Learning Objectives


After completion of this activity, the participant should be better able to:
 
Utilize effective communication techniques to unearth potential treatment barriers in individual GERD patients, and implement appropriate management strategies to achieve successful patient care
Assess possible compliance issues to medication by a patient who is not achieving an optimum response with acid suppression therapy, and consider the best possible treatment regimen for complete symptom control
  •   Identify alarm symptoms and evidence of further GERD complications and determine when referral to a specialist is necessary
  •   Recognize the development of complications associated with GERD in special populations, and reinforce the importance of clear patient-clinician communication in effectively managing these patient populations


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