Provided by Parkinson & Movement Disorder Alliance

This course will cover assessing and managing autonomic dysfunction which is a common component to non-motor manifestations of Parkinson disease.

Estimated time to complete activity: 60 minutes

Target Audience

This course is for movement disorder specialists, neurologists, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with a movement or related disorder.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Recognize the multiple system involvement and their manifestations in autonomic dysfunction
• Apply knowledge of symptoms in autonomic dysfunction to assess, evaluate and manage patients who present with autonomic dysfunction or failure
• Determine etiology of autonomic dysfunction to appropriately identify need to refer and collaborate with other specialties

Faculty

Kelly Papesh, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Clinical Director
Parkinson & Movement Disorder Alliance

Kelly Papesh, MSN, DNP is a board-certified family nurse practitioner specializing in movement disorders. After completing her Bachelor of Science in nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, she completed a Master of Science in nursing and a doctorate in Nursing Practice from Frontier Nursing University in Versailles, KY. She has extensive experience as a registered nurse in neurology and patient case management and over four years of experience specializing in movement disorders. Her clinical practice has focused on neurology assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with a variety of movement disorders including Parkinson disease, essential tremor and Huntington disease.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

Parkinson and Movement Disorder Alliance (PMD Alliance) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies.  PMD Alliance is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

Faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CME activity:

• Kelly Papesh, DNP
• Speakers’ Bureau, consultant, and/or advisory board member for Acadia, Amneal, and Supernus

Planners reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CME activity:

• Britt Stone, MD
• Consultant or advisory board for Boston Scientific

• No disclosures to report

PMD Alliance has received non-CME educational funding and support from ineligible companies.  This support is not tied to continuing medical education.  These relationships have been mitigated and do not influence CME content.

All identified relevant financial relationships are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PMD Alliance CME Program standard operating procedures. 

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PMD Alliance.  PMD Alliance is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Physician Continuing Medical Education

PMD Alliance designates this course for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA.  The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.  The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners.  Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development.  The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.  Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Request for Credit

In order to obtain your CME certificate, please follow the directions provided at the conclusion of the course.  

If you have questions regarding the certification of this activity, please contact PMD Alliance at education@pmdalliance.org