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Welcome to the MDS Health Professionals section!
Whether you are a member of The Movement Disorder Society or not, we welcome you to click on the icons below, read how each discipline enhances patient care and tell us what you think via our Needs Assessment Survey. Bookmark this link for a less hectic time and return every few months to see what is new. .jpg)
We are new and growing and welcome your help. We may become a formal MDS working group, if you indicate the need is there. Movement disorder experts who are not neurologists may be “low profile” or non-MDS members and therefore difficult to find. If interested but not yet experienced, they too are equally welcome. Please invite your colleagues to visit this Web page and complete the Needs Assessment Survey.
As Jean-Martin Charcot said: “I firmly believe that in medicine there are no areas that belong solely to the doctors. To me, the practice of medicine has no real autonomy: it exists by borrowing and making new application of ideas from other disciplines. Without a constant reinfusion from other scientific domains, the practice of medicine would soon become an outmoded routine.”
- Carol Brown Moskowitz, MS, APRN-C
Group Purpose: To establish within The Movement Disorder Society an international multidisciplinary focus group of professionals in counseling, nursing, rehabilitation and genetics, who enrich and broaden the scope of care, management and research initiatives in Movement Disorders.
Leadership Core
Each member of this informal working group has accepted the role of “multiplier,” that is, someone who influences practice by influencing colleagues, questioning what we do, establishing evidence-based guidelines and encouraging research to improve the care of the movement disorder patient and their family.
Richard Brown, PhD, CPsychol, United Kingdom
Lisette Bunting-Perry, PhD, RN, USA
Mariella Graziano, BSc (Hons), PT, Luxembourg
Margarita Makoutonina, BaAppSci, OT (Hons); BaEdu, (Master, Hons), Australia
Orna Moore, MA, RN, Israel
Carol Moskowitz, MS, APRN-C, USA
Lynn Rochester, PhD, PT, USA
Circle of Contributors
The following people contributed concise role descriptors, guidance and encouragement to the leadership. Many thanks to our colleagues:
Ann Gaba, EdD, RD, Nutritionist, USA
Jill Goldman, MS, MPhil, Genetic Counselor, USA
Susan Heath, MS, RN, CNRN, USA
Yael Manor, CCC-SLP, Speech therapist, Israel
Ashwini Rao, EdD, OTR, Occupational therapist, USA
Jeanne Thomson, CCC-SLP, Speech therapist, USA
Jennifer Williamson, MS, Genetic Counselor, USA
We invite you to help us expand this roster of experts by recommending or encouraging your movement disorder colleagues to introduce themselves through this venue.
Send questions, comments and suggestions to Heidi Schudrowitz, Website Manager.
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2004 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses' Core Curriculum, Chapter 20 (Note: A revised edition will be published in 2010)
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Join MDS Today! - As a Health Professional, you may become a member of MDS for a joining fee of $100/$175* U.S. annually.
Membership applies to nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, physiotherapists, music therapists, speech therapists, clinical psychologists, dieticians, genetic counselors, social workers and lab technicians.
* Health Professional Members may choose to add the print subscription of the Journal for an additional fee.