Past Event

2011 GI for GPs Course

November 18 to 20, 2011 - Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper, Alberta

Course Objectives: To provide insight and understand the course of action prompted by results frequently received from common investigations into patient gastroenterological concerns. To interact in group discussions with colleagues and experts in the field discussing common, at ttimes complex, gastroenterological problems.

New: Speaker handouts are now available and are listed below in the order they appear in the final program:

James Ferguson, Pills in IBS: Antispasmodics, tranquilizers, and anti depressants – Evidence vs. experience
Vijay Selvarajah, There is no such thing as a "Hep B Carrier": Everyone needs assessment for therapy and cancer surveillance
Karen Kroeker, Probiotics as prevention/ Probiotics as treatment
Vijay Selvarajah, When to order hemochromatosis genetics (presented on behalf of Lori Stead)
Allen Lim, New therapy for H.Pylori
Lana Bistritz, Best use of PPIs
Sarah Robbins, Fatty liver – Why it’s bad to ignore
Adrianna Lazarescu, Top 3 Dysphagia Causes: Stricture, cancer, and motor
Rabin Persad, When to scope a child with abdominal pain