Workshop 2: Early intervention, therapies, referral and triage
Workshop 2 will further enhance your knowledge and understanding through a specialised series of activities and scenarios relating to:
- the importance of early intervention for people with suspected IBD and those in ‘at risk’ clinical scenarios
- goals of treatment, including the step-up approach to therapies and IBD management, and the role of the GP
- criteria for a quality IBD referral, importance of good referrals and closing the loop on all referrals.
Paresh is a practicing GP with a portfolio of roles spanning clinical, leadership, academic and consultancy domains. He is Director and Principal of Prestantia Health, a unique organisation providing outreach primary care services and consultancy services. He is the Editor-in-Chief for BMJ’s Integrated Healthcare Journal and on the Advisory Board of BMJ Quality. He has a strong focus on large scale change and transformation centred on primary care and is committed to integration as a vehicle to enable value based care. Above all he has a passion for clinical leadership, quality and patient safety improvement centred around a vision of patient centred medicine as the golden thread that unites all his diverse interests.
