Provided by Parkinson & Movement Disorder Alliance

Advanced Therapeutics in Movement & Related Disorders Congress® (ATMRD) is focused on reaching movement disorder specialists, neurologists, fellows, and advanced practice providers and aims to prepare learners to apply new knowledge, tools, and strategies to the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with movement disorders.  Learners will explore in-depth, science-based research focused on efficacy in real-world patients and engage in stimulating discussions of clinical practice case studies that use advanced therapeutics to solve treatment conundrums. In 2024, this Congress will occur at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD from June 21st to 25th.  

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:

• Appraise the newest research and guidelines for treating and managing movement disorders.
• Understand the value and importance of comprehensive interdisciplinary care in movement disorders and how to develop and define team roles and competencies. 
• Interpret motor and non-motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s and related disorders. 
• Differentiate treatments for motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s and related disorders, including impacts on patient quality of life and outcomes.  
• Employ appropriate and routine screening, examination, and interviews with movement disorder patients and caregivers to assess symptoms, adverse interactions, disease progression, and quality of life.  
• Minimize symptoms, side effects, and adverse interactions for patients diagnosed with a movement disorder.  
• Implement advanced therapies in treating motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s and related disorders. 
• Manage treatment plans, complex polypharmacy, calculation of dose, titration, and effective programming of devices as appropriate to maximize quality of life and improve patient outcomes.

Faculty

Full list of faculty and panelists.  

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.

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 20 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.

Commercial Support

This activity is supported by independent medical education grants from Merz, Acadia, Kyowa Kirin, AbbVie, Ipsen, and Abbott.

This activity is also supported with in-kind contributions and training supplies from AbbVie, Ambu, Ipsen, Merz, and Revance.

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