Foundation Cases - Parkinson's Disease (182HEE)

Online teaching via Zoom https://zoom.us/join

Joining details will be made available only once booked onto this course.

About the “Foundation Cases” teaching series:

Delivering education to trainees has become more challenging during the COVID19 pandemic. As such the ‘foundation cases’ series has been set up to provide doctors as an alternative to face to face teaching. To be kept up to date about upcoming events visit our Facebook page.

After the session please complete the feedback form via Maxcourse. Certificates of attendance to use for your CV/as proof for teaching hours will be provided via Maxcourse when feedback is complete.

Recommended to all

This lecture based session will look at Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson’s plus syndromes and the management of these in the acute care setting. Factors to consider when clerking and caring for these patient’s on the wards.

To improve knowledge of Parkinson’s disease and its recognition and management.

To look at different factors in clerking a patient with Parkinson’s disease and important points in the management of this patient group.

To learn about different Parkinson’s plus syndromes.

This course links with the following Foundation Professional Capabilities (FPCs):

6: Communicates clearly in a variety of settings

9: Recognises, assesses and initiates management of the acutely ill patient

10. Recognises, assesses and manages patients with long term conditions

11. Obtains history, performs clinical examination, formulates differential diagnosis and management plan

13. Prescribes safely