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19th MS Nurse International Workshop
PART OF MS Nurse Club FEATURE
19th MS Nurse International Workshop
- Neurology
- Multiple sclerosis
Tuesday, Oct 24 2017
Paris, France
Registration status
Not applicable
To register for this event, contact
Meridiano Congress International
Event Manager: Giorgia Di Egidio
T +39 06 88595 245
F +39 06 88595 234
[email protected]
Registration fee
150.00€
Target audiences
All nurses involved in the treatment of MS patients.
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Introduction
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EXCEMED designed this programme in partnership with TOPEC Global.
Overview
Being part of the multidisciplinary team caring for people with MS, nurses are more and more involved in every aspect of MS management. As the MS scenario is constantly changing thanks to technological innovations and therapeutic evolution, nurses seek for updated knowledge. The workshop address topics of special interest and participants will have the opportunity to discuss with experts specific issues occurring in everyday clinical practice. The 19th EXCEMED CNE MS Nurse International workshop will be held the day before the opening of ECTRIMS. It enjoys a strong reputation within the MS nurse community.
Learning objectives
• Explain immunological and environmental factors involved in MS
• Illustrate diagnostic criteria and prognostic factors
• Describe the mechanism of action of currently in use DMTs and strategies to foster adherence
• Define employment issues in MS and initiatives for patients’ empowerment
Invited moderators
Roberta Motta
Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society
Rehabilitation Centre
Genoa, Italy
Amy Perrin Ross
Department of Neurosciences
Loyola University Medical Center
Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
(Past President of IOMSN -
International Organization of MS Nurses)
Accreditation details
An application for CNE accreditation of the EXCEMED “19 th MS Nurse international workshop” to be held on 24 October 2017 in Paris, France, has been made to Nurse Practitioner Alternatives. The application has been made also to the International Council of Nurses (ICN).
Scientific programme
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
08.45 Welcome and introduction
G. Comi (Italy)
SESSION I: Multiple sclerosis: why
09.00 L1: Environment, viruses, diet and MS
A. Ascherio (USA)
09.30 L2: Epidemiology of MS VIDEO LECTURE
S. Otero (Spain)
10.00 L3: New immunology of MS: Pills VIDEO LECTURE
B. Hemmer (Germany)
10.30 Coffee break
SESSION II: Multiple sclerosis: how
11.00 Clinical cases session illustrating how to diagnose MS and and estimate prognostic factors
J. Sastre-Garriga and M.Á. Robles-Sánchez (Spain)
12.30 Panel discussion
13.00 Lunch
SESSION III: Multiple sclerosis: what to do to prevent progression
14.00 L4: Immunomodulation: efficacy, risks and everyday management VIDEO LECTURE
G. Comi (Italy)
14.30 L5: Immunosuppression and PIRT: efficacy, risks and everyday management VIDEO LECTURE
M.S. Freedman (Canada)
15.30 L6: From adherence to treatment to adherence to monitoring: new challenge for MS nurses VIDEO LECTURE
A.P. Ross (USA)
16.00 Coffee break
SESSION IV Multiple sclerosis: how to promote physical and social empowerment
16.30 L7: Exercise and rehabilitation in MS VIDEO LECTURE
P. Feys (Belgium)
17.00 L8: Employment and MS VIDEO LECTURE
A. Cardone (UK)
17.30 L9: MS stakeholders: neurologists, nurses and patients associations VIDEO LECTURE
P. Zaratin (Italy)
18.00 Panel discussion and concluding remarks
18.15 End of the live educational workshop
CME provider
EXCEMED - Excellence in Medical Education
Chair(s)
Giancarlo Comi
Department of Neurology
Institute of Experimental Neurology
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, Italy
Speakers
Antonella Cardone
The Work Foundation
Lancaster University
London, United Kingdom
Giancarlo Comi
Department of Neurology
Institute of Experimental Neurology
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, Italy
Peter Feys
Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy.
Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy
University of Hasselt
Diepenbeek, Belgium
Mark Freedman
Professor of Medicine
Neurology
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Senior Scientist and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bernard Hemmer
Neurology Clinic
University of München
München, Germany
Susanna Otero
Department of Epidemiology
Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia
Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Amy Perrin Ross
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, United States
Department of Neurosciences
Loyola University Medical Center
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
M. A. Robles Sanchez
Multiple Sclerosis Neuroimmunology Unit
Biomedical Research Institute of Girona
Girona, Spain
Jaume Sastre Garriga
Unit of Clinical Neuroimmunology
Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia
Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Paola Zaratin
Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society (AISM) and Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FISM)
Genoa, Italy
Alberto Ascherio
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition; Professor of Medicine
Department of Epidemology and Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
655 Huntington Avenue
Building II 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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