MC3 Recorded Education Series: Elimination Problems in Children- Constipation and Soiling
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Educational Planner/Presenter:- After completing this activity, participants will be able to identify signs of mental health and behavioral concerns commonly associated with constipation and encopresis in children.
- They will be able to use intervention strategies to address elimination problems in pediatric patients with the goal of acquiring stool continence.
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Michigan Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Original Release Date: January 2021Termination Date: January 2024
Bibliographic Resources
1. UpToDate 2021
- Functional constipation in infants, children, and adolescents:
- Clinical features and diagnosis Constipation in infants and children:
- Evaluation Chronic functional constipation and fecal incontinence in infants, children, and adolescents:
- Treatment
2. Joinson C, Psychological differences between children with and without soiling problems, Pediatrics, 117:5, 2006
3. Koppen H, The pediatric Rome IV criteria: what’s new? Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2017
4. Von Gontard A, Psychological and psychiatric issues in urinary and fecal incontinence, J Urology, 186, 2011
