Educational objectives:

1. To understand the research in the missing links in the pathophysiology of IBD
2. To understand the need for increased quality of care in IBD and the impact on long term outcomes
3. To review the need for personalized medicine and the requirement from a research perspective

1. To review recent epidemiologic data, highlighting the importance of environmental factors
2. To understand the complexity and multiple factors contributing to IBD pathogenesis
3. To acknowledge how the complexity of IBD may affect treatment effects