Pre-congress Educational Courses



The World Parkinson Congress is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, the day of the Opening Ceremony, that three Educational Courses will be offered to delegates. These courses are for health professionals, researchers, people with PD and members of the advocacy community. They will provide the latest information on research and treatment options for Parkinson's disease. Download pre-congress tri-fold brochure here.

Admission to these sessions will be by delegate name badge; no tickets will be required.

Course #1: Scientific (Sponsored by supporting companies)
The sessions that make up this course are sponsored by supporting companies and will only be open to health care professionals. This will be of particular interest to basic and clinical researchers touching on some of the more germane current topics discussion in Parkinson's research today. These sessions have been designed by, and speakers have been selected by, the WPC Leadership. These sessions will offer CME credit. Sessions will run from 08:00 - 18:15. Only registered health professionals will have access to this course. View Scientific Course.

Course #2: Healthcare Teams
This course will be of particular interest to members of healthcare or interdisciplinary teams or to those interested in understanding how to design care models that are patient-centered. Faculty will include interdisciplinary team members from some of the world's leading centers in the area of team care including MDs, PTs, RNs, OTs, SLPs, SWs and others. It will be open to all registrants. Details will be posted here when the program is complete. It will run from approximately 09:00 - 17:15. View Healthcare Teams Course.

Course #3: Fundamentals of PD (FoPD)
This course will be open to all registrants, inlcuding healthcare professionals, researchers, and people wtih Parkinson's. The course will cover a number of Parkinson's topics in a manner accessible to non health professionals and should be of interest particularly to those who want to understand the more clinical aspects and options of Parkinson's disease. The topics highlighted in this course will be covered more indepth during the core program. This is offered as an introduction to these topics to help you better under learning options in the core program.. Selected topics covered will be: Cause of PD, Pathology of PD, Medical Therapies, Surgical Therapies, Future Therapies, Clinical Trials, and more. Sessions will run from 09:25 - 16:15. View FoPD Course.



SCIENTIFIC - Course #1


8:00 – 9:00
Parkinson's Disease: Update on Etiology, Therapy and Sleep Problems in PD
Chair – Heinz Reichmann (Germany)
Talk#1: Olfactory Impairment and Other pre-motor Symptoms in PD – Henk Berendse (The Netherlands)
Talk#2: Diagnosis and How to Start Treatment – Heinz Reichmann (Germany)
Talk#3: Sleep problems in Early and Advanced PD – Ray Chaudhuri (UK)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline


9:15 – 10:15
Deep Brain Stimulation and Parkinson's Disease
Chair: Eduardo Tolosa (Spain)
Talk#1: Current treatment approaches for advanced PD – Eduardo Tolosa (Spain)
Talk#2: DBS what, when, who and why? – Michael Okun (US)
Talk#3: How to communicate DBS earlier to patients in the progression of their disease – Joachim K. Krauss (Germany)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic


10:15 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:45
Management of Orthostatic Hypotension in Parkinson's Disease (PD): Scientific Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities
Chair:    Joseph Jankovic (US)
Talk#1: Norepinephrine Depletion in the Pathophysiology of Motor and Non-motor Dysfunction in PD – Horacio Kaufmann (US)
Talk#2: Norepinephrine Replacement Therapy for the Treatment of Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension – Phillip Low (US)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Chelsea Therapeutics


12:00 – 13:00
Identification and treatment of wearing-off in clinical practice
Chair: Heinz Reichmann (Germany)
Talk#1: Introduction to wearing-off – Heinz Reichmann (Germany)
Talk#2: Identification of wearing-off (tools for identifying wearing-off) – Mark Stacy (US)
Talk#3: Strategies to treat wearing-off (including optimizing levodopa) – Werner Poewe (Austria)

 Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Orion and Novartis Pharma AG


13:00 – 14:00 – LUNCH


14:00 – 15:30
Caring for the advancing PD patient: Does one size fit all?    
Chair: John Nutt (US)
Talk#1: Neuropyschiatric issues in Advancing PD: Clinical spectrum and resulting QoL  implications – Laura Marsh (US)
Talk#2: Progresssion of cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease – Jaime Kulisevsky (Spain)
Talk#3: Treatment strategies in advancing PD - current options and pipeline expectations – John Nutt (US)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Abbott Pharmaceuticals


15:30 – 16:00 - Break


16:00 – 17:00
Reflections on ADAGIO
Chair: Olivier Rascol (France)
Talk#1: The ADAGIO trial - key results and an update on new analyses – Olivier Rascol (France)
Talk#2: Facts and misperceptions about the ADAGIO trial – C. Warren Olanow (US)
Talk#3: Impact of ADAGIO on current treatment guidelines for Parkinson's disease – Fabrizio Stocchi (Italy)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and H. Lundbeck A/S


17:15 – 18:15
Advances in Managing PD
Chair: Werner Poewe (Austria)
Talk#1: Antiparkinson medication: clinical trials versus clinical practice – Donald Grosset (UK)
Talk#2: Once Daily Drug Delivery in Parkinson's – Therapeutic Advance or Marketing Instrument? – Werner Poewe (Austria)
Talk#3: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson's disease – Daniel Weintraub (US)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd.




