The Emerging Adult with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Challenges and Recommendations for the Adult Gastroenterologist

Table 2

Provider skill set (EAI: emerging adult with IBD).

Adult provider skill set for EAI
Understanding natural history, disease phenotype, complications and treatment options for IBD in EAI
Appreciating nutrition, growth, and radiation exposure concerns in EAI
Recognizing the convergence and divergence of traditional pediatric and adult care models in IBD
“Expanded skill set”:
(i) Adverse effects of IBD therapies
(ii) Sexual and reproductive implications of disease, therapies, and well-being in IBD
(iii) Unemployment and disability issues
(iv) Negotiating adult healthcare world—health insurance and medical prescription coverage plans