Second Annual ACG Allied Health Professionals Symposium
Collaborating for Excellent Patient Care
Sunday, October 5, 2008
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Welcome Reception |
| 2:00 pm - 5:15 pm | Program |
The optimal management of patients with digestive diseases requires a dedicated and knowledgeable “team” of healthcare providers. Designed specifically with physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and other allied health professionals in mind, ACG’s 2nd Annual Allied Health Professionals Symposium will feature leading experts and hot topics in common GI disorders. After the symposium, make your way to the Exhibit Hall to see the latest in technology and therapeutics, and visit the Poster Session for a lively dialogue with clinicians and researchers involved in new advances in the diagnosis and treatment of gastroenterological diseases.
Tentative Topic Outline
| 2:00 pm |
Treatment of Hepatitis C: A Team Approach
1. What Treatments and Endpoints Should We Be Using?
2. Follow-up and Monitoring of Treatment- A PA’s Perspective |
| 2:40 pm |
Surveillance Issues in Patients with Colon Polyps |
| 3:00 pm |
Celiac Disease |
| 3:20 pm |
Q & A |
| 3:30 pm |
BREAK |
| 3:45 pm |
Immunomodulator Therapy for IBD: A Team Approach
1. What Treaments and Endpoints Should We Be Using?
2. Follow-up and Monitoring of Treatment: A Nurse’s Perspective |
| 4:25 pm |
The New IBS Guidelines- What the Practitioner Needs to Know |
| 4:45 pm |
Approach to the Patient with Dysphagia |
| 5:05 pm |
Q & A |
| 5:15 pm |
Adjourn |
|
