Speaker #1

Predicting the Severity of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome:  PAWSS, a simple and useful screening tool
Victor Nettey, M.D., Ch.B., M.P.H.

Dr. Nettey is an addiction psychiatry fellow at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He completed his medical school at the University of Ghana Medical School in Ghana, West Africa. He obtained a Master’s in Public Health degree with concentration in health policy and management at the East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN and general psychiatry residency training at the Harlem Hospital Center an Affiliate of Columbia University in New York City, NY. He is interested in both substance and behavioral addictions, particularly the neurobiology of addiction.

Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• State the physiological basis of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
• Summarize the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
• Summarize the research on the "Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale" (PAWSS) screening tool.

Speaker #2

Mayo Normative Studies:  amyloid and neurodegeneration negative (A-N-) Auditory Verbal Learning Test normative data and preliminary validation
Shehroo Pudumjee, Ph.D.

Dr. Shehroo Pudumjee is a second year, clinical neuropsychology fellow. Her clinical interests include working with individuals with mild cognitive impairment/dementia and movement disorders. Broadly, she is interested in improving access to care for neuropsychological evaluations and improving the efficacy of assessment measures and processes. Dr. Pudumjee’s current research focuses on early detection of cognitive decline in those with and at risk for Alzheimer’s disease as well as examining the use of biomarker based normative data in improving diagnostic precision. She is also currently working on projects delineating changes in cognition across neurodegenerative speech and language disorders.  Dr. Pudumjee is also examining the contribution of specific neuropsychological measures to the diagnosis of atypical Alzheimer’s disease.

Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• State the importance of accounting for various demographic variables when using normative data.
• Recognize the importance of exclusion criteria in normative data.
• Integrate knowledge of biomarker status in cognitive decline.

Live presentation at:  Zoom:  https://mchealth.zoom.us/j/93014869042?pwd=Y053OXJ1ZVpzSTYzWElqa3c2Q09Wdz09 

1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ hour is offered for watching this presentation via Zoom.  Ethos will be implemented for all post presentation surveys.  To document your attendance, please text the code given at the presentation to 507-200-3010.  For questions, email rstpsychgr@mayo.edu

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
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 
 

APA
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP).  The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the contents of the programs. 

This activity is approved for a maximum of 1.0 credits.  Credit is awarded only for actual instructional time.

All participants MUST complete the evaluation in order to get CME or APA Credit.

1) Text the CODE announced at the session within 48 hours to (507) 200-3010
2) Login at ce.mayo.edu and go to My Account, My Courses, Registered Courses, click Session title and START to access the required Evaluation.

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Click the START button on that session page.

3) Evaluation must be completed within 2 weeks.

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:
None

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry: 
Olivia Bogucki, PhD, Rana Elmaghraby, MD, Bhanu Kolla, MD, Charlene Nelson (coordinator), Amber Pearson (coordinator), Lauren Phillips, MD

Speakers:  Victor Nettey, M.D., Ch.B., M.P.H. and Shehroo Pudumjee, Ph.D.

References to off-label usage(s) of pharmaceuticals or instruments in their presentation:
None

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ATTENDANCE / CREDIT
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TRANSCRIPT
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