Closing the Gaps in Pediatric IBD Care Across the Disease Continuum

TITLE
Closing the Gaps in Pediatric IBD Care Across the Disease Continuum

PROGRAM PARTNERS
This activity is jointly provided by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical and RealCME

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Takeda

Release Date: November 6, 2026

Expiration Date: August 6, 2027

STATEMENT OF NEED
Educational needs in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) span the full continuum of care, requiring clinicians to improve the early recognition of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal disease features to prevent diagnostic delays and subsequent disease progression. As the pediatric IBD treatment landscape rapidly expands, clinicians frequently struggle to apply evolving evidence to therapeutic decision-making, biologic integration, treatment escalation, and longitudinal disease monitoring. Furthermore, multidisciplinary management—coordinating gastroenterology, primary care, nutrition, and psychology—is not consistently integrated into routine practice, which negatively affects psychosocial support, nutritional management, and medication adherence.

Additionally, structured transition from pediatric to adult IBD care is not uniformly incorporated into longitudinal management, leaving many adolescents inadequately prepared for independent disease management and continuity of care. Concurrent with these clinician practice gaps, parents and caregivers demonstrate limited understanding of long-term treatment goals, the necessity of sustained disease control, and the management of psychosocial, nutritional, and transition-related concerns. Therefore, there is a critical need for a collaborative educational intervention that equips both clinicians and families with the evidence-based treatment strategies, multidisciplinary workflows, and structured transition frameworks necessary to optimize outcomes across the pediatric IBD care continuum.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

1. IDENTIFY gastrointestinal and extraintestinal features that warrant pediatric IBD evaluation and specialist referral​
2. APPLY multidisciplinary care strategies to support comprehensive management of pediatric IBD​
3. UTILIZE treatment strategies for pediatric IBD aligned with best practices based on disease severity, treatment response, and longitudinal management needs​
4. IMPLEMENT structured transition approaches to support continuity of care in adolescents with pediatric IBD

TARGET AUDIENCE

The professional Gather-ed program is designed for pediatric gastroenterologists, pediatricians, and APPs (NPs, PAs, Nurses) who treat children with IBD in community and academic settings.   

FACULTY

CONTENT REVIEWER

Daniel S. Behin, MD
Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Advanced Endoscopy Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Daniel S. Behin, MD, has no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies during the past 24 months.

PLANNERS

Steven Haimowitz, MD - RealCME
Steven Haimowitz, MD, has no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies during the past 24 months.

Erika L Kunz, PharmD - Medical Writer
Erika L Kunz, PharmD, has no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies during the past 24 months.

DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
The “Policy on Identification, Mitigation, and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center requires that any individual in control of content, including faculty, participating in CME activities disclose to the audience all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* in the past 24 months. Any individual in control of content who refuses to disclose, or whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest, will be recused.

Individuals with the absence of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies will be disclosed to the audience.

All financial relationships of individuals in a position to control the content of this CME activity are identified and mitigated prior to the educational activity.

*The ACCME defines an ineligible company as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and RealCME, LLC. Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this other/blended activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Credits
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
 

American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE
This activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Participants are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this CME activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a clinician relative to diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient’s medical condition.

DISCLAIMER
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, RealCME, and SUPPORTER. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION/INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT

Estimated time to complete this activity: 1 hour

To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better on the Post-Test is required. This activity is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this curriculum, answered all test questions, completed the evaluation, and have received a digital copy of your credit certificate.

PRIVACY STATEMENT
Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, Center for Continuing Professional Development (Einstein-Montefiore) protects the privacy of personal and other information regarding participants and education collaborators. Einstein-Montefiore will not release personally identifiable information to a third party without the individual’s consent, except such information as is required for reporting to the ACCME. Einstein-Montefiore maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information collected from you.

COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
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CONTACT INFORMATION
For questions regarding CME credit, contact Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center at cme@montefiore.org.

For technical questions related to this activity, please contact support@realcme.com.

COURSE VIEWING REQUIREMENTS