Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis Care – Part 1: Diagnosing the Disease and Managing Specific Populations
Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis Care – Part 1: Diagnosing the Disease and Managing Specific Populations is organized by Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC).
Release date: February 1, 2022
Valid through: January 31, 2024
Description
Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis Care offers a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis (MS). The history of MS will offer participants an insight into the disease and the changes that have led to improved approaches to management. A comprehensive overview of MS will be presented to include epidemiology, immunology, pathophysiology, natural history, and clinical course. Presentations will include what is involved in making the diagnosis of MS, disease mimics and use of paraclinical tools. Specific populations, including Pediatric MS, will be wrap up Part 1.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this activity, participants should be better able to:
• Examine the various models of care in MS and the roles and responsibilities of care team members in order to adapt the most appropriate model for team-based care in a given practice setting.
• Integrate the complex processes that support the provision of team-based, comprehensive care in MS into effective practices and centers providing evidence-based MS care.
• Integrate information about the mechanisms underlying MS relapses, progression, and gray and white matter pathology as the basis for monitoring and treating the disease.
• Summarize methods to monitor treatment outcomes including patient self-report, automated self-assessment, new clinician reported outcomes, imaging, and biomarkers in order to optimize their utilization in clinical practice and research.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.