This is a guide through anatomy, physiology, bowel conditions and symptoms. We also take a look at a treatment pathway and how it can be used in practice.

We will look at complex cases with a guide and access to a discussion with key opinion leaders to help you understand your next steps. As well as trouble shoot common scenarios and cases with some role play.

This is a one-lecture course that explores assessing how ready a patient is to start rectal irrigation as a treatment option. Brigitte delves into the theory of psychological readiness, how it works and how it can be implemented. Brigitte then hands over to Rebecca Geraghty-Staunton who shares how valuable the tool has been to her in her practice.

The motivational skills course demonstrates how to create a collaborative, open, trusting, and empathetic relationship between the patient and clinician. It involves the patient's values, beliefs and barriers to change that have been raised by the patient being summarised by the clinician.​This alliance, where the clinician understands and knows the patient, provides the foundation for many other scenarios, including Psychological readiness. By working together in this way it allows the patient to “talk themselves into change”.