Best of Digestive Disease Week

Saturday, June 23, 2012

digestive disease week
Who Should Attend

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, and other health care providers who are interested in the care of patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases.

Purpose and Content

"Digestive Disease Week" is a comprehensive meeting focused on the gastrointestinal tract. A vast array of cutting edge research, new clinical trials, and review material is presented. The purpose of this course is to review in a focused manner the most important developments presented at "DDW". By participating in this course, physicians will not only remain abreast of the latest developments in the field, but also they will improve their diagnostic and therapeutic skills. The format of this symposium will be a series of lectures given by experts in the field on a variety of topics, presented in a balanced, unbiased manner. There also will be specific time designated for questions from the audience.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to link the Educational Objectives to Core Competencies and be able to:

  • Evaluate and treat patients with esophageal disease, gastric/duodenal ulcer disease, upper gastrointestinal disorders, gastrointestinal bleeding, colon disorders (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care)
  • Discuss new studies in the area of liver diseases, including hepatitis A, B, C,and E, patients with portal hypertension, hepatocellular cancer, cholestatic liver disease, orthotopic liver transplantation, and others (Medical Knowledge,Patient Care)
  • Distinguish and identify the newest and most effective techniques applied in gastrointestinal endoscopy (Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement)
  • Recognize the natural history of Barrett’s esophagus and GERD, and describe management strategies (Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement)
  • Define the latest in gastrointestinal outcomes research (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Practice-Base Learning and Improvement)
  • Illustrate the best strategies for the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills)
  • Outline advances in hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care)
  • Examine advances in therapeutic and advanced endoscopy, including ERCP, double balloon enteroscopy, capsule endoscopy, stenting, and others (Medical
    Knowledge, Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement)
  • Each educational objective has been linked to a desirable physician attribute using the ACCME Competencies listed in parentheses.

Accreditation

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates this educational live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest

It is UT Southwestern’s policy that participants in CME activities should be made aware of any affiliation or financial interest that may affect the speaker’s presentation(s). Each speaker has completed and signed a conflict of interest statement. The faculty members’ relationships will be disclosed in the course syllabus.

Discussion of Off-Label Use

Because this course is meant to educate physicians with what is currently in use and what may be available in the future, there may be “off-label” use discussed in the presentations. Speakers have been requested to inform the audience when off-label use is being discussed.