The Master Classes
Mentoring in IBD: The Master Class is an annual national symposium in its 25th iteration in 2024. The Master Class delivers a proven formula of clinically relevant state-of-the-art lectures on hot topics in tandem with expert-led, case-based workshops and open discussion with distinguished faculty and peers to address the complexities of IBD diagnosis and management. Following the national symposium each year, The Master Class goes on the road with the scientific content customized to meet the learning needs of the specialist communities in Western, Atlantic and French Canada.
Click below to browse the abstracts, references, presentations and case-based workshops for each topic within a given course:
The Master Class XXV • 2024
The educational objective of the Mentoring in IBD XXV Master Class is to increase awareness of current developments and best practices in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management, promote collaboration among Canadian gastroenterologists, and optimize treatment of IBD. Participants in this program will be able to:
- Consider treatment approaches to surgery and IBD
- Discuss dual therapies and management strategies for IBD
- Examine therapies and management strategies for cancer and IBD
- Explore current treatment approaches to rheumatological manifestations in IBD
- Review the current strategies in the treatment of pregnancy and IBD
- Survey current IBD literature
The Master Class XXIV • 2023
The educational objective of the Mentoring in IBD XXIV Master Class is to increase awareness of current developments and best practices in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management, promote collaboration among Canadian gastroenterologists, and optimize treatment of IBD. Participants in this program will be able to:
- Consider the approach to cutaneous manifestations in the IBD patient
- Discuss current therapies and management strategies for ulcerative colitis
- Explore todays and future treatments for pouchitis
- Examine evolving therapies and management strategies for Crohn’s disease
- Review treatment of the elderly with IBD with a focus on safety and efficacy
- Survey current IBD literature
The Master Class XXIII • 2022
The educational objective of the Mentoring in IBD XXIII Master Class is to increase awareness of current developments and best practices in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management, promote collaboration among Canadian gastroenterologists, and optimize treatment of IBD. Participants in this program will be able to:
- Discuss mental health disorders in IBD
- Explore obesity in IBD and associated manifestations
- Examine the impact of IBD on bone health
- Consider thromboembolic complications in IBD
- Review current knowledge on biologics and newer agents—big and small molecules
- Survey current IBD literature