Enteral nutrition is the most physiological type of artificial feeding and should be the first choice of nutritional support for malnourished patients if the gastrointestinal tract is functional. With a broad spectrum of clinical applications, enteral nutrition can decrease the length of hospital stay and rate of complications while positively impacting quality of life.

The course includes comprehensive PPT slides and bespoke video presentations, which were filmed in Zagreb in September 2021. The estimated time needed to complete the course, including the final assessment, is 60 minutes.

Target audience

This course is suitable for gastroenterologists in training, nutrition nurses, dietitians, intensivists, medical students and other healthcare professionals looking after patients receiving enteral nutrition.

Infectious colitis is a highly prevalent condition and a major cause of morbidity worldwide. Clinical management of infectious colitis, which can be caused by various intestinal pathogens and some sexually transmitted pathogens, is a medical challenge.

This online course provides the latest information on all aspects of infectious colitis. Authors Laia Peries and Xavier Aldeguer discuss the aetiology, epidemiology, symptoms and clinical features. They describe the general diagnostic approach to infectious colitis and present a diagnostic algorithm. They also summarize the treatment options and raise awareness of complications and special situations.

Target audience

This course is suitable for gastroenterologists in training, but it is also appropriate for physicians and surgeons in other disciplines who have an interest in infectious colitis, as well as nurses, biotechnicians and advanced-years’ medical students who have an interest in gastroenterology. 

Proctologic disorders are a widespread problem—their high incidence means that many different healthcare professionals (e.g. gastroenterologists, surgeons, dermatologists, nurses, young residents, etc.) will be confronted by patients complaining about a proctologic disease.

This course by European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) experts Harald Rosen, Janindra Warusavitarne and Nuha Yassin provides the most recent state-of-the-art information on the common proctologic disorders of haemorrhoids and perianal skin conditions.

Target audience

This course is suitable for gastroenterologists and surgeons in training, but is also appropriate for other physicians, as well as nurses, biotechnicians and medical students who have an interest in coloproctology.

Coeliac disease is a highly prevalent condition that, if left untreated, can be a major cause of morbidity worldwide. There is also increasing awareness of the role of a gluten-free diet in the management of patients with noncoeliac gluten sensitivity.

This online course provides the latest information on the diagnosis and management of coeliac disease and gluten-related disorders. Authors Stefania Chetcuti Zammit and David S. Sanders discuss the pathophysiology, epidemiology, symptoms, endoscopic features and extraintestinal manifestations of coeliac disease. They describe the general diagnostic approach to serology negative villous atrophy and present a diagnostic algorithm. Treatment options are also summarized, and awareness raised of the complications in patients with refractory coeliac disease.

The course includes comprehensive PPT slides and bespoke video presentations, which were filmed in June 2022. The estimated time needed to complete the course, including the final assessment, is 60 minutes

Target audience

This course is designed for gastroenterologists in training, other doctors with a special interest in coeliac disease, nurses (including nutrition nurses), dietitians, medical students and other health-care professionals looking after patients with coeliac disease or related disorders.

Perianal Crohn’s disease is a perianal complication of Crohn’s disease. It consists of inflammation near the anus in the form of skin tags, fistulas, abscesses and fissures. Affecting almost one in four Crohn’s patients, perianal Crohn’s disease needs to be assessed and treated in a multidisciplinary fashion.

This online course covers the definition and epidemiology of perianal Crohn’s disease. The diagnosis and assessment are divided into symptoms, clinical assessment and examination under anaesthesia. Various perianal Crohn’s disease treatment options are introduced, from initial medical to surgical management.

The course included comprehensive PPT slides and bespoke video presentations by Peter Irving and Amy Lightner, filmed in London and the United States in 2022. The combined material has a total duration of approximately 50 minutes. The estimated time needed to complete the course, including the final assessment, is 60 minutes.

Target audience

This course is suitable for gastroenterologists in training but is also appropriate for physicians and surgeons in other disciplines, as well as IBD clinical nurse specialists.