ABOUT THIS SERIES
Join us on a journey through the GI tract as specialists from around Alberta discuss approaches to common digestive health conditions and review how pathways can support effective management in the Patient Medical Home.
The pathways and information presented in this webinar series represent evidence-informed best practice at the time of recording but do not override the individual health care professional’s responsibility to make care decisions appropriate to their patients using their clinical judgment given their patients’ specific clinical conditions, in consultation with patients/alternate decision makers. The information presented is not a substitute for clinical judgment or advice of qualified health care professionals.
Learning from this webinar series, you will be equipped to:
- Outline the evidence used in clinical pathway development for GI and liver conditions
- Describe how to assess patients with digestive symptoms and signs to determine risk and appropriate management strategies
- Describe investigation and treatment approaches for low risk GI and liver conditions
- Apply the digestive health pathways to appropriately refer patients with GI and liver conditions
For more resources provided by Alberta Health Services – Digestive Health Strategic Clinical Network, click here.
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WEBINAR SESSIONS
(Click on a session below to expand.)Learning Objectives
- Describe the key diagnostic and therapeutic differences between chronic diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome (diarrhea subtype)
- Identify how the Chronic Diarrhea and IBS primary care pathways may be used to support management in the Medical Home
- Identify the various additional primary care supports, including specialty advice
Webinar Recording
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Learning Objectives
- Describe key diagnostic and therapeutic differences between GERD, Dyspepsia and H. pylori
- Identify how the GERD, dyspepsia and H. pylori primary care pathways can support management in the Medical Home
- Identify various additional primary care supports, including specialty advice
Webinar Recording
Handouts
Learning Objectives
Chronic Constipation:
- Outline key considerations in the management of adult chronic constipation in the Medical Home
- Identify resources and primary care supports
Pediatric constipation:
- Describe how the Childhood Constipation primary care pathway may be used to support management in the Medical Home
- Identify resources to support patient management using the pathway
Webinar Recording
Handouts
Learning Objectives
The NAFLD pathway
- Identify patients with fatty liver at risk of developing liver related events through the provincial NAFLD Primary Care pathway
- Apply the therapeutic interventions that decrease the risk of liver related events in NAFLD
- Identify the various additional primary care supports, including specialty advice
The hepatitis C (HCV) pathway
- Describe the hepatitis C primary care pathway to demonstrate how screening, treatment, and cure can be effectively delivered in the primary care setting
- Explain the positive outcomes associated with hepatitis C cure
Webinar Recording
Handouts
- Full presentation: Hepatitis C (HCV); NAFLD
- Additional resources
Learning Objectives
- Describe the key considerations in the diagnosis and management of chronic abdominal pain syndrome
- Identify how the chronic abdominal pain primary care pathway may be used to support management in the medical home
- Identify the various additional primary care supports to treat chronic abdominal pain syndrome
- Identify and refer patients at high risk for colorectal cancer and GI cancers
- Identify resources and primary care supports
Webinar Recording
Handouts
- Full presentation: chronic abdominal pain; high risk rectal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia
- Additional resources
- Chronic abdominal pain primary care pathway
- High risk rectal bleeding pathway for colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis
- Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) pathway for colorectal cancer diagnosis
- High risk iron deficiency anemia (IDA) pathway for colorectal and other GI cancer diagnoses – referral checklist
- High risk rectal bleeding pathway for colorectal cancer diagnosis – referral checklist
ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
When reviewing video and handouts after a live session, you will need to do extra interactivity with the materials in order for CFPC members to claim certified credits and for RCPSC members to claim higher numbers of credits per hour:- CFPC members can claim as follows:
- non-certified Self-Learning credits for time spent reviewing the video or materials
- additional 5 Mainpro+ certified credits upon completing Linking Learning Exercise
- RCPSC members can claim hours under MOC Section 2 Self-Learning as follows:
- Reading a journal article – 1 credit per article
- Podcasts, audio, video – 0.5 credits per activity
- Personal learning projects – 2.0 credits per hour
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Julia Carter MD, CCFP (Chair)
Andrea Plaisier BSc, PMP
Bettina Lott MD, CCFP
Christine Luelo MD, CCFP
Elaine Chow Baker MSc, MBA, PMP
Kerri Novak MD, FRCPC
Lisa Stevenson MD, CCFP
Sander Veldhuyzen Van Zanten MD, FRCPC, MSc, MPH, PhD
Stephen Akindipe MD, CCFP
Susan Witt CCFP
Mylan Doan-Nguyen BSc, MEd, EdD (CME&PD Representative)