BMJ Courses

Improving Management of IBS: Best Current Practice in Diagnosis and Treatment

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IBS can be challenging to diagnosis and manage. This course is an update for those in healthcare whose work involves diagnosis and treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).Improve your recognition of IBSOn this course you’ll learn about how IBS is diagnosed, and improve your recognition of the syndrome. You’ll learn more about clinical assessment of IBS and the most cost-effective use of diagnostics. We’ll also examine the the role of faecal calprotectin levels in diagnosing IBS.Understand the variety of IBS treatmentsThroughout the course we’ll review a range of new, old and borrowed treatments - from dietary to psychological therapies, and practical symptom-based pathways.The course will look at dietary and lifestyle measures, and analyse how effective and/or practical dietary intervention is - with particular focus on the FODMAP diet. We’ll discuss knowing who to refer, and when to refer - and whether there are particular patient groups to focus on with new drugs.Learn from experts in the fieldThis course has been created by BMJ and the lead educator is Dr Anton Emmanuel, consultant gastroenterologist, and editor of Frontline Gastroenterology.BMJ Learning offers high-quality continuing medical education for doctors and other healthcare professionals. The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully online first publication. Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles that accelerate adoption of innovative and best practice in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. Gut, another journal from BMJ, is a leading international journal in gastroenterology and has an established reputation for publishing first class clinical research of the alimentary tract, the liver, biliary tree and pancreas.

Social Determinants of Health: What Is Your Role?

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Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These factors can all have an impact on health. But what exactly are they and how much impact do they have?Understand and address health inequalitiesThis free online course will help you to understand health inequalities and how they are socially driven. We will look at how health is affected by wider determinants and how you can make a difference as a health professional to close the health inequality gap.Through a range of case studies from high to low income countries, you will gain a better understanding of:social determinants of health;why health inequalities exist;and the role of health professionals and systems in reducing health inequality.Learn with the BMJ and Institute of Health EquityThe course has been developed by BMJ Learning – a provider of high-quality continuing medical education for doctors and other healthcare professionals – and the Institute of Health Equity (IHE) at University College London (UCL).IHE is a leading authority in the subject of health inequality and led the World Health Organization (WHO) commission on social determinants of health.