Bloomsday Basic Movement Disorders Course
Recommended Audience
This course was specially designed for family physicians, general neurologists, internists, trainees and other clinicians interested in acquiring a basic understanding of movement disorders.
Course Description
The Bloomsday Basic Movement Disorders Course, which took place on Bloomsday, June 16, in Dublin, Ireland, provided a foundation for participants who also attended the16th Annual International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders which began the next day.
Registration Information
Regular Registration Fee $225
*Junior Registration Fee $125
Regular Registration with purchase of Congress $200
*Junior Registrants with purchase of Congress $90
*Junior Members of MDS, those born after January 1, 1982, residents, fellows and those still in training. Please fax or e-mail a copy of official document indicating age or a letter from your employer stating training status to be eligible for this discount. Without documentation, delegate will be charged the non-member rate.
(Fax: +1 514-380-5378 or E-mail: mdscongress@showcare.com within one week of submitting registration.)
Please note that if your residence is outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland, you must register for both the Basic Movement Disorders Course and The 16th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.
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Date
June 16, 2012
Location
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Schedule & Faculty
| 9:00-9:45 | Registration and Bloomsday breakfast |
| 9:45-10:15 |
Introduction, James Joyce and Medicine, and beginning ARS questions Fergus Shanahan, Dept. of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland |
| 10:15-10:50 | Phenomenology of Movement Disorders - Raymond Rosales |
| 10:50-11:25 | Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease - Carlo Colosimo |
| 11:25-11:40 | Break |
| 11:40-12:20 | Management of early Parkinson's disease/case discussion - Janis Miyasaki |
| 12:20-13:00 | Management of advanced Parkinson's disease /case discussion - Timothy Counihan |
| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45-14:20 | Tremor - Victor Fung |
| 14:20-14:55 | Dystonia - Sean O'Riordan |
| 14:55-15:30 | Chorea, athetosis and ballism - Joaquim Ferreira |
| 15:30-16:05 | Myoclonus - Roongroj Bhidayasiri |
| 16:00-16:15 | Break |
| 16:15-16.50 | Restless Legs Syndrome and movement disorders in sleep - Claudia Trenkwalder |
| 16.50-17.20 | Video quiz and wrap-up |