19th Annual Yale Digestive Disease Week Review

Target Audience

Specialties - Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Primary Care

Professions - Non-Physician, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, PA, Physician, Student

Overview

The Yale Digestive Disease Week Review, hosted by faculty from Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, is an annual continuing medical education program designed to deliver timely, clinically relevant updates from the national Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting. Each year, Yale faculty members attend DDW, identify the most impactful research, guideline updates, and therapeutic innovations, and then present these key learnings to regional gastroenterologists, hepatologists, primary-care clinicians, advanced practice providers, and other allied health professionals. This program ensures that clinicians who are unable to attend DDW receive a comprehensive and curated review of the newest advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, microbiome science, and digestive-disease management. The sessions emphasize translation of emerging evidence into daily clinical practice, promote interdisciplinary discussion, and support improved patient outcomes across the continuum of digestive health care.

Objectives

1. Summarize the most important scientific updates, guideline changes, and emerging clinical evidence presented at the national Digestive Disease Week meeting.
2. Incorporate new diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations into clinical decision-making for common and complex GI and hepatology conditions.
3. Evaluate the implications of new endoscopic technologies, innovations, and procedural data for patient management and procedural planning.
4. Apply evidence-based strategies discussed at DDW to optimize patient outcomes in areas such as colorectal cancer screening, liver disease, IBD management, microbiome-related disorders, and gastrointestinal oncology.
5. Identify opportunities to reduce variation in clinical practice by aligning care with current national standards and expert-reviewed data.
6. Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration by translating new research findings into coordinated care approaches across gastroenterology, hepatology, primary care, nutrition, and surgical specialties.
7. Enhance interprofessional collaboration by integrating DDW evidence and best practices into team-based approaches involving physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and other allied health professionals to improve communication, coordination, and overall quality of digestive health care.

Please see our conference website for registration details.