the participant will be better able to:

• Discuss the significance of esophageal lymphocytosis
• Use diagnostic clues to separate reactive and dysplastic changes in columnar biopsies from the esophagus and stomach
• Describe the features of autoimmune hepatitis and its differential diagnosis
• Recognize the key types of gastritis
• Describe several types of gastric polyps
• Discuss non-neoplastic small intestinal pathology
• Define HPV-associated anal neoplasms
• Understand the classification of hepatic neoplasms
• Recognize key GI tract mesenchymal neoplasms
• Describe key features of appendiceal neoplasms

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for pathologists and gastroenterologists in practice, pathology residents, and gastroenterology fellows.