HEALTHCARE TEAMS - Course #2

09:00 - 09:05 Introduction - Robert Iansek (Australia)

09:05 - 09:30 Interdisciplinary Teams: Who is Involved and Why is it Important to Offer this Model of Care?
Speaker: Nir Giladi (Israel)

09:35 - 10:45 Data Blitz by Healthcare Team Members and Their Role on the Interdisciplinary Team
Facilitator: Robert Iansek (Australia)
Nurse - Lidy Tinselboer (The Netherlands)
Physical Therapist - Marten Munneke (The Netherlands)
Speech Pathologist - Yael Manor (Israel)
Occupational Therapist - Margarita Makoutonina (Australia)
Social Worker - Gladys Gonzalez-Ramos (US)
Dietician / Nutritionist - Lucille Leader (UK)
Caregiver /Spouse - Lyndsey Isaacs (UK)
Sexologist - Gila Bronner (Israel)


10:45 - 11:15 BREAK

11:15 - 12:30 Case Studies I
Case studies on healthcare teams looking at the spectrum of care for people with Parkinson's and more specifically the motor and non-motor challenges that need to be addressed by healthcare providers and how team members effectively deal with these issues.
Facilitator: Robert Iansek (Australia)
Panelists: TBD


12:30 - 13:15 LUNCH


13:15 – 14:30 Case Studies II
Case studies on healthcare teams looking at the spectrum of care for people with Parkinson's and more specifically the motor and non-motor challenges that are regularly addressed by healthcare providers and how team members effectively deal with these issues.
Facilitator: Nir Giladi (Israel)
Panelists: TBD

14:35 - 15:35 Problems and Challenges of Teams and Solutions: Internal and External Barriers
Speakers: Margarita Makoutonina (Australia) and Yael Manor (Israel)

15:35 - 16:00 BREAK

16:00 - 16:40 Real World Implementation of Team Care Model: Where is the Evidence?
Speaker: Marten Munneke (The Netherlands)

16:45 - 17:15 Opportunity through Technology
Speaker: Robert Iansek (Australia)
-What is the role of technology in team building and maintaining quality of care
-Current tools being used to fill the gaps
-What can we expect?

17:20 - 17:50 Beyond the Barriers and into the Future of Team Care
Speaker: Ruth Hagestuen (US)

17:55 - 18:00 Closing - Nir Giladi (Israel)




FUNDAMENTALS of PD - Course #3

09:25 Introduction - Patrick Brundin (Sweden)

09:30 What is PD? - Stanley Fahn (US)

09:45 Pathology of PD - David Brooks (UK)

10:00 What causes PD? - J. William Langston (US)

10:15 Q&A Panel with all four presenters

BREAK 10:30 to 11:00

11:00 Nonmotor features - Ray Chaudhuri (UK)

11:15 Medical therapy - Eduardo Tolosa (Spain)

11:30 Surgical therapy - Joachim K. Krauss (Germany)

11:45 Q&A Panel with all three presenters

LUNCH BREAK 12:00 to 13:30

13:30 What to do when first diagnosed? (From a doctor's perspective) - Lisa Shulman (US)

13:40 What to when first diagnosed? (From a patient voluntary organization's perspective) - Steve Ford (UK)

13:50 Other therapeutic options - SLP: Cynthia Fox (US); PT: Samyra Keus, OT; Ana Aragon (UK)

14:10 Q&A Panel with all five presenters

BREAK 14:25 to 14:55

14:55 Future therapies - Patrik Brundin (Sweden), Jeffrey Kordower (US), Jonathan Brotchie (Canada)

15:15 How can a person with PD help advance research on PD and participate in trials? - Ira Shoulson (US)

15:30 Q&A Panel with all four presenters

15:45 Getting the most out of the WPC 2010 - Tom Isaacs (UK), Graeme Macphee (UK), Elizabeth Pollard (US)

16:00 Q&A Panel with three panelists

16:10 Conclusion - Stanley Fahn

 

 

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