IBD management for GPs and Physicians – upcoming webinar series schedule

The dates for six new Inflammatory Bowel Disease GP Aware (IBD GP Aware) workshops have been announced. These online workshops will support GPs and Physicians to more effectively participate in IBD management and better support IBD patients. IBD GP Aware is led by Crohn’s & Colitis Australia with consortium partners the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) and AGPAL. The project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. For more information on this initiative, please read our previous article.

The upcoming IBD GP Aware workshops have been submitted to the RACGP for CPD approval, with workshops one to five receiving CPD allocations and workshop six pending approval.

The registration links and CPD allocations for each workshop are listed below.

Workshop 1: The GP’s role in early detection of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Tuesday 28 February 2023
7:00pm – 8:30pm (AEDT)

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Presented by Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Eva Zhang, this workshop will enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:

• Early detection of IBD features and symptoms
• The different clinical presentations of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)
• The difference between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and IBD investigations that GPs can conduct to assist diagnosis.

Workshop 2: Early intervention, therapies, referral and triage

Tuesday 7 March 2023
7:00pm – 8:30pm (AEDT)

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Presented by Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Eva Zhang, this workshop will further enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:

• Early intervention for people with suspected IBD and those in ‘at risk’ clinical scenarios
• Goals of treatment, including the step-up approach to therapies and IBD management, and the role of the GP
• Criteria for a quality IBD referral, importance of good referrals and closing the loop on all referrals.

Workshop 3: Management of IBD and preventative health care

Tuesday 21 March 2023
7:00pm – 8:30pm (AEDT)

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Presented by Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Soong Ooi, this workshop will further enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:

• Key components for monitoring, follow up and review of IBD patients
• Comprehensive preventative care for IBD patients
• Symptom management including the management of an acute flare
• Medication adherence, lifestyle modification and behavioural change.

Workshop 4: Multidisciplinary
team-based care

Wednesday 5 April 2023
6:30pm – 8:00pm (AEDT)

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Presented by Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Emi Khoo, this workshop you will further enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:

• High performing primary health care and the central role of the GP in delivering comprehensive and continuous IBD care, prevention and management
• Person-centred and multidisciplinary team-based care
• Shared care planning – care coordination, clinical follow-up and case management.

Workshop 5: Managing complex IBD issues – Ages and stages

Tuesday 18 April 2023
6:30pm – 8:00pm (AEDT)

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Presented by Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Emma Flanaghan, this workshop you will further enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:

• Managing children and young people with IBD
• Transition of care
• Fertility and pregnancy management
• Managing IBD in elderly patients.

Workshop 6: Managing complex IBD issues – relapse and comorbidity

Tuesday 2 May 2023
6:30pm – 8:00pm (AEDT)

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Presented by Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Aviv Pudipeddi, this workshop you will further enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:

• Relapse management
• IBD and complex mental health issues
• Illicit drug management.