Sunday, October 1, 2023
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Associate Professor of Medicine
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University (formerly Georgia Regents University)
Augusta, Georgia
Dan and Lillie Sterling Professor of Medicine
McGovern Medical School
Chief
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas
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This activity is intended for primary care physicians, gastroenterologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, nurses, and other clinicians who treat patients with chronic constipation.
The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to manage chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) through application of evidence-based diagnostic criteria to facilitate timely diagnosis, selection of evidence-based treatments, interprofessional management, and shared decision-making with patients.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
Medscape, LLC requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
Associate Professor of Medicine
(Gastroenterology and Hepatology) and Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University (formerly Georgia Regents University)
Augusta, Georgia
Dan and Lillie Sterling Professor of Medicine
McGovern Medical School
Chief
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
Developed through a partnership between Medscape and International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
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Awarded 0.75 contact hour(s) of nursing continuing professional development for RNs and APNs; 0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.
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CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 8/16/2022
Valid for credit through: 8/16/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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