Optimizing Immunization in IBD: A Quality Improvement Curriculum, Part 2
Gastroenterology
Curriculum:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Immunizing Patients According to Current Guidelines
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Immunizing Patients According to Current Guidelines
Credits:
0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
Launch Date:
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.
The accreditation for this activity has expired.
Primary Audience:
Gastroenterologists, gastroenterology fellows, gastroenterology NPs/PAs, gastroenterology nurses, and other healthcare providers who manage patients with IBD, including primary care/internal medicine clinicians
Relevant Terms:
Immunization
David T. Rubin, MD
David T. Rubin, MD
Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Co-Director, Digestive Diseases Center
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Bio
Dr. Rubin graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his internship, residency, and fellowships in both gastroenterology and clinical medical ethics at the University of Chicago.He is the Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine; chief of the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; and codirector of the Digestive Diseases Center at the University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Rubin previously served for 11 years as director of the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition fellowship program. He also is an associate faculty member at the Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and an associate investigator at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Rubin is the editor of a best-selling book on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), now in its second edition, and an author or co-author of many peer-reviewed articles on IBD, virtual colonoscopy, genetic testing in IBD, and cancer in IBD. He is also a featured media contact for issues related to IBD, appearing on satellite radio, on television, and in print media. His principal research interests include novel IBD therapies and outcomes, colon cancer prevention, and clinical medical ethics.
Dr. Rubin is a fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and American College of Physicians, and he is an active national member of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and is on the Board of Trustees for the ACG. Chosen by his peers as a member of Best Doctors (recognized for superior clinical ability) and America’s Top Physicians (gastroenterology), he twice received the ACG’s Governor’s Award of Excellence in Clinical Research (2003 and 2013), the Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator’s Award (2004), and the University of Chicago Postgraduate Teaching Award in recognition of significant contributions for fellowship education (2006). In 2012, Dr. Rubin received CCFA's Rosenthal Award, a national leadership award bestowed upon a volunteer who has contributed in an indisputable way to the quality of life of patients and families.
Gil Y. Melmed, MD
Gil Y. Melmed, MD
Director, Clinical Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Director, Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship Program
Director, Clinical Research in the Division of Gastroenterology
Cedars-Sinai
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
David Geffen University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Bio
Dr. Melmed is Director of Clinical Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Associate Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His main clinical and research interests are clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease, including health-related quality of life, post-operative outcomes, vaccination and health maintenance issues, and quality of care. He has authored or co-authored over 90 publications and serves as the IBD Associate Editor for the American Journal of Gastroenterology. He is an active member of CCFA and co-chairs CCFA's national Quality of Care Committee, and is a past chair of the IBD section of the American Gastroenterology Association's Quality Measures Committee.Dr. Melmed received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and his gastroenterology fellowship at UCLA, where he also received a master's of science in clinical research. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in gastroenterology.
Michele Rubin, APN, CNS, CGRN
Michele Rubin, APN, CNS, CGRN
IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist
UCM APN Chair
CCFA Nurse Initiatives Committee
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Bio
Michele Rubin is an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), masters prepared as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Certified in Gastroenterology Nursing and is the Associate APN Director of the IBD Center at University of Chicago Medicine (UCM). She has 39 years experience in IBD at the UCM ranging from positions in nursing leadership, IBD research, to IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist. She works closely with a multidisciplinary IBD patient management team, managing the pre-operative and post-operative follow up care of IBD patients. She manages the long term follow up of patients with a J pouch and associated complications such as pouchitis.
In addition, Ms. Rubin lectures on IBD across the country and has co-authored numerous articles and written chapter on Surgical Management in IBD. She is a member of the Society of Gastrointestinal Registered Nurse Association and is a professional member of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). She initiated a CCFA Nursing Initiatives Committee which has evolved into the Nurse and Advanced Provider committee comprised of 20 IBD nurses/APN's/PA's across the country to facilitate and promote IBD patient and professional education, establish IBD quality standards of nursing practice and develop educational programs for nurses and patients.
Ms. Rubin is also the Director of more than 250 Advanced Practice Nurses at UCM and responsible for ensuring appropriate utilization of APN's, oversees credentialing and privileging process, quality monitoring and productivity for APN's. She is a strong advocate for APN practice and a member of the Center for Advanced Practice (CAP2) leading APN practice development, standardization, and change across the country with an online database. She was the 2016 winner of the Midwest Regional and the National nurse.com GEM Award winner for Excellence in Community Care.
| 1. | Discuss the 2017 American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for immunizing patients with IBD | 2. | Implement interventions that will coordinate care within their own practice and with PCPs to ensure appropriate vaccination |
| 3. | Apply patient education strategies to improve vaccine uptake | 4. | Regularly review key quality measures for preventive care in patients with IBD |
| 1. | Discuss the 2017 American College of Gastroenterology guidelines for immunizing patients with IBD |
| 2. | Implement interventions that will coordinate care within their own practice and with PCPs to ensure appropriate vaccination |
| 3. | Apply patient education strategies to improve vaccine uptake |
| 4. | Regularly review key quality measures for preventive care in patients with IBD |
Disclosures
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As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.
Dr. Rubin discloses that he has consulted for Abbvie, Abgenomics, Allergan, Inc., Amgen, Celgene Corporation, Forward Pharma, Genentech/Roche, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc., Miraca Life Sciences, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc., Napo Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Samsung Bioepis, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Shire, Takeda, and Target PharmaSolutions, Inc.; and received grant support from AbbVie, Genentech/Roche, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Prometheus Laboratories, Shire, Takeda, and UCB Pharma.
Dr. Melmed discloses that he has consulted for AbbVie, Celgene, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Medtronic, Merck, Pfizer Inc., RedHill Biopharma, Samsung Bioepis, and Takeda.
Ms. Rubin has nothing to disclose.
Mahira Zec Bonomo, University of Chicago, Director for CME, has nothing to disclose.
Joshua Kilbridge, medical writer, has nothing to disclose.
Kathleen Hines, MCM Education VP, Editorial Services, has nothing to disclose.
Terry Ann Glauser, MD, MPH, MCM Education VP, Medical Affairs, has nothing to disclose.
Joshua Kilbridge, medical writer, has nothing to disclose.
Kathleen Hines, MCM Education VP, Editorial Services, has nothing to disclose.
Terry Ann Glauser, MD, MPH, MCM Education VP, Medical Affairs, has nothing to disclose.
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and MCM Education in collaboration with RealCME. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and MCM Education in collaboration with RealCME. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Commercial Support Statements
This activity is supported by independent educational grants from Pfizer Inc. and Merck.
This activity is supported by independent educational grants from Pfizer Inc. and Merck.
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