Module 3 - Addressing complex cases

Launch Date:
July 21, 2022

Primary Audience:

Healthcare professionals who treat patients with IBD—gastroenterology HCPs, including advanced practice providers; and primary care HCPs, including advanced practice providers.

Relevant Terms:

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease (CD), Ulcerative Colitis (UC), social determinants of health, health disparities, adherence, conception planning, pregnancy, empathy, patient-centered interviewing, tools and resources to empower patients

This module discusses healthcare disparities, contraceptive planning and pregnancy, and the importance of and strategies for building empathy for patients and colleagues.

Sunanda Kane, MD, MSPH

Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Department of Gastroenterology
Rochester, Minnesota

Sunanda Kane, MD, MSPH, is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She has a busy clinical practice that reflects her expertise in IBD, which is also the focus of her research work encompassing new therapies, gender-specific issues, and medication adherence. She is a prolific researcher and writer, having published more than 200 original articles, reviews, and book chapters, along with the first 2 editions of a book for patients on self-management of IBD. She is a passionate teacher not only to students in the medical school, trainees, and colleagues, but also to patients in her previous role as Chair of the National Patient Education Committee for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. She was the first female Associate Editor for Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics and serves in editorial roles for other journals. In addition, Dr Kane is the Section Editor for IBD for UpToDate. Among the many leadership positions she holds within the Mayo Clinic is Associate Chair of Patient Experience within the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Physician Chair of the Mayo Quality Academy Fellow Subcommittee. The pinnacle of Dr Kane’s leadership journey was being President of the American College of Gastroenterology in 2018-2019. She also recently completed a 5-year service on the Gastroenterology Specialty Council of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
1.
Apply strategies to address complex patient situations, including conception/pregnancy, biologic failure, and health disparities in patients with IBD
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Identify strategies to increase empathy for patients as well as colleagues