
Personalized Medicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
This activity consists of a recorded presentation from the "34th Annual National Conference" held in Minneapolis, Minn., May 13-15, 2025.
Join us to explore the role of personalized medicine in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to this disease. The Selecting Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (STRIDE-II) framework of evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for IBD treatment strategies will be reviewed, and the significance of biomarkers in guiding individualized therapy will be highlighted, with a focus on emerging therapies such as JAK inhibitors and S1P receptor modulators.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education.
Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of dietitians, dietetic technicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, psychologists, social workers and other health care professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the development of IBD.
- Review the STRIDE-II consensus statement and the importance of individualized treatment goals in IBD management.
- Describe the role of biomarkers in guiding IBD therapy and discuss emerging treatment options.
Faculty
Joel Pekow, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Chicago Medicine
Joel Pekow, MD, is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and a gastroenterologist with an expertise in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). His research focuses on clinical and translational studies in IBD with a goal of discovering mechanisms and diagnostic modalities to understand risk of disease progression, cancer development, outcomes associated with IBD, and response to therapy. He is the director of the digestive disease translational core of the at the University of Chicago.
Planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Sarah Chart, RN
Vice President
Optum Health Education
Sara Fleszar, PharmD, BCOP
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Optum Health Solutions
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Lisa Latts, MD, MSPH, MBA, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
Optum Behavioral Health Solutions & Optum Health Solutions
Optum Health Clinical Excellence
Optum
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Financial Relationship Key
A-Advisory Board
CT-Clinical Trial
C-Consultant
E-Employee
G- Grant/Research Support or Funding
I-Stocks and Other Ownership Interests
S-Speakers’ Bureau
O-Other Financial or Material Support
Joel Pekow, MD: AbbVie, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson (I); CVS Health (C)
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
The remaining faculty and planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation statementIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit designation statements
This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of PAs (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEUs) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEUs).
Unique activity number: JA0007123-0000-25-052-H01-P/T
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 0.75 contact hours of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Dietitians
Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit=One CPEU).
If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour=1 CPEU).
RD's and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Performance indicator selection is at the learner's discretion.
Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this program. 0.75 CE hours.
Social workersAs a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive up to 0.75 enduring continuing education credits.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 0.75 AMA - Physicians
- 0.75 ANCC - Nurses
- 0.75 APA - Psychologists
- 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance
- 0.75 CDR - Dietitians
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