CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) LANGUAGE

Title:                   ON DEMAND Managing a Child with Chronic Belly Pain: Interdisciplinary Approach to Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders

Date:                   Novemeber 12, 2025

Location:             Online

ACCME Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the sponsorship of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN). NASPGHAN is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACCME provider number: 0005000

Credit Designation Statement

NASPGHAN designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

ABP MOC Part 2 Credits

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 MOC Part 2 points for the live webinar in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Participant must complete the assessment within 30 days of the activity.

Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) are a group of disorders of the gut-brain interaction (DGBIs) and affect up to 25% of children worldwide. Children with FAPDs have an impaired quality of life along with significant risk of psychiatric comorbidities. The pathophysiology of FAPDs is complex and involves numerous biopsychosocial factors, and with up to 40% of children having persistent symptoms despite therapeutic interventions, it is important for the clinician to understand and be comfortable with using the most effective, up to date and evidence based therapeutic strategies for their patient with FAPD. 

This webinar aims to provide the audience with a detailed overview of the approach to FAPDs including evidence-based treatment approach based on FAPD subtypes as per the Rome IV criteria.  Recently, NASPGHAN and ESPGHAN released updated guidelines for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional abdominal pain-not otherwise specified (FAP) in children aged 4-18 years.

Sponsored by an educational grant from NeurAxis