Interactive Case - Introduction to IBD

Janneke van der Woude, Tim Raine

Welcome to you the interactive case – Introduction to IBD

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in IBD. The intended result of this activity is increased competence, knowledge, performance and improved patient outcomes relating to the topic of IBD.

Duration: The estimated duration of the course is approximately 60 minutes.

Enrole in this course: Please scroll down to the bottom of this page and click "Enrol me"

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ECCO Members can take this course: In case you are not an ECCO Member or have not yet paid the annual member fee, please become an ECCO Member / renew your Membership.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

  • Identify the "red flags" that might indicate a new CD patient.
  • Gain insights into the basic epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Understand and identify the most important differential diagnoses of CD
  • Gain insight into the appropriate use of faecal calprotectin in the diagnosis of CD.
  • Understand the basic principles of endoscopic diagnosis of CD.
  • Be familiar with the dietary needs of patients with CD.
  • Identify the most common extra-intestinal manifestations of CD.
  • Identify the variables at diagnosis associated with aggressive CD.

Quiz Instructions:

Welcome to this Interactive Case - Introduction to IBD

  • You will be asked a series of questions throughout this short case
  • Both correct and incorrect answers will have short feedback as to why the answer was right or wrong as well as links to references, and presentations and podcasts which are found in the e-Library
  • You are allowed as many attmpts as it takes to get a correct answer before moving on to the next question
  • If you wish to skip a question and come back later, there is a navigation bar in the upper right corrner

Duration of the course

  • The estimated duration of the course is approximately one hour
  • Upon successful completion of the training, you will be directed to a final test

Good luck, and enjoy!

Disclosures:

Janneke van der Woude has disclosed through the ICMJE that she has received consulting fees paid to her institution from Abbott, Falk, Ferring and MSD as well as payments for lectures including service on speakers bureaus which have also gone to her institution from Abbott, Falk, Ferring, Janssen.

Charlie Lees has disclosed through the ICMJE that he has received consulting fees from Abbott, Vifor, Pharmacosmos, MSD, and Hospira, grants paid to his institution from Shire, payment for lectures including service on speakers bureaus from Abbott, MSD, Ferring, Shire, Warner-Chilcott, and Payment for development of educational presentations from Shire and Abbott.

Stephan Vavricka has disclosed through the ICMJE that he has received grants paid to his institution from MSD, Abbott, UCB, Tillotts, and Vifor, consulting fees or honorarium from MSD, Abbott, UCB, Tillotts, and Vifor, and support for travel to meetings for study or other purposes from MSD, Abbott, and UCB.

Tim Raine has disclosed that he recieved support for travel for purposes of educational meeting attendance from MSD, Abbott, Movetis, Ferring and Shire.


For the original COI forms of all ECCO Faculty please visit our website at: www.ecco-ibd.eu

Futher Information:

Organisation: European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation - ECCO

Website: www.ecco-lbd.eu