Mayo Clinic is committed to taking care of our learners and staff as we address the COVID-19 situation. In order to help protect our communities, and out of an abundance of caution, the School of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is suspending live courses and conferences through December 31, 2020.

At this time, CPD suggests suspending or changing delivery method for Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) with more than 10 in-person attendees. See individual RSS sessions or any changes to dates, times and delivery methods.

DESCRIPTION
This activity occurs weekly on Friday, 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Kern lecture hall unless otherwise noted in the session. Visit the online series if you wish to participate by watching a pre-recorded session instead.

The Neurology subspecialty conference is a weekly conference presented by various subspecialists in a rotating fashion from within Department of Neurology, residents and fellows.  The areas encompassed include sleep, multiple sclerosis/autoimmune neurology, neurologic education, child neurology, speech pathology, neuro-ophthalmology, behavioral neurology, movement disorders, epilepsy, neuro-oncology, muscle disorders and peripheral nervous systems diseases.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for physicians, mid-level health care providers, nurses, and medical students.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Identify and implement treatment of migraine and related headache
• Identify epilepsy patients who are surgical candidates
• Describe the molecular pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
• Correctly segregate multiple sclerosis patients into appropriate treatments
• Identify which patients are eligible for brain tumor protocols
• Interpret paraneoplastic antibody test results
• Recognize the differences between different forms of myopathy
• Recognize how new advances in molecular neurosciences have changed ideas about how the brain works

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s)
AMA
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Summary
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Mayo Clinic School of CPD) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...

Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Jeffrey Britton, MD – Grant/Research Support – Co-investigator with no direct reimbursement - IVIG in VGKC encephalitis (Grifols; placebo-controlled trial cannabidiol in tuberous sclerosis (GW Pharma)
Anhar Hassan, MBBCh – Grant/Research Support - Intrabio
Eric Sorenson, MD – Grant/Research Support – Biogen, Inc.; Cytokinetics, Inc.; Shire pharmaceuticals - all grant support for clinical trial research
Erik St. Louis, MD – Consultant – Inspire, Inc. – no personal fees; Grant/Research Support – NIH/NHLBI, NINDS, NIA; Michael J. Fox Foundation; Sunovion, Inc
Elaine Wirrell, MD – Consultant – Amzell, Amicus, Mallinckrodt, Biomarin

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Drs. Allen Aksamit, Sarah Berini, Christopher Boes, Sherri Braksick, David Burkholder, Jeremy Cutsforth-Gregory, Lyell Jones, Neeraj Kumar, Ruple Laughlin, Claudia Lucchinetti, Margherita Milone, Michel Toledano, Lily Wong-Kisiel, Mses. Shari Eversman, Janice Klaassen, Kim Klauer, and DeAnna Shones

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here.

ATTENDANCE/CREDIT
Text the session code (provided only at the session) to 507-200-3010 within 48 hours of the live presentation to record attendance.  All learners are encouraged to text attendance regardless of credit needs.  This number is only used for receiving text messages related to tracking attendance.  Additional tasks to obtain credit may be required based on the specific activity requirements and will be announced accordingly. Swiping your badge will not provide credit; that process is only applicable to meet GME requirements for Residents & Fellows. 

TRANSCRIPT
Any credit or attendance awarded from this series will appear on your Transcript.

DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
Visit the department's website for additional information.

COURSE DIRECTORS
Christopher Boes, MD and Anhar Hassan, MBBCh

QUESTIONS?
Contact DeAnna Shones, Department Coordinator, at ph. 6-0192.