Module IV
Gastroenterology
Oct 10-12, 2019 - Manalapan, FL
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Learning Objectives

• Analyze the importance of the gastrointestinal tract in relation to the immune system
• Discuss clinical cases and identify treatment options for inflammatory bowel disorders
• Review the data on link between post-infectious IBS and SIBO
• Review causes and treatment to small intestinal fungal overgrowth
• Evaluate the role of diet and antibiotics in the management of gastrointestinal dysfunction
• Discuss the benefits of pre- and probiotics, pre- and probiotic foods and fermented foods
• Discuss the importance of microbial diversity in the gut
• Recall common gastrointestinal and immune system complaints through the DIG-IN acronym
• Explain how gut dysbiosis can influence both mood and cognition
• Discuss natural interventions for GERD
• Discuss how treating the gut is an important step in autoimmunity
• Review common triggers to autoimmunity: infections, CIRS, environmental toxins, nutritional deficiencies, stress
• Discuss how gut inflammation can lead to brain inflammation
• Explain GI factors that lead to development of food allergies
• Specify how stress is intimately connected to the gastrointestinal and enteric nervous system
• Review advanced laboratory testing options for mal-absorption, intestinal permeability, and nutritional assessment
• Describe why it is imperative to treat H. pylori
• List which diseases are most commonly linked to insufficient hydrochloric acid
• Describe why Esophageal cancer incidence is increasing, even in young patients, especially due to acidic and processed diet
• Describe what can oral contraceptives do to a genetically susceptible woman
• Explain how testosterone is a critical part of gut immunity
• Identify how biomes communicate
• List how these communications may be the root cause of illness in chronically ill patients
• Identify and describe the interface between the endocrine system, the immune system
• Discuss this hormone imbalance syndrome and its impact on obesity and its comorbidities, allergies, and anxiety/depression
• Discuss connections between pesticides and growing allergy, and Immune Complex Diseases epidemic
• Describe the causes and conditions of celiac disease, with accompanying testing and treatment methods—including false positives & negatives that can occur with antibody testing
• Discuss ow the gut microbiota contributes to insulin resistance, diabetes and diabetes type 3
• Review mechanisms to improve insulin sensitivity
• Describe the relationship between optimal gastrointestinal health and the skin disorders: acne, psoriasis, eczema, and rosacea