The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Interactive Lecture Series : A virtual learning tool for the office and home

727 WHAT IS THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY (CAG) INTERACTIVE LECTURE SERIES? The CAG Interactive Lecture Series is celebrating its first anniversary this month, and is cosponsored by the CAG, Abbott Laboratories Ltd, Axcan Pharma Inc and Schering Canada Inc. This online, CAG-directed, educational program is a highly innovative ‘virtual’ learning opportunity that allows you to visually review lectures, workshops and symposia sessions from the Canadian Digestive Diseases Week and other national and provincial educational events at your leisure. The state-of-the-art lectures, symposia and workshops available on the CAG Interactive Lecture Series are chosen by the CAG to represent the broad spectrum of gastrointestinal clinical practice and to appeal to gastroenterologists, surgeons and general internists with a major interest in gastrointestinal disorders. Educational presentations that occur across the country and throughout the year are constantly and carefully evaluated, and with the author’s permission, digitally taped and remastered into an outstanding visual and audio presentation. You are able to listen to and watch these educational presentations wherever and whenever you like. Neither the content nor the context of the presentation is ever altered.

To subscribe to the CAG Interactive Lecture Series you must obtain an introduction CD-ROM.This CD-ROM acts like a key and permits you to access each of the educational presentations as they become available online, which occurs on a weekly basis.The CD-ROM also permits you to download new presentations as they become available and acts as a storage facility for accumulating lectures for future or repeat viewing.
The CD-ROM is available by e-mailing your request to <contact@cdpharma.com> or by contacting your local representative from one of the cosponsors: Abbott Laboratories Ltd, Montreal; Axcan Pharma Inc, Mont St-Hilaire; and Schering Canada Inc, Pointe-Claire.
Please be sure to check the CAG Web site at <http://www.cag-acg.org/sponsors/education.htm> for a complete list of all available presentations and regularly for any new online presentations that may have been added to the program.There are now more than 30 h worth of worldclass presentations from over 90 separate lectures available through this exciting program and more are being added weekly (Table 1).

WHAT DO I GAIN FROM THE CAG INTERACTIVE LECTURE SERIES?
The CAG Interactive Lecture Series is ideal for the busy practitioner who cannot always attend a live educational event.The CAG selects presentations that occur at a multitude of venues across Canada, making it easy for the physician to feel comfortable that he/she is not missing important information.Presentations selected must be particularly relevant and timely in the area of management or therapeutics of gastrointestinal disorders.
Accessing the presentations on your own time and leisure, and using them to answer questions generated in your day-to-day practice permits the CAG Interactive Lecture Series to be used to meet the Royal College of Physicians and Sugeons of Canada's requirements for Section 4 credits (1credit/h, no maximum).
You can use the CAG Interactive Lecture Series as a resource to obtain the latest information and updates on a particular area.For example, you may wish for an update on the latest developments in the use of antiviral therapy for viral hepatitis, immunomodulators for irritable bowel disease (IBD) or acid suppressors for dyspepsia.By scanning the presentations available on the CAG Interactive Lecture Series you will find the latest updates by worldrenowned experts in the field.
We encourage you to join the growing number of physicians who are using the CAG Interactive Lecture Series as an important tool in their daily learning and clinical practice.

TABLE 1 Presentations available through the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) Interactive Lecture Series Presentation number CAG Interactive Lecture Series presentation title Presenter
Canadian Digestive Diseases Week -Highlights From the 5th Annual Meeting 13 The Esophagus: In Sickness and in Health Dr William Paterson Canadian Digestive Diseases Week -Highlights From the 5th Annual Meeting continued on next page continued on next page

TABLE 1 (continued) Presentations available through the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) Interactive Lecture Series Presentation number CAG Interactive Lecture Series presentation title Presenter
Drug-Drug Interactions: The Role of the Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System in the Dr Victor Plourde

TABLE 1 (continued) Presentations available through the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) Interactive Lecture Series Presentation number CAG Interactive Lecture Series presentation title Presenter
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