All video cases submitted between January 1, 2012 and April 1, 2012 from the following MDS Regional Sections - Asian Oceanian, Pan American and European - will be automatically entered into our Regional Section competition!
If your case is chosen as a winner, you will receive a $200 Amazon gift card, as well as recognition from your peers. Judging will take place in May 2012, with the winning case announced by the MDS Medical Co-Editors at the 16th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Dublin, Ireland, June 17-21, 2012. Your video case will remain on the MDS website indefinitely for exclusive viewing by MDS members.
Questions? Email Heidi Friedrichs, MDS Website Manager, at hfriedrichs@movementdisorders.org
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Welcome to the Case of the Month
We welcome your interest in the feature Case of the Month. The submission process is described below. Please read the instructions carefully before submitting your case.
What we are looking for
We encourage submissions by MDS members as well as non-members of video cases with interesting, unusual or educational phenomenology. The format requires an initial brief clinical synopsis with a video and a question related to the phenomenology of the movement disorders shown on the video. Please supply a list of possible options and one or two correct answers (as appropriate).
This should then be followed by more clinical information and 2 or 3 questions related to further issues of the case and a final differential diagnosis. The final page should be a brief summary with 2-3 references. To enhance the educational experience, please explain the rationale for the final correct answer in each case. Authors are encouraged to review prior Case of the Month postings for content and format (MEMBERS ONLY).
Submit a Case of the Month
What happens next
Once received, cases will be peer reviewed by the Society's Medical Co-Editors, Hubert Fernandez, MD, and Marcelo Merello, MD, PhD, as well as by two other medical reviewers. Please note that case content and format may require revisions. Once finalized the case will be posted as a Case of the Month for exclusive viewing by MDS members and remain archived on the MDS website.
Questions?
If you have any questions about submitting a case, please direct them to the MDS Website Manager at hfriedrichs@movementdisorders.org.
Thank you for helping to make the Case of the Month an important educational tool for our Society!
Not a member? No problem!
If you are not a member of The Movement Disorder Society, please submit your case (questions/answers) as a Word document to us by e-mail at: hfriedrichs@movementdisorders.org. You may send the video separately to hfriedrichs@movementdisorders.org via yousendit.com. Be sure to fax a copy of the signed Copyright Transfer Agreement along with your case to +1 (414) 276-3349.
Finally, if you prefer to send by regular mail, please address to:
Case of the Month
The Movement Disorder Society
555 E. Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 USA