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The ongoing WE MOVE collaboration with Medscape brings together WE MOVE's core competency in medical education with WebMD Professional Network, reaching over 1.5 million health care professionals each month.
WE MOVE and Medscape are proud to announce the latest collaborative educational activity:
Clinical Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Parkinson Disease in the Primary Care Setting
This educational activity is an interactive CME Spotlight program hosted on Medscape. This certified CME activity, jointly sponsored by WE MOVE and Medscape, is targeted to non-experts in the management of PD, e.g., family practitioners, nurses and generalists.
The PD Spotlight CME activity is an expert panel discussion on late-breaking clinical studies, as well as treatment and management issues. Accurate recognition and diagnosis of PD: avoids unnecessary tests; leads to the initiation of effective treatment; avoids unwarranted and potentially harmful treatment; improves quality of life for people living with PD; and provides them with an opportunity to make life-planning decisions.
The program addresses these topics of importance to primary care physicians and nurses:
· Signs and symptoms now recognized as associated with early PD, including motor and non-motor
· The importance of appropriate diagnosis in the management of PD in a primary care setting
· Risks and benefits of early versus delayed initiation of therapy to treat PD, including pharmacologic agents that are typically prescribed in a primary care setting
· Red flags that signal disease progression and/or trigger referral to a neurologist
The PD Spotlight reviews and analyzes emerging data and treatment strategies for managing PD and assists family practitioners in integrating the use of such information into their practices. The faculty for this event is multi-disciplinary, representing the spectrum of clinicians who might be the first to see a patient with early PD.
The PD Spotlight faculty includes:
Susan B. Bressman, MD
President, WE MOVE
Co-director of The Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Medical Center; Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Medical Center; Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY
Gwyn M. Vernon, MSN, CRNP
Certified Family and Neurological Nurse Practitioner;
Pennsylvania Hospital Dept. of Neurology; and
Lecturer, University of PA School of Nursing
Division of Family and Community Health
Philadelphia, PA
Mark Williams, MD
Ward K. Ensminger Distinguished Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Virginia and attending physician at the University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, Virginia
A downloadable screening tool is also included, which will assist participants in accessing and recording the early signs of PD and provide a framework for how to assess and manage patients with PD.
This activity carries 0.5 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ through WE MOVE. Nursing attendees can earn .5 CNE from the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) by completing and submitting to AANN the evaluation form for this session.
The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
To view this activity, click here:
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/589341
About WE MOVE
WE MOVE is an ACCME-accredited provider of Continuing Medical Education (CME). The organization is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with activities designed to deepen their understanding of movement disorders -- their diagnosis, pathophysiology, and state-of-the-art interventions. Since 1991, WE MOVE, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, has been educating and informing patients, healthcare professionals, and the public about the latest clinical advances, management, and treatment options for movement disorders. All WE MOVE activities are driven by the belief that increased knowledge and understanding promote timely, accurate diagnosis, and up-to-date treatment, resulting in a better quality of life for individuals affected by these often devastating conditions.
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