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This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to the management of CD patients and to harmonise diagnostics and treatment of anaemia in order to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Know how to diagnose anaemia in Crohn's disease (CD) patients
• Be able to adequatly treat iron deficiency anaemia in CD patients

This course has been developed for physicians and endoscopists interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to endoscopy in IBD in order to improve patient outcomes.

The main learning objective will be to train participants in the evaluation of endoscopic images  of colonic lesions using multiple endoscopic techniques and modalities including the new advanced optical diagnosis technologies: dye chromoendoscopy, dyeless chromoendoscopy, magnification, when and why to do EMR  and ESD. Further this course will detail EMR and ESD techniques and the challenges of ESD and the management of strictures , fistulae and complications in IBD.

The major aim of the endoscopy course is to increase competence, knowledge, and confidence of the participants with regard to interventional therapy and endotherapy  in IBD and to improve patient management and outcomes.

This course has been developed by physicians who had recently participated in the writing of the ECCO Crohn's disease consensus Guidelines. This course is intended for those who are interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to Luminal disease in order to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this case you will:

• Know the evidence for induction of remission in mild-to-moderate Crohn’s disease;
• Know the evidence for maintaining remission in  Crohn’s disease;
• Know the evidence on how to react upon disease flares, immediately after induction therapy or during maintenance therapy; 
• Understand the benefits and risks of several medical therapies;
• Achieve familiarity how to use immunomodulatory agents in mono- or combination therapy;
• Achieve familiarity how to monitor Crohn’s disease patients who initiated medical therapy or who underwent surgery;
• Recognise indications for surgical management.

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in IBD. The intended result of this activity is increased competence, knowledge, performance and improved patient outcome.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Be aware of current treatment options for Crohn's disease
• Be able to understand treatment options are based on disease severity and prognostic factors at disease presentation
• Be able to understand the therapeutic choices for maintaining remission of disease
  
• Know how to prevent and treat the main adverse events related to drug therapy 
• Manage maintenance therapy in special situations

This course has been developed for IBD nurses and other interdisciplinary non-medical clinicians interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to the management of non-inflammatory symptoms in IBD patients in order to improve patient outcomes.

After this case you will:

• • Understand the mechanisms by which IBD can cause fatigue and how this can be recognised and managed
  • Understand the mechanisms by which IBD can cause non-inflammatory pain and how this can be managed
  • Understand the prevalence of IBS (functional symptoms) in IBD
  • Be aware of the prevalence of faecal incontinence (FI) in IBD
  • Know how to assess the patient for factors which might influence non-inflammatory symptoms
  • Be aware of the range of therapeutic options for treating non-inflammatory symptoms

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). The intended result of this activity is increased competence, knowledge, performance and improved patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Identify patients at risk of opportunistic infections and understand the principles of screening for opportunistic infections
• Understand the issues associated with vaccinating people at risk of opportunistic infections
• Be familiar with the assessment and management of some of the more commonly encountered and serious opportunistic infections (HBV, TB, VZV, CMV etc.)
• Understand requirements for people with IBD when travelling and returning from travel
• Recognise the opportunistic infections which should be considered in acute flares of colitis

This course has been developed by physicians who had recently participated in the writing of the ECCO Crohn's disease consensus Guidelines. This course is intended for those who are interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to Perianal disease in order to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this case you will:

• Recognise clinical red flags of paediatric Crohn's and achieve a timely diagnosis
• Familiarise with the work-up required at IBD diagnosis, including ruling out differential diagnoses
• Know the current evidence for induction of remission in paediatric Crohn's.
• Know the current evidence for maintaining remission in paediatric Crohn's.
• Know how to manage a Crohn's flare in a paediatric patient.
• Familiarise with how to use immunomodulatory agents in mono or combination therapy and understand the rational behind therapeutic drug monitoring in paediatric Crohn's.
• Recognise indications for surgical management of paediatric Crohn's and familiarise with the recommended post-operative monitoring.

This course has been developed for physicians and paediatricians interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to paediatric IBD patients in order to improve patient outcomes.

After this case you will be able to:

• Practice appropriate clinical management of ambulant pediatric UC

• Practice appropriate use of the guidelines and the PUCAI based and treat to target algorithms

• Practice appropriate clinical management of pediatric acute severe colitis

Upon completion of this case you will:

• Define which infectious tests (serology, PCR, cultures, …) should be performed at IBD diagnosis, prior to biological/small molecule therapy or while flaring
• Monitor IBD patients with previous hepatitis B virus infection 
• Treat Clostridium difficile infection 
• Advise IBD patients who want to travel 
• Advise pregnant or breastfeeding IBD patients on vaccination 

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to the prediction, diagnosis and management of stricturing Crohn's Disease (CD) patients and to harmonise diagnostics and treatment in order to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Achieve familiarity with predictors of fibrostenosing CD.

• Understand the role of cross-sectional imaging in the diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected fibrostenosing CD.
• Understand the current management of fibrostenosing CD.
• Recognise the therapeutic capabilities of anti-inflammatory therapy, endoscopic dilatation and surgery in the setting of fibrostenosing CD.

This course has been developed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to the management of CD patients and to harmonise indications and technical considerations for surgery in order to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• - Know how to identify surgical indications in patients with Crohn's Disease (CD)
  
• - Be able to adequately treat different complications in CD patients that require surgery
  
• - Be able to recommend appropriate changes in perioperative treatment and management

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). The intended result of this activity is increased competence, knowledge, performance and improved patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Have insights into the position of surgery versus medical therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe as well as acute severe IV steroid refractory colitis (UC)
• Be able to select the most optimal surgical modalities
• Gain knowledge on the appropriate follow-up of patients with an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA)

Surveillance Colonoscopy in IBD

This course has been developed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). 

Learning outcomes:

• Be acquainted with the “ECCO Topical Review on Transitional Care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease” that can  be used as a guidance for clinical practice
  
• Be able to identify the critical elements of a transition programme

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). One major aim of this e-learning activity is to increase competence and knowledge with regard to the prediction, diagnosis and management of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) patients and to harmonise diagnostics and treatment in order to improve patient outcomes.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Have insights into the basic epidemiology of ulcerative colitis
• Know current treatment options for severe ulcerative colitis, including colectomy
• Be able to use ciclosporin correctly in severe ulcerative colitis
• Understand when to order thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) activity when starting azathioprine

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, paediatricians, surgeons and other interdisciplinary medical experts interested in Inflammatory Bowel Disease(s) (IBD). The intended result of this activity is increased competence and knowledge of the role of imaging techniques, particularly ultrasonography, in the diagnosis and follow-up of IBD patients.

Upon completion of this activity learners will:

• Understand the role of ultrasonography (US) in the initial diagnostic work-up of suspected IBD
  
• Be able to provide a comprehensive overview of normal and abnormal findings in bowel US, with a focus on IBD
• Be able to understand the usefulness of bowel US in the follow-up of IBD, in assessing disease activity, response to therapy and monitoring disease progression and complications such as stenosis, fistulae and abscesses