UCL Institute of Neurology

Monday 21st May – Rehabilitation after Acquired Brain Injury
Tuesday 22nd May – Dementia
Wednesday 23rd May – Movement Disorders
Thursday 24th May – Sleep
Friday 25th May – New technologies in the Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic: including OCT, Automated Perimetry and Saccadic measurements

Course fee £850 for the week or £250 per day  

To book a place on this course please complete the attached booking form (PDF Version) and return to the address listed on the form.

Monday 21st May

Rehabilitation after Acquired Brain Injury
In the UK, acquired single-incident brain injury (ABI), largely due to stroke and head injury, results annually in about 300,000 admissions to hospital and accounts for over 3 million bed days. Long term disability is common, and annual direct healthcare and social-care costs, and indirect costs are between £10-15billion.  The NHS stroke networks have recently provided the opportunity to put in place organised rehabilitation after stroke, but after head injury the provision of rehabilitation within the NHS trauma networks requires clarification. Nevertheless, it will become increasingly important for all neurologists to understand the principles of rehabilitation after stroke and head injury.  This course will invite experts in the field to describe the principles underlying the practice of rehabilitation after ABI, its provision over time and the treatments available, the evidence for its effectiveness at the levels of impairment and function, and likely advances over the next 10 years.
Organiser:  Dr Richard Greenwood

Tuesday 22nd May

Dementia
This course will cover the clinical and scientific aspects of Alzheimer’s disease, and non-Alzheimer dementias.  The diagnostic approach and features of the various dementias will be illustrated using clinical videos and patient demonstrations.  The psychiatric and social aspects of dementia care will be discussed, with an update on current and potential therapeutic strategies.  The course is aimed at psychiatrists, geriatricians and other professionals involved in the diagnosis and care of patients with dementia.
Organiser: Dr Jonathan Schott

Wednesday 23rd May:

Movement Disorders
This course will focus on practical aspects of diagnosis and management of abnormal movements.  Topics will include hyperkinetic movement disorders and akinetic-rigid syndromes.  Video clips will be used extensively and participants are encouraged to bring their video clips in Mpeg 1/WMV/AVI file formats on CD to enable playback of difficult or unusual patients for discussion via a desktop media player.
Organisers: Dr Patricia Limousin; Professor K Bhatia; Professor A Lees; Dr T Foltynie

Thursday 24th May

Sleep
Sleep disorders are ubiquitous and involve many disciplines including psychiatrists, respiratory physicians, neurologists and anaesthetists.  This course will concentrate on pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, and sleep disorders associated with neurological disease. Aimed mainly at neurologists, general practitioners and physicians with an interest in sleep medicine, the topics covered will include differential diagnosis of sleep disorders, periodic limb movements of sleep, restless leg syndrome, nocturnal ventilation in neurological disease, obstructive sleep apnoea, sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disease, insomnia, and narcolepsy.
Organisers: Dr Sofia Eriksson; Professor Matthew Walker

Friday 25th May

New technologies in the Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic: including OCT, Automated Perimetry and Saccadic measurements
An update with clinical cases on new user-friendly techniques for visual assessment suitable for both neurologists and ophthalmologists.  The morning will be devoted to fundus Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in the assessment of neurological disorders including multiple sclerosis and optic neuropathies.  In the afternoon there will be a session on eye movements illustrating the use of new clinic-based saccadic analysis devices.
Organisers: Mr James Acheson; Dr Fion Bremner

For further details please contact:

Education Unit
UCL Institute of Neurology
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
Tel: 020 3448 4460
Email: jean.reynolds@ucl.ac.uk
www.ion.ucl.ac.uk

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