ScientiaCME Neuropsychiatry – Neurology contains 2 lectures:
• Highlights from the 2014 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting: Take-Aways, Emerging Practice Changes, and Barriers to their Implementation in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (1 hr CME)
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in a Primary Care Setting: Employing Strategies for Appropriate Diagnosis and Improved Patient Outcomes (1 hr CME)

Target Audience: Neurologists

A 360° Approach to Translating MS Data into Optimal Practice focuses on practical topics, review clinical trial data with clarity and thoroughness, and incorporates cases to engage you on how this information can be used in clinical practice, for all disciplines involved in the care of patients with MS.

Upon completion of A 360° Approach to Translating MS Data into Optimal Practice, you should be better able to:
• Analyze data from clinical trials of disease modifying therapies to inform personalized treatment and monitoring of outcomes for patients with MS
• Access reliable and evidence-based resources in order to stay current with advances in the management of MS
• Integrate new and emerging information on the pathophysiology of MS, including modifiable risk factors, in the development of individualized treatment plans

Target Audience:
This educational initiative is intended to meet the needs of neurologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, rehabilitation professionals, case managers, mental health professionals, social workers and others involved in the management of patients with MS.

AIMS: Advances in Multiple Sclerosis is designed to provide high-quality, up-to-date information on advances in the treatment of MS. The following topics are discussed:
• The latest clinical information on the management of MS patients, patient education tools, and resources
• Early MS/CIS/RIS
• Switching Therapy and JCV
• Recent Advances in Treating Multiple Sclerosis: Efficacy, Risks and Place in Therapy
• Monitoring and Improving Patient Adherence to Therapy
• Vitamin D Status Predicts New Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Activity in Multiple Sclerosis

Target Audience:
Neurologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, other health care providers involved in the management of MS.

Activities fall into these groups:
• Case Reports
Examples: Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis; Acute Retrohumeral Radial Neuropathies; Alcoholic Polyneuropathy.
• Case Studies
Examples: Acute Facial Diplegia and Adult Acid Maltase Deficiency.
• Course Book
Examples: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from A to Z and HIV, Bracing, and Neuromuscular Vignettes.
• Guidelines
Examples: Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy; Electrodiagnostic Studies in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
• Journal Review
Examples: Acetycholinesterase Inhibitors in MG: to be or not to be? and Applying Proteomics to the Diagnosis and Treatment of ALS and Related Diseases.

Target Audience:
Physicians who have an interest in treating patients with muscle and nerve disorders

CME activities of special interest to neurologists and neurosurgeons. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:

CONFERENCE COVERAGE – Reports of advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.

CLINICAL UPDATE – Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.

FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.

CME-LIVE – Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year.

CLINICAL BRIEFS – Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each

JOURNAL CME – Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals.

SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.

INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.)

CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

Target Audience: Neurologists