Barcelona, Spain
June 9 - June 11, 2009
The objective of this workshop is to provide its participants with up-to-date knowledge on multiple sclerosis (MS) and to offer the possibility to share clinical practice issues and solutions with top level experts and highly qualified participants.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the workshop, the attendees will have received comprehensive information on MS and its management in the following areas:
- Epidemiology
- Genetics
- Pathogenic mechanisms
- Current diagnostic criteria and ongoing developments
- Diagnostic tools, such as MRI and biological markers, in defining the natural history of the disease and monitoring its activity
- Latest clinical data evaluating the role of disease modifying agents
- Basic competencies in treatment optimization concepts and approaches
- Implement strategies aimed at increasing adherence to diagnosis and treatment
- Tools and indications of different rehabilitation approaches
- Cognitive and psychological issues related
- The best psychological strategies
- Clinical practice
TARGET AUDIENCE
This program is designed mainly to clinicians and scientists currently involved in Multiple Sclerosis management and to neurologists interested in entering this field.
Serono Symposia International Foundation (www.seronosymposia.org) will submit this program “MS Preceptorship - Updating Knowledge in Multiple Sclerosis” (Barcelona, Spain - June 9-11, 2009) for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).
