Minor Ailments: GI 2020

Hours of learning: 3

Publication date: January 2020

Aim
To equip healthcare professionals to deal with the non-prescription management of GI conditions.

Intended learning outcomes
Following completion of this course you should be able to:

• recognise the upper GI symptoms of dyspepsia, GORD and colic
• recognise the lower GI symptoms of constipation, diarrhoea, inflammatory bowel disease and haemorrhoids
• consider the differential diagnosis
• identify danger symptoms, referring when appropriate
• manage these conditions using non-prescription medication
• advise patients on prevention and management of these conditions