
Malaysia's Online Academy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)Course director: Prof. Dr. Ida Normiha Hilmi, Consultant Gastroenterologist.This informal learning academy provides a concise and holistic overview of IBD in six engaging modules.
- Each module contains not more than 35 minutes of recording, with pre & post assessment questions and online resources for download.
- The average course duration is 3 hours, so you may complete the whole thing in a week or pace yourself over a longer time span.
- For participants who are joining the IBD Preceptorship Programme, it is recommended to complete the course beforehand.
- Treatment algorithms and goals of therapy
- The role and importance of biologics in CD management
- Current treatment options and considerations in the local setting
- Importance of interventional radiology, as well as abscess drainage in disease management


Upon viewing the video and successfully completing the quiz in this module, you will be given 1 CPD point, that will be credited instantly in your MMA CPD account.To pass this module, get at least 4 out of 5 questions correct.
About the Presenter
Prof. Dr. Ida Normiha Hilmi
Consultant Gastroenterologist Ida Hilmi is a Professor and Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She graduated with first class honours from the University of Glasgow in 1997. She went on to do her training in internal medicine in Oxford and obtained her Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP) in 2000. She then joined the Northeast London Gastroenterology and Hepatology specialist program before returning to Malaysia in 2003. She is currently the Head of the Department of Medicine in the University of Malaya; her past positions include Head of Division in Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of Endoscopy. She co-founded and was the first Chairman of the Malaysian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Special Interest Group (IBD-SIG) and is part of the National Training Board in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Professor Hilmi’s areas of interest include IBD and colorectal cancer screening.

Consultant Gastroenterologist
Ida Hilmi is a Professor and Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She graduated with first class honours from the University of Glasgow in 1997. She went on to do her training in internal medicine in Oxford and obtained her Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP) in 2000. She then joined the Northeast London Gastroenterology and Hepatology specialist program before returning to Malaysia in 2003. She is currently the Head of the Department of Medicine in the University of Malaya; her past positions include Head of Division in Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of Endoscopy. She co-founded and was the first Chairman of the Malaysian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Special Interest Group (IBD-SIG) and is part of the National Training Board in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Professor Hilmi’s areas of interest include IBD and colorectal cancer screening.