Course Director

Samia Ben Sassi, MD - Mongi Ben Hmida National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia

Maouly Fall, MD - Centre Hospitalier National de Pikine, Dakar, Senegal

Faculty

Ali Shalash, MD, PhD - Ain Shams University - Cairo, Egypt

Caroline Moreau, MD, PhD - Roger Salengro Hospital, Lille, France - Lille, France

Chahrazed Boukadir, MD - BenAknoun Univeristy Hospital - Algiers, Algeria

Ferzana Amod, MD - Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital - Durban, South Africa

Jean Philippe Azulay, MD, PhD - La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France - Marseille, France

Jean-Christophe Corvol, MD, PhD - Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière - Paris, France

Ronald Postuma, MD, PhD - McGill University, Montreal - Montreal, Canada

Wassilios Meissner, MD, PhD - Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University Hospital - Bordeaux, France

The primary purpose of this course is to support doctors in improving their skills diagnosing and managing movement disorders in clinical practice.

Participants will attend didactic lectures as well as panel discussions with question-and-answer sessions and video cases presentations. Topics will focus on the most frequent hypo- and hyperkinetic movement disorders as well as

patient management issues. This course is intended for French and English speaking general practitioners,

general neurologists and neurology residents.

Upon completion of this activity learners will be able to:

1. Examine a patient with a movement disorder
2. Recognize straightforward movement disorder cases
3. Propose a differential diagnosis on movement disorders patients
4. Discuss management strategies in movement disorders

This activity is intended for General Neurologists, Primary Care Clinicians, Clinical Fellows and Neurology Residents. 

1. Active Internet connection (DSL or Cable). Dial-up connection will have constant buffering problem.
2. Compatible with Windows PC and MAC (256 MB of RAM or higher)
3. Activity is best viewed on Internet Explorer 9.0 or higher, Safari 5.0 or higher and Firefox 29.0 or higher
4. Adobe Flash Player 12.0 (or higher).
5. Adobe Reader to print certificate.