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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 will be offered to health professionals, researchers, people with PD and members of the advocacy community. They will provide the latest information regarding research and treatment options for Parkinson's disease.
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 will make up this course are sponsored by supporting companies of the World Parkinson Congress and will only be open to health care professionals. These sessions will be designed by the WPC Program Committee and will offer CME credit. Details on these sessions will be posted here when they are complete. Sessions will run from approximately 08.00 - 18.00hrs.
Course #2: Interdisciplinary Health Care
This course will be of particular interest to members of interdisciplinary teams or to those interested in understanding how to design and benefit from the use of interdisciplinary teams in their centers nonetheless, it will be open to all registrants. Details will be posted here when program is complete. It will run from approximately 09.00 - 17.00hrs.
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 9.25 - 16.15hrs. View FoPD Course Below
09:25 Introduction - Patrick Brundin
09:30 What is PD? - Stanley Fahn
09:45 Pathology of PD - David Brooks
10:00 What causes PD? - J. William Langston
10:15 Q&A Panel with all four presenters
BREAK 10:30 to 11:00
11:00 Nonmotor features - Ray Chaudhuri
11:15 Medical therapy - Eduardo Tolosa
11:30 Surgical therapy - Andres Lozano
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
13:40 What to when first diagnosed? (From a patient voluntary organization's perspective) - Steve Ford
13:50 Other therapeutic options - SLP: Cynthia Fox, PT: Samyra Keus, OT: Ana Aragon
14:10 Q&A Panel with all five presenters
BREAK 14:25 to 14:55
14:55 Future therapies - Patrik Brundin, Jeffrey Kordower, Jonathan Brotchie
15:15 How can a person with PD help advance research on PD and participate in trials? - Ira Shoulson
15:30 Q&A Panel with all four presenters
15:45 Getting the most out of the WPC 2010 -
Tom Isaacs, Graeme Macphee, Elizabeth Pollard
16:00 Q&A Panel with three panelists
16:10 Conclusion - Stanley Fahn