Neurology: Common Challenges in Primary Care - Hybrid Event

Neurology: Common Challenges in Primary Care is organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc. and will be held from Apr 10 - 13, 2023 at Art Ovation Hotel, Autograph Collection, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America.

Agenda & Learning Objectives:
1 Day
The Neurological Examination
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Organize the disparate parts of the neurologic examination into a personally relevant, manageable, and reproducible diagnostic tool.
• Perform a concise screening neurologic exam for asymptomatic patients.
• Perform a problem-tailored neurologic exam for patients with neurologic complaints such as altered mental status and gait disturbances using evidence-based medicine
• Obtain maximum yield from the examination of a patient with an altered mental status.

Seizures and Epilepsy – Diagnosis
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Differentiate among the major types of seizures.
• Apply epidemiologic aspects to the diagnosis of epilepsy.
• Employ AAN and AES practice guidelines regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. (SUDEP)
• Distinguish seizures from syncope.
• Formulate a plan for diagnostic investigation.

Seizures and Epilepsy – Management 
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Determine when treatment with anticonvulsant medication is warranted using evidence-based medicine.
• Choose among the many available anticonvulsant medications.
• Manage problems confronted by women with epilepsy.
• Counsel patients regarding their driving privileges

Clinician Burnout; Prevention and Recovery
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Review current literature re: physician burnout
• Incorporate strategies to reduce the clerical burdens of EMR.
• Adopt strategies for improved patient satisfaction.
• Apply techniques for managing complex and time-intensive patient interactions.

2 Day
Migraine and Chronic Daily Headache
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, GL
• Differentiate between the five sub-types of chronic daily headaches.
• Appraise the pathophysiology of headaches and migraine.
• Develop a plan for appropriate medication for intractable headaches.
• Assess the prevalence of medication overuse headaches in daily practice and employ non-pharmacologic guidelines for migraines.

Sleep Disorders – Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Appraise the normal structure and function of stages of sleep
• Formulate a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to insomnia using best practice recommendations from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Geriatric Society.
• Detect clinical features and initiate management of sleep apnea.
• Evaluate patients for comorbidities of obstructive sleep apnea.

Sleep Disorders – Restless Legs Syndrome, Narcolepsy, and Others
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Diagnose restless legs syndrome in under a minute.
• Manage restless legs syndrome using practice guidelines.
• Diagnose and treat narcolepsy.
• Determine the prognosis of, and treat, REM-sleep behavior disorder.

3 Day
Dementia 
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Evaluate patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
• Diagnose the major syndromes associated with common causes of dementia.
• Distinguish the conditions that frequently mimic dementia.
• Manage major complications of dementia.

Multiple Sclerosis  
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Recognize the typical clinical features of multiple sclerosis.
• Initiate an appropriate series of diagnostic investigations.
• Formulate an approach to abortive and prophylactic therapy of multiple sclerosis using evidence-based medicine.
• Anticipate common medical complications of multiple sclerosis.

Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain Management
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Define the spectrum of neuropathic signs, symptoms, and causes.
• Develop an approach to bedside examination.
• Discuss the mechanism of neuropathic pain.
• Apply effective therapies using evidence-based medicine.

An Approach to the Dizzy Patient
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, EBM
• Detect common presentations of dizziness.
• Assess the pathophysiology of vertigo and nystagmus.
• Apply bedside techniques to distinguish dizziness subtypes and identify dangerous causes.
• Utilize potentially curative treatment for benign positional vertigo.

Libby Zion’s Lesson: Serotonin Syndrome and P450 Drug Interactions
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Define the clinical features of common drug interactions.
• List the features of serotonin syndrome and distinguish it from other Neurologic drug toxicities.
• Recognize potential drug interactions and determine how to predict them.
• Apply a simple clinical algorithm for anticipating and avoiding drug interactions.

4 Day
Cobalamin (B-12) Deficiency and Other Neurologic Disorders of Gastrointestinal Function
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Define recent advances in B-12 deficiency, Post-Gastroplasty Neuropathy, and Copper deficiency.
• Examine the changing clinical presentation of this illness.
• Apply newer laboratory techniques to the diagnosis.
• Apply an algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of B-12 deficiency.

Concussion and Sports: A Guide for Primary Care
Upon completion of this session, using Cochrane EBM sources and guidelines from the 3rd International Symposium on Concussion in Sports, the participant should be able to: EBM, GL, COMP
• Describe the pathophysiology and, using evidence-based medicine, review the emergency treatment of concussion.
• Apply an evidence-based medicine approach to decisions regarding imaging after minor head trauma.
• Demonstrate the use of currently recommended management approaches for assessment, follow-up, and return to play.

Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP, GL
• Assess the clinical features of the syndrome of parkinsonism.
• Evaluate other important typical features of Parkinson’s disease.
• Select treatment options for the management of Parkinson’s disease.
• Distinguish among common types of tremors and devise a therapeutic plan for a patient with essential tremors using American Academy of Neurology evidence-based guidelines.

Psychogenic Neurologic Disorders
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Evaluate common neurologic manifestations of psychogenic disorders.
• Direct the laboratory investigation of a patient with suspected psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
• Conduct an interview with a patient with a suspected psychogenic disorder.
• Formulate a plan for the management of a psychogenic illness.

Spasticity, Ataxia, and Gait Disorders 
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
• Detect the major clinical features of spasticity.
• Institute a diagnostic investigation of cervical spondylosis.
• Assess ataxia and the other major clinical features of cerebellar dysfunction.
• Evaluate different types of gait disorders.