Lead Authors: Carolina Palmela, Gianluca Pellino, Sander van der Marel
Senior Authors: Kostas Katsanos, Antonio Lopéz-Sanromán
Welcome to the interactive case - Complementary Medicine and Psychotherapy
This course has been developed for physicians 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 use of complementary medicines and dietary therapies in IBD patients in order to improve patient outcomes.
Duration: The estimated duration of the course is approximately 60 minutes.
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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:
After this case you will:
- Know the evidence for the use of dietary supplements, herbs, vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, probiotics and cannabis in IBD patients
- Be able to identify which herbs or dietary supplements might be useful as complementary therapies in IBD
- Understand the relation between anxiety/depression, stress and fatigue in IBD
- Be able to identify the role of psychological therapies in IBD
- Understand the benefits and side-effects of manipulative and body-based practices
- Counsel your patient on manipulative and body-based practices
Course Instructions:
Welcome to this Interactive Course on Complementary Medicine and Psychotherapy!
- You will be asked a series of questions throughout this 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 attempts 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 quiz navigation in the upper right corner (numbers stand for question numbers, "i" stands for information page, which is usually a "case continued" page)
Duration of the course
- The estimated duration of the course is approximately 60 minutes
- Upon successful completion of the training, you will be directed to a final test
Good luck, and enjoy!
Futher Information:
Organisation: European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation - ECCO
Website: www.ecco-lbd.eu