Improving Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation Across Diverse Patient Populations

Can you differentiate between chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) and other conditions characterized by constipation to ensure your patients receive timely and appropriate interventions? Access these educational resources and tools to help you enhance diagnostic processes, management strategies, and multidisciplinary care. Then share this invaluable educational content with your team by using the downloadable discussion guides and slide decks to initiate meaningful conversations. Do you have questions about optimizing your EMR workflow? We’ll provide you with practical guidance for integrating clinical tools, algorithms, and alerts within your system. Are your patients frustrated and looking for answers? Empower your patients to make informed decisions about various treatment options by sharing the essential resources provided.
 
Educational Partner: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL)

Medium: Digital QI

Commercial Support: Supported by an educational grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for HCPs who treat CIC including gastroenterologists, PCPs, and the multidisciplinary team.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Differentiate CIC from other disorders with overlapping symptoms;
  • Identify the mechanisms of action as well as clinical and real-world evidence with the available CIC agents;
  • Formulate individualized treatment regimens for patients with CIC;
  • Incorporate meaningful communication and SDM into the management of CIC.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Michelle Forcier
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
mforcier@achlcme.org
Summary
Activity opens: 
12/19/2023
Activity expires: 
12/19/2024
FACULTY
  Brooks Cash, MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FASGE
  Professor of Medicine
  University of Texas McGovern Medical School
  Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
  University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  Houston, TX
 
  Lucinda Harris, MS, MD
  Professor of Medicine
  Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
  Scottsdale, AZ



Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University Of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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