St Thomas’ Hospital, London UK
A three day course on the dietary management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) held by Dr. Miranda Lomer, a Senior Consultant Dietitian at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and an
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London. The course covered:
- IBS etiopathogenesis and medical management
- Guidelines for the dietary management of IBS
- The criteria for symptom assessment in irritable bowel syndrome
- Mechanisms and evidence for first line dietary management of IBS
- Mechanisms and evidence for the low FODMAP diet in IBS
- The principles behind the low FODMAP diet and how it can be implemented in IBS patients.
Other key note lecturers included Dr. Peter Irving, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, and Prof Kevin Whelan, Professor of Dietetics at King’s College London.
29 October 2014, 7 January 2015 and 4 March 2015