Australian consensus statements released for FMT use in C. diff and IBD

Australian consensus statements have been published for the regulation, production and use of faecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of C. difficile and other GI disorders such as IBD. A series of 27 recommendations have been developed by an Australian...

Australian consensus statements have been published for the regulation, production and use of faecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of...

medical education

RACP training program gets 79% approval rating from participants

Trainees with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) specialist program have given a mostly positive feedback in the Medical Training Survey 2019 conducted by the Medical Board of Australia and AHPRA. Survey data was obtained from 1333 doctors in...

Trainees with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) specialist program have given a mostly positive feedback in the ...

GI tract

No priority for NBCSP: all patients with positive FIT need access to colonoscopy

Patients with a positive faecal immunochemical test (FIT) should be prioritised for colonoscopy regardless of whether they were tested within the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) or outside the program, Australian researchers say. A study of 2,365 patients referred...

Patients with a positive faecal immunochemical test (FIT) should be prioritised for colonoscopy regardless of whether they were tested within...

5 Australian IBD research highlights from #ECCO2020

Australian gastroenterologists made numerous presentations of research findings at the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) annual scientific meeting in Vienna from 12-15 February. Here are the limbic's top 5 highlights: Virtual Clinic model for anti-TNF dose escalation A ‘virtual clinic’...

Australian gastroenterologists made numerous presentations of research findings at the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) annual scientific meeting...