Differentiating Dementia

Faculty

Needs Statement

Recognizing dementia can be challenging for healthcare providers. Even more so is differentiating the different types of dementia in order to guide management of course of therapy. Improving the diagnosis of the various forms of dementia can improve how the disease is managed, cost of care and patient outcomes.

 

Activity Format

This isn't your typical onlince continuing education activity. It is based on the latest research and advanced understanding of how healthcare professionals learn and process the vast amount of information needed to differentiate and diagnose similar conditions.

Using an expert-informed, evidence-based design, participants will be guided through the characteristics of common and less common forms dementia, and then use that information to practice diagnosis with detailed case presentations.

While the interface is basic, the activity will sharpen skills related to the differentiation of the various forms of dementia. Armed with these sharpened abilities, treatment and management plans can begin sonner abd potentially have greater impact on patient functionality and outcomes.

1. Step 1 - Complete the 10-question pre-test
2. Step 2 - Work your way through the characterstics of each differential
3. Step 3 - Read the practice cases and select the your suspected diagnosis. You'll get feedback for each selection.
4. Step 4- Pass the 10-question post-test with a score of 70 or more and claim your credit.

You'll need about 2 hours to complete this activity, so please make sure you've got enough time. You can't re-start where you've left off if you need to stop mid-activity. 

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and nurses involved in the care of patients at risk for dementia.

Objectives

Those participating in this online activity will receive information and practice skills that should allow them to:

• Recognize characteristics of multiple forms of dementia;
• Accurately differentiate between the various forms of dementia;
• Improve diagnostic accuracy of dementia so that appropriate management and treatment plans can begin sooner.

Accreditation

CPE
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN 0845-0000-16-058-H01-P and will award 2.00 contact hours (0.200 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognize ACPE providers.

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity. Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. UNTHSC complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

CNE

UNT Health Science Center is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 16274. This activity is approved for 2.40 Contact Hours.

Physicians

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for 2.00 hour of AOA Category 2B CME credits. Approval is currently pending.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

ACGME Competencies

• Medical knowledge
• Practice-based learning and improvement

Faculty Disclosure

The faculty members listed below developed the content for this activity:

• Barbara Harty, RN, MSN, GNP has indicated she has nothing to disclose.
• Reena Mathews, MD has indicated she has nothing to disclose.
• Sarah Ross, DO, MS has indicated she has nothing to disclose.

The UNT Health Science Center Professional Education staff and Grand Rounds Planning Committee have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgment

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U1QHP287350100. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Health Resources and Services Administration or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

No commercial support was received for this activity.