Didactics Archive

Quality of Life in Home Parenteral Nutrition and Short Bowel Syndrome
Session Date
Session Date: 
June 2, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Marion Winkler, RD, PhD, FASPEN
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Evaluate quality of life (QoL) in intestinal failure and HPN patients
  2. Use qualitative approaches to study QoL of intestinal failure patients
  3. Summarize outcomes for current QoL studies in IF
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Principles of Intestinal Failure Management: The Patient with High Stoma Output
Session Date
Session Date: 
May 19, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Jeremy Nightingale, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the clinical features of patients with SBS-IF and jejunostomies
  2. Discuss the steps in medical treatment of the high output stoma patient
  3. Summarize current outcomes in this group of patients
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Nutritional Rehabilitation: How Do We Wean Parenteral Nutrition?
Session Date
Session Date: 
May 5, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Carol Parrish, MS, RDN
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. List the clinician's role in preparing a patient for PN weaning.
  2. Identify the clues that may suggest it is time for a weaning trial.
  3. Discuss the nutrition and hydration weaning options available to clinician and patient.
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Educating the Patient and Caregiver for Transitioning to Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN)
Session Date
Session Date: 
April 21, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Dejan Micic, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the principles of preparing to discharge patients on PN
  2. Implement best practices for teaching patients/ care-providers how to manage HPN
  3. Describe best practices for prevention of common PN complications
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Transitioning the PN Patient to the Home and Monitoring PN in the Home Setting
Session Date
Session Date: 
April 7, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Vanessa Kumpf, PharmD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Articulate the steps in preparing a patient for home parenteral nutrition (HPN)
  2. Describe the steps for safe discharge on HPN
  3. Develop a plan for laboratory monitoring of patients on HPN
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Who Needs Parenteral Nutrition and When?
Session Date
Session Date: 
March 17, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Carol Semrad, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 

  1. Identify indications for commencing parenteral nutrition (PN)

  2. Identify contraindications to commencing PN

  3. Analyze clinical, financial and social constraints to commencing PN

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Current Status of Intestinal Transplant
Session Date
Session Date: 
February 18, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Kishore Iyer , MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Determine the current and expanding indications for intestinal transplantation for SBS/IF
  2. Describe the  choice of allograft organs in intestinal transplant
  3. Summarize outcomes for intestinal transplantation in the modern era
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Growth Factors Beyond Teduglutide
Session Date
Session Date: 
February 4, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Palle Jeppesen, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the principles of growth factor therapy in intestinal adaptation using teduglutide as the prototype growth factor
  2. Summarize results of recent Phase 2 trials with long-acting growth factors in intestinal failure
  3. Explain the future landscape for growth factor therapy in intestinal failure
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Real World Experience with Teduglutide: Lessons Learned
Session Date
Session Date: 
January 21, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Francisca Joly, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the use of growth factors in SBS/IF
  2. Identify contraindications to use of growth factors in SBS/IF
  3. Analyze current real-world experience with use of growth factor therapy in SBS/IF
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Probiotics and Intestinal Adaptation
Session Date
Session Date: 
January 7, 2020
Didactic
Didactic: 
Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the interplay of probiotics and intestinal adaptation
  2. Summarize the role of short chain fatty acids and diet in intestinal adaptation
  3. Identify current areas of research in intestinal adaptation
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Psychosocial Challenges in IF and Transplant
Session Date
Session Date: 
December 17, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Mary Brosnan, LCSW
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Identify the psycho-social determinants of outcome in patients with intestinal failure
  2. Describe the support mechanisms required for patients with IF
  3. Summarize the need for psycho-social support in overall care of patients with short bowel syndrome and/or IF
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Intravenous Access and Complications of Parenteral Nutrition in Intestinal Failure Patients
Session Date
Session Date: 
December 3, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Donald Kirby, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the principles of managing central venous access in patients on long term PN
  2. Evaluate catheter-related complications in patients receiving  long term PN
  3. Manage catheter-related, PN complications
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Diagnosing and Managing Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease (IFALD)
Session Date
Session Date: 
November 19, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Alan Buchman, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Describe the syndrome of liver dysfunction in patients with intestinal failure on PN
  2. List steps utilized in the diagnosis of IFALD
  3. Summarize the principles of managing IFALD and recent developments
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The Value of Patient Education and Support in Intestinal Failure
Session Date
Session Date: 
November 5, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Joan Bishop, Oley Foundation
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  1. Identify community resources available for patient support and education for patients with intestinal failure
  2. Enumerate the benefits to patients of association with a patient support group
  3. Identify opportunities for peer-to - peer support for patients in the community
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Indications and Outcomes for Intestinal Transplant
Session Date
Session Date: 
September 3, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Jang Moon, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Determine the current and expanding indications for intestinal transplantation for short bowel syndrome/intestinal failure (SBS/IF)
  • Describe the choice of allograft organs in intestinal transplant
  • Summarize outcomes for intestinal transplantation
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Surgery for Intestinal Failure
Session Date
Session Date: 
August 20, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Antonino Morabito, MD, FRCS
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Describe conventional surgical principles in preventing/managing short bowel syndrome/intestinal failure (SBS/IF)
  • Summarize specialized surgical procedures in SBS/IF
  • Evaluate outcomes for intestinal lengthening procedures
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New Growth Factors in Management of Intestinal Failure
Session Date
Session Date: 
August 6, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Lauren Schwartz, MD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Describe the use of growth factors in SBS/IF
  • Identify contraindications to use of growth factors in SBS/IF
  • Summarize the results of growth factor therapy in SBS/IF
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Medical Management of Intestinal Failure
Session Date
Session Date: 
July 16, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Describe the role of medical management of short bowel syndrome/intestinal failure (SBS/IF)
  • Identify when to use anti-diarrheals in SBS/IF
  • Determine the appropriateness of using growth factor therapy in overall medical management of SBS/IF
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Nutritional Management of SBS/IF
Session Date
Session Date: 
June 18, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Maria Karimbakas, RD
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Describe the diet principles that have been successful in the management of short bowel syndrome/intestinal failure (SBS/IF)
  • Determine when to utilize oral rehydration solutions in SBS/IF
  • Evaluate the outcomes of dietary management in overall care of SBS/IF
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Clinical and Laboratory Monitoring for Parenteral Nutrition
Session Date
Session Date: 
June 4, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Rhode Island
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Monitor patients on long-term parenteral nutrition (PN)
  • Evaluate laboratory data of patients receiving long-term PN
  • Recognize and manage PN complications
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Prescribing PN 101 and Transitioning to HPN
Session Date
Session Date: 
May 21, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Vanessa Kumpf, Pharm D, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Identify the indications for commencing parenteral nutrition (PN)
  • Describe the principles of prescribing and monitoring PN
  • Analyze the appropriate time and principles for transitioning a patient on PN to the home setting
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Recognizing Intestinal Failure
Session Date
Session Date: 
May 7, 2019
Didactic
Didactic: 
Douglas Seidner, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 
  • Define and differentiate between intestinal failure (IF) and short bowel syndrome (SBS)
  • Identify the types of IF based on pathophysiology
  • Summarize outcomes for IF
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