Faculty introduction, disclosures

Epidemiology and clinical features of UC Statistics by severity Causes and risk factors Clinical features: endoscopic, radiologic, and histopathologic Burden of disease, health-related quality of life

Treatment of UC UC professional guidelines Medications for induction and maintenance therapy for UC: salicylates, including novel formulations; glucocorticoids; immunomodulators; biologicals Novel and emerging therapies and approaches to the treatment of UC Adherence to therapy and modifiable factors that may exacerbate the disease course The role of teaching and communication strategies in strengthening the patient-provider compact Patient case(s)

Best practice recap

By the end of the session the participant will be able to:

• Describe the burden of disease UC represents to patients.
• Identify the present treatment options currently available for management of UC and apply them to patient cases using evidence-based medicine.
• Identify new and emerging therapies for the treatment of UC.
• Evaluate a treatment plan for a specific patient based on severity of UC to optimize safety, efficacy, and cost-efficacy, suggesting modifications for improvement.

ACCME Activity #201861260

ACCREDITATION FOR THIS COURSE HAS EXPIRED. YOU MAY VIEW THE PROGRAM, BUT CME / CE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND NO CERTIFICATE WILL BE ISSUED.

As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.

Faculty Disclosure: Mark C. Mattar, MD, FACG, AGAF, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Fellowship Training Program, Director, IBD Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, has received financial compensation as a consultant and speakers bureau from AbbVie, Janssen, Takeda, and Pfizer. 

Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, CEO of ScientiaCME, has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from Amgen.

• Read the learning objectives above
• Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowedge gained by participating in this CME activity.
• View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
• Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
• Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.

Cultural and Linguistic Competence

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