MDS Educational Activities: Online CME Activities

In alignment with our educational mission, the Movement Disorder Society is please to provide a variety of online CME-accredited activities. These activities aid to expand the outreach of our educational offerings, and fulfill our desire to address the needs of our target audience.

The following Online CME Activities are now available:

The Clinicians' and Nurses' Guide to Parkinson's Disease
COMMERCIAL SUPPORTER: GSK, Boehringer, Solvay, EMD Serono
CME PROVIDER: We Move and MDS (co-sponsors) and AANN (nursing credits)
CREDIT TO: Physicians - maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Nurses - up to 2.0 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)
De Novo Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
Start Date: 21 August 2009
Expiration Date: 21 August 2010
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to: Diagnose Parkinson's disease and other Parkinsonian syndromes; Describe different clinical features can predict disease progression; State rationale for symptomatic and neuroprotective therapies; Describe how use of practice parameters can help in choosing treatment options; Discuss the role of alternative therapies

Non-CME E-Learning Activities

Edward I. Rudman Parkinson's Disease Patient and Caregiver Symposium: Non Motor Aspects of Parkinson's Disease
This webcast was created from the Edward I. Rudman Parkinson's Disease Patient and Caregiver Symposium: Non Motor Aspects of Parkinson's Disease which took place on October 31, 2009 at The Conference Center at Harvard Medical. Topics covered are important nonmotor aspects of Parkinson's disease such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, autonomic disturbances, and cognitive deficits which often impact the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease as much as or even more than motor symptoms. Intended for patients and caregivers