Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Date: May 17-21, 2010
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Credits: 29.50 CME

Core Competencies: PC, MK, ICS, PBL, PR, SBP
Intended Audience: Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Gastroenterologists, Pathologists’ Assistants

Stay on the cutting edge with new information about:

• Classification and unusual forms of gastritis
• Diagnosis of small bowel disease
• Mimics of Crohn’s disease
• Indeterminate colitis
• Gastrointestinal stromal tumors
• Diagnosis and follow-up of MALT and other lymphomas
• Use of new antibodies in diagnosis and prognosis
• Advances in endoscopic techniques
• New developments in esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus
• Handling tumors with newer surgeries

Special course features:

• Review virtual and digital slide cases on DVDs before the course (pre-mailed to participants 4-6 weeks before the course)
• Learner engagement using audience response system
• 5-head microscope for discussion and questions
• Course syllabus included
• SAM credits (on-line pre and post-test required)

Get valuable guidance in challenging areas that can greatly affect patient outcomes, including the diagnosis of dysplasia throughout the GI tract and the diagnosis of inflammatory disease requiring different forms of therapy. You’ll also receive practical advice for preparing biopsy reports. Bring your challenging slides for discussions with the faculty and evaluate your knowledge with self-assessment options. The growing use of endoscopy and other advances in gastrointestinal pathology makes it necessary for you to continually update your knowledge. Get a refresher on diagnostic criteria in key areas including neoplastic and premalignant lesions, inflammatory disorders, as well as motility, vascular, infectious, and lymphoproliferative disorders.

Following this course, you will be able to:

• Diagnose biopsies in interpretative as well as descriptive terms.
• Identify and apply the diagnostic criteria for inflammatory conditions of the esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestine in tissue sections.
• Apply improved diagnostic skills to examine and report biopsies using options that minimize error.
• Apply a systematic approach to the diagnosis of biopsies that reduces the risk of error, while maximizing diagnostic information.
• Differentiate features based on fact from those based on tradition.
• Assess the clinical implications of the diagnoses.
• Evaluate and apply the classification systems for the various common inflammatory conditions of the esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines.
• Utilize the criteria for premalignant lesions of the GI tract, identify them in tissue sections, assign a histologic grade to them, explain their prognostic significance, management implications, and handle the variety of resected specimens that may result from these diagnoses.

The ASCP designates these educational activities for a maximum of 29.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities.

This activity meets MOC Part II Lifelong Learning requirements. A self-assessment option is available for pathologists attending this program to earn SAM credits for Maintenance of Certification, Part II Self-Assessment Modules (MOC-SAM) for part of the course.