Functional Medicine Topics: GI

+ What You Will Learn at the GI APM Conference

Clinical competencies to be mastered:

Understand the role of gastrointestinal dysfunction in extraintestinal and systemic diseases. 
Restore GI function using lifestyle modifications, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and botanicals.  
Explain to patients the root causes of their GI dysfunction and improve their engagement, motivation, and treatment adherence by establishing a therapeutic partnership. 
Identify and interpret the most important and reliable laboratory biomarkers associated with gastrointestinal dysfunction. 
Use a systematic approach to assess patients who present with vague GI symptoms. 
Identify and address the root causes of GI dysfunction, including dysbiosis, intestinal permeability, hypochlorhydria, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and adverse food reactions. 
Identify the five domains of GI dysfunction that may explain vague intra- and extraintestinal symptoms and other complex syndromes tied to gut health.

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Gut Dysfunction & Chronic Conditions

For many chronic conditions, dysfunction starts in the gut. While this statement might seem transparent, the dynamic between gastrointestinal dysfunction and chronic disease is anything but simple; it is multifaceted, compelling, and complex. Research suggests that when the normal integrity of the GI tract is compromised, it can result in distant systematic complaints, even in the absence of overt GI symptoms.

How does a clinician unravel the many systemic diseases that are linked to GI dysfunction? Explore more below about how functional medicine addresses common issues related to GI dysfunction

GI Related Articles

Exploring the Gut-Brain Axis

Alterations in the gut-brain axis may be involved in the pathogenesis of IBS and anxiety disorders.

Man smiling in an exercise class, because he knows exercise increases his gut microbiome.

Gut Microbiome & Exercise

How does the gut microbiome response to exercise inform personalized clinical interventions?

Woman in the park looking towards the sky, she's at peace knowing nutrition has helped treat her GERD.

Treating GERD

Does risk outweigh benefit for PPIs? Adjunctive therapies may provide symptom relief.

A list of FODMAP food surrounded by healthy fats, fruits, and veggies helping to reduce IBS symptoms.

Primary Causes of IBS

Many lifestyle factors affect both irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) emergence and severity.

Bowl of kimchi with health prebiotics, which increase probiotics in the body.

Pre- and Postbiotics

The fermented by-products of prebiotic foods can influence the landscape of the gut microbiome.

Flat lay of grains, fruits, nuts, etc, which help decrease overall inflammtion.

Inflammatory Triggers

Improving gut mucosal integrity may resolve symptoms that may not initially seem GI-related.

Clinically relevant, evidence-based, in-depth approaches to addressing GI dysfunction—covering not just labs and treatment—but always coming back to the patient's history, lifestyle, and goals in order to personalize the most effective treatment. Warm, experienced instructors who are generous with their knowledge and clearly know, practice, and are successful with the functional medicine model.

GI 2023 Attendee

This course is a deeper dive into the most common conditions and most important considerations in GI health. I appreciated how often and in what specific ways gut health was always tied back to overall health. Exceptional presenters who clearly actually care that participants become high quality functional medicine providers who can help our patients heal.

GI 2023 Attendee

This course is a fantastic opportunity to learn from incredible clinicians who have been helping their communities for years. They take an area of medicine that is complex and teach it in such a way that by the end of the weekend you feel more confident, knowledgeable and able to bring a few new strategies to your work on Monday.

Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Modules^® (APM) GI

GI 2024 Conference

+ What You Will Learn at the GI APM Conference

+ Join In-Person & Stay in the IFM Room Block

+ Exhibit & Sponsorship Opportunities