This course contains recordings of the live/virtual course that took place March 31st-April 1st, 2023.

Advanced practice providers (APPs) are an integral part of any gastroenterology practice’s clinical team. This virtual two-day course was designed for those APPs and the physicians and practice staff who work with and/or supervise them. Given a mix of lectures and interactive panel discussions, this is an excellent introductory or refresher course. It will highlight ways to build and sustain more collaborative working relationships, and it will detail the steps a GI practice should take to integrate APPs into its clinical team. Day one will address the APP’s normal day-to-day roles and responsibilities – as well as touching on some practice management and professional development topics – while day two will delve into more advanced concepts like pancreatic disease, dysphagia, GI bleeding, IBD, and GI emergencies.

Day One

• List recommendations for developing optimal GI consultation skills including proper medical record documentation.
• Identify common billing codes for GI Consultation, supported by appropriate documentation.
• Discuss best practices in preparing the patient for procedures including informed consent, bowel preparation and anticoagulation management in the peri-endoscopy period.
• Discuss the key medicolegal principles in GI practice.
• Assess tools and resources needed to develop an onboarding program for the GI APP.
• List key elements of a high-performing APP-based and supported GI team.
• Discuss strategies to develop APP leaders.

Day Two

• Review best clinical practices for general and advanced endoscopic procedures.
• Identify the appropriate evaluation and management algorithm for common GI symptoms/diagnoses/diseases that a GI-APP will encounter through case-based clinical scenarios and discussion.
• Learn the essentials of patient evaluation and management for liver disease, IBD, acute pancreatitis, Celiac disease, and Barrett’s esophagus.
• Discuss role and interpretation of common GI imaging tests.
• Discuss what every APP should know about the NordICC Trial Study and education strategies for patients and referring physicians.

Course Directors	John A. Martin, MD, FASGE Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Endoscopy, Program Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
	Jill Olmstead, DNPc, ANP-BC, CCS-P, FAANP Adult Nurse Practitioner, Providence St. Joseph Health Fullerton, California
	Sarah Enslin, RPA-C Lead Advanced Practice Provider University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York
	Vivek Kaul, MD, FASGE Segal-Watson Professor of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York
	Aaron Shiels, MD, FASGE Managing Partner Rockford Gastroenterology Associates Rockford, Illinois
	Joseph J. Vicari, MD, FASGE Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Rockford Rockford Gastroenterology Associates Rockford, Illinois
	Andrea Gossard, APRN, CNP Associate Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
	Kimberly Kearns Duly Health and Care Hoffman Estates, IL

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