Series Description: 

Each session of this RSS reviews, on average 4-5 challenging or unique cases who are presented by the providers involved complete with relevant labs, diagnostic imaging, history, and other relevant considerations. In a roundtable discussion, the team is able to clarify any additional diagnostic testing necessary, come to a consensus on the most likely diagnoses/differential diagnoses, and review bets practice management for each patient. Many cases are also well-suited for general discussion about emerging evidence for improved approaches to neurological disease and the relevant cultural, ethnic, or age-related considerations. This case-based discussion helps to further our competence and team performance in managing challenging cases and providing culturally appropriate care that is free from the impact of implicit biases.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Other Healthcare Professionals

Students of Health Professions

Learning Objectives- After Attending this Activity, Learners Should be Able to:

1) Revise diagnosis and treatment plan based on team recommendations for additional testing necessary to clarify the diagnosis as well as interdisciplinary recommendations for treatment options to promote optimal patient outcomes.

2) Integrate new knowledge of differential diagnoses for various neurological disorders into future patient care encounters to improve timeliness diagnosis and bets practices for treatment plans.

Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

1. Rosendale, N. (2022). Social determinants of health in neurology; 40(1): 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncl.2021.08.012
2. Saleem, S., Naveed, S., Mohyud Din Chaudhary, A., Zeshan, M., Hafeez, D., Siddiqi, J., & Khosa, F. (2021) Racial and gender disparities in neurology; Postgraduate Medical Journal; 97(1153): 716-722. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138584
3. Shaw, G. (2019). When it comes to implicit bias, neurology has some blind spots- What the AAN is doing about them. Neurology Today. https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2019/04040/When_It_Comes_to_Implicit_Bias,_Neurology_Has_Some.7.aspx

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest:

Kanwardeep Grewal, faculty for this educational event, receives speaker fees from Abbvie. This relevant financial relationship was mitigated via a Speaker Agreement attestation that all clinical recommendations are evidence-based and free of commercial bias.

No other members of the planning team or faculty of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

- Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC