UPMC Hamot 2020 Neuroscience Conference: Parkinson’s Disease: Updates, Strategies, and Considerations in Management
This presentation was part of the UPMC Hamot 2020 Neuroscience Conference and was designed to meet requirements for Stroke credit.
Target Audience
Primary care physicians, internists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; and other advanced practice providers will benefit from this activity.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Examine interplay of comorbidities on management of Parkinson’s disease
- Describe strategies for management of complex Parkinson’s patient
- Explain considerations for management of multiple medications for Parkinson’s disease
Suggested Additional Reading
- Cenci, Maria Angela. (2014). Presynaptic Mechanisms of l-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia: The Findings, the Debate, and the Therapeutic Implications.Frontiers in neurology. 5. 242. 10.3389/fneur.2014.00242.
- Jellinger K.A. (2014) Neuropathology of Parkinson’s Disease. In: Thomas M. (eds) Inflammation in Parkinson's Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08046-8_2
Presenter:
- Dimitrios Nacopoulos, MD, Neurologist, UPMC Northshore Neurology
Planning Committee Members:
- Haylee Esposito, UPMC Hamot
- Tammy Kordes, PhD, Neuropsychologist, Northshore Neurosciences
- Debbie Morton, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
- Samantha Panighetti, MOT, OTR/L, NTMTC, UPMC Hamot
- Rebecca Parkhurst, PA-C, UPMC Hamot
- Trevor Phinney, DO, UPMC Northshore Neurology
- Margaret Pett, UPMC Hamot
- Ann Sokoloff, BSN, CNRN, Clinical Director, Ortho/Neuro Services, UPMC Hamot
- Stacy Wing, PT, UPMC Hamot
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Authors disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for .75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is .75 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Available Credit
- 0.75 AAPA Category I CME
- 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 0.75 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 0.75 Attendance