Dementia: A Comprehensive Update
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Pace
Instructor-led
Subject
Advanced
Credit
CE/CME Certificate
Platform
Continuing Education from Harvard Medical School
Associated Schools
What you'll learn
Describe current understanding of epidemiology, risk factors, pathobiology, societal costs, clinical differences, gaps in knowledge and challenges in distinguishing and managing the spectra of normal cognitive aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative dementias.
Distinguish pre-clinical AD, MCI due to AD/prodromal AD and AD dementia phases.
Summarize tiered diagnostic and management approaches, and future experimental therapeutics strategies under consideration for risk reduction, prevention diagnosis and treatment of the AD spectrum.
Differentiate, based on neuropathology, affected neural systems, clinical criteria and biomarkers, AD and its atypical variants from other common dementias including Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI)/Vascular-Ischemic Dementia, Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), Parkinson’s disease with Dementia (PDD), Parkinson’s-Plus Syndromes and less common dementias.
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Course description
The spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases spans from asymptomatic preclinical disease to very mild cognitive impairment to frank dementia. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is a devastating condition that affects patients and their whole family of caregivers at tremendous emotional and financial cost.
Dementia: A Comprehensive Update is a three-and-a-half day, annual, review course designed by clinicians for clinicians. The course is organized by Neurology faculty members of Harvard Medical School who specialize in the care of patients with cognitive and behavioral disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, McLean Hospital and Banner Sun Health Research Institute/Banner Health. The course takes a practical and multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treating dementia and is designed for healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis, management and investigation of disease states causing dementia. This cutting-edge course is in its 26th year, includes locally, nationally and internationally renowned faculty and attracts 300-400 participants from throughout the U.S. and the world.
This is an accredited, livestreamed course offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. This course is targeted to Primary Care Physicians, Specialty Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Psychologists and Social Workers.
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Contact ceprograms@hms.harvard.edu with questions.
*Register before May 1 to receive the discounted price.
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