What your patients are (and aren’t) telling you about their chronic constipation: new options for an old problem – Mainpro+

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Gastroenterology

1 Credits

Course Description

Course Details

Expiry Date: 2014-05-09

Professions: Physician

Faculty

Accreditation

Learning Objective(s)

  1. Interpret patient presentation of symptoms related to constipation and identify patients who require specialist referral
  2. Counsel patients on managing chronic constipation with therapeutic lifestyle changes and laxative use
  3. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of current drug options used to manage symptoms of constipation
  4. Identify patients with chronic constipation who would benefit from prokinetic therapy
  5. Counsel patients when starting therapy with a prokinetic agent