Description

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, and incurable neurologic condition caused by dopaminergic cell loss in the midbrain.  Currently the second most common neurodegenerative disease, PD will double in prevalence and affect over 9.3 million people by the year 2030.  Advancing age is the most important risk factor to develop PD, and most patients present symptoms after age sixty.  The diagnosis of PD is primarily clinical and may be supported by patients' response to pharmacotherapy. PD also has to be distinguished from movement disorders other than PD.  This educational program will teach participants the diagnosis and treatment of PD and other movement disorders to provide optimal patient care.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize Parkinson Disease symptoms and decide when imaging and laboratory tests are necessary.
  • Describe accepted clinical practice guidelines for Parkinson's Disease.
  • Recognize when to seek and how to optimize specialist consultation.
  • Evaluate current Parkinson's Disease therapies and manage their side effects.
  • Optimize patients' quality of life with awareness of non-motor complications.

Faculty

CME Information

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of McLean Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital Academy. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

Credit Designation
McLean Hospital designates this continuing medical educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty Disclosure Statements
In accord with the disclosure policy of McLean Hospital as well as guidelines set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education, speakers have been asked to disclose any relationship they have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, devices, etc. that might be germane to the content of their lectures. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but is elicited to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a given talk. In addition, faculty have been asked to disclose any "off label" uses of pharmaceutical products and devices.

Planners

The following planners of this activity have indicated that neither they nor their families have a significant financial interest or affiliation with the manufacturer of any commercial products or provider of commercial services:

Robert J. Birnbaum, MD, PhD: Planner

John A. Fromson, MD: Planner, reviewer

Anan Nathif, EdM: Planner

Tristan Gorrindo, MD: Planner

Hardware/Software Specifications: 

This internet-based CME activity is best experienced using Internet Explorer 8+, Mozilla Firefox 3+, Safari 4+. This Web site requires that JavaScript and session cookies be enabled. Certain activities may require additional software to view multimedia, presentation, or printable versions of the content. These activities will be marked as such and will provide links to the required software. That software may be: Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Windows Media Player.

Optimal System Configuration:
Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player 10.1+
Browser: Firefox 3+, Internet Explorer 8.0+, Safari 4.0+, or Google Chrome 7.0+
Operating System: Windows XP+ or Mac OS X 10.4+
Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher

Minimum Requirements:
Windows PC:
500-MHz Pentium II; Windows XP or higher; 128 MB RAM; Video Card at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card at least 16-bit; Macromedia Flash Player 10 or higher, audio playback with speakers for programs with video content; Firefox 1.1+, Internet Explorer 7.0+, Safari 1.0+, Google Chrome, or Opera
Macintosh:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher with latest updates installed; 1.83MHz Intel Core Duo or faster; RAM: 128MB or more; Video Card: at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card: at least 16-bit

Speakers

 

The following speakers and/or planners have reported receiving something of value from a company whose product may be germane to the content of their presentations:

Anne-Marie A. Wills, MD, MPH

No disclosures indicated.

Last updated: 7/27/2010

Supporters

Location

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