Initial Stages of Neurocognitive Disorders

Overview

In recent years, significant advances have transformed how clinicians diagnose, prognose and track the progression of neurodegenerative dementias. The concept of cognitive impairment as a transitional state between normal aging and early dementia has been well-documented, with the construct of mild cognitive impairment emerging to identify this early yet abnormal cognitive state.

Please join us to hear Dr. G. Peter Gliebus discuss strategies for clinicians to recognize early symptoms and clinical features of neurocognitive disorders.  Dr. Gliebus will provide practical insights into implementing an evidence-based diagnostic process that includes clinical assessment, neuropsychological testing and imaging studies, helping you improve patient outcomes through early intervention.

Commercial Supporter
Baptist Health gratefully acknowledges the commercial support provided by Roche Diagnostics for the Initial Stages of Neurocognitive Disorders course.

 

Target Audience

Primary Care Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Physician Assistants/Physician Associates, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurses, Social Workers and other interested clinical care providers.

Learning Objectives

  • Define and distinguish between various types of neurocognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
  • Recognize early symptoms and clinical features associated with the initial stages of neurocognitive disorders, focusing on changes in memory, cognition and daily functioning.
  • Implement an evidence-based diagnostic process for neurocognitive disorders that incorporates clinical assessment, neuropsychological testing and imaging studies.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Petersen, R. C. (2004). Mild cognitive impairment as a diagnostic entity. Journal of internal medicine, 256(3), 183-194.
  • Albert, M. S., DeKosky, S. T., Dickson, D., Dubois, B., Feldman, H. H., Fox, N. C., ... & Phelps, C. H. (2013). The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease: recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease. Focus, 11(1), 96-106.
  • Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., & Park, D. C. (2010). Human neuroscience and the aging mind: a new look at old problems. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 65(4), 405-415.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
Course opens: 
03/01/2025
Course expires: 
02/29/2028

Faculty

G. Peter Gliebus, M.D.
Medical Director, Cognitive and Behavioral Program
Marcus Neuroscience Institute
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology
Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine 
Boca Raton, Florida

G. Peter Gliebus, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Barry M. Crown, Ph.D., FACPN, director of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. 

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing

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