7th Annual Update in Medicine 2011: Focus on Gastroenterology and Rheumatology

This is a Live Lecture 7-Night Mediterranean Cruise Conference Round-trip Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy.

14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours
Course Fee Physicians $695
All Others - Course Fee $450
Plus the cost of the cruise

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We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We`d be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.

The purpose of this activity is to give participants an update in the diagnostic and therapeutic developments in the field of gastroenterology and Rheumatology
Learning objectives:

1. Describe the “new” GERD :eosinophilic esophagitis
2. Review new diagnostic tests/therapy for inflammatory bowel disease
3. Identify the “”silent” celiac disease pidemic
4. Describe the emerging therapeutic role for probiotics in GI disorders.
5. Review the evolving IBS paradigm
6. Discuss emerging concepts in Clostridia difficile toxin colitis
7. Describe new insights in chronic constipation management
8. Identify state- of- the- art osteoarthritis management
9. Review emerging role of complimentary and alternative medicine for rheumatologic disorders
10. Describe current approaches to gout
11. Discuss the updated approach to spondyloarthpathies and ankylosing spondylitis
12. Identify the many rheumatologic/systemic manifestations of SLE/ CREST
13. Discuss the current state-of-the-art approach to rheumatoid arthritis
14. Update new osteoporosis insights/therapeutic opportunities



Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at sea (as cruise itinerary allows) to avoid conflicts with Ports of Call or evening entertainment.