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Physician in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Course

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What will I learn?

Improve your skills in dealing with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in older folk with our in-depth course designed for healthcare professionals working with the elderly. Get to grips with what causes GERD and how to spot it, look at the best drug-based and non-drug-based ways to manage it, and learn how to handle the difficulties of patients taking lots of different medicines and having other health problems at the same time. Get a better understanding of how older bodies work, fine-tune treatment plans, and make sure you're keeping a close eye on patients to help them get better.

Apoia's Advantages

Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you'd like to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Spot GERD: Become an expert in diagnostic standards and the difficulties of diagnosing older patients.

Manage Polypharmacy: Learn how to deal with patients taking a lot of different medicines effectively.

Change Treatments: Customise treatment plans and doses for older adults.

Check if Treatments are Working: Judge and improve how well GERD treatments are working.

Bring in Lifestyle Changes: Push for diet and lifestyle changes to help with GERD.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.