Acute pancreatitis is the most frequent pancreatic disease and the most common reason for emergency room admission for all nonmalignant gastrointestinal diseases. This rapid-onset and painful inflammation of the pancreas is troublesome to manage because it has a diverse and often unpredictable clinical course. Although the inflammation usually subsides, complications can develop, and some patients will progress to chronic pancreatitis.
Learning objectives

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

With the introduction of population-based screening programs in several countries, the proportion of patients diagnosed with early invasive colorectal cancer (T1 CRC) has been vastly increasing. There are several major challenges in clinical management of this patient group, resulting in significant practice variations among physicians.

This online course covers the most relevant aspects of clinical management of T1 CRC patients, and provides an overview of latest insights and current knowledge gaps. To facilitate the learning process, several questions on real-life patient cases have been included in which learners can bring the acquired knowledge directly into practice.

Target audience

This course is suitable for gastroenterologists, surgeons, pathologists, nurses and any other healthcare professionals interested in, or actively involved in clinical management of T1 CRC patients. 

This course was developed by Alexandra M.J. Langers, Jurjen J. Boonstra, James C.H. Hardwick, Richard (H.) Dang et al. in receipt of an Activity Grant from UEG.

Chronic pancreatitis is a severe fibroinflammatory disorder of the pancreas that has a high associated morbidity and mortality. The number of hospitalizations for chronic pancreatitis has markedly increased and the global incidence of the disease continues to rise. Even though progress has been made in identifying common risk factors for chronic pancreatitis, the pathogenesis of the disease remains poorly understood.

This online course covers the definition of chronic pancreatitis, mortality, socioeconomic effect, aetiology and epidemiology, diagnosis and staging, management and the occurrence of bile duct obstruction and pseudocysts. Two clinical cases are also included, allowing application of knowledge in real-life scenarios. 

Target audience

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