GI Division Research/Grand Rounds Conference - 6/20/2023

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM, School of Medicine - Main Campus


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

A weekly divisional conference presenting Grand Rounds, which includes Research Seminar, Journal Club, & M&M Conference to GI Faculty and fellows. Goals: To provide needs based education for physicians and health care providers to improve knowledge, competence and performance and enable the optimum provision of health care.

Objective(s): 1 Learn the techniques to improve the number of people being screened for colon cancer and the skills to improve the quality of screening. 2 Optimized treatment of hepatitis C. Treatment of Hepatitis C has improved dramatically in the last couple of years yet there is a gap in terms of optimal drug treatment for effective eradication of hepatitis C. 3 Inflammatory bowel disease management is changing with increased use of biological agents. Practitioners need to understand when these are most cost efficient to use for IBD patients. 4 Achalasia treatment has evolved. Participants should be able to identify achalasia patients and streamline pre, peri, & post treatment outcomes.
Location: School of Medicine - Main Campus
Specialties: Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Internal Medicine

Faculty Disclosures:
Priya Sharma, MD (Nothing to disclose - 11/09/2022)
Erin Song, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/28/2023)
Erin Wolf, MD (Nothing to disclose - 03/29/2023)
Mark Kowalczyk, MD (Nothing to disclose - 05/11/2023)
Laurel Branch, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/23/2023)
Selena Kuo, MD (Nothing to disclose - 02/22/2023)
Maryam Zafer, MD, MPH (Nothing to disclose - 05/18/2023)
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1. Learn the techniques to improve the number of people being screened for colon cancer and the skills to improve the quality of screening.
2. Optimized treatment of hepatitis C. Treatment of Hepatitis C has improved dramatically in the last couple of years yet there is a gap in terms of optimal drug treatment for effective eradication of hepatitis C.
3. Inflammatory bowel disease management is changing with increased use of biological agents. Practitioners need to understand when these are most cost efficient to use for IBD patients.
4. Achalasia treatment has evolved. Participants should be able to identify achalasia patients and streamline pre, peri, & post treatment outcomes.

AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1.00 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of relicensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (report up to 1.00 hours of credit and list "CME Category 1" as the provider number).

Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing education for pharmacists coursework which meets the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and is accepted as continuing education by the Medical Board of California.

Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for license renewal. Psychologists outside of California should check with their state and local boards to ensure that ACCME accredited activities are acceptable for renewal.

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The UC San Diego School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

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