Multiple Sclerosis
Course Overview
This course provides physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers with a review of the pathogenesis, clinical expression, diagnosis, and management of multiple sclerosis. Clinical care topics include treatment of acute exacerbations, therapeutic options for disease modification, and management of common symptoms and complications. The purpose of this course is to address knowledge gaps, enhance clinical skills, and improve quality of care and treatment outcomes for patients with multiple sclerosis.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Describe the risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Define the etiology and pathophysiology of MS.
- Identify common signs and symptoms of MS.
- Distinguish between the various MS disease courses, including relapsing-remitting, primary progressive, and secondary progressive subtypes.
- Compare and contrast early-onset and late-onset MS.
- Apply diagnostic criteria and select appropriate tests used to confirm the diagnosis of MS.
- Assess the conditions that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of MS.
- Select an appropriate treatment regimen for acute exacerbations of MS.
- Discuss the role of disease-modifying therapy in the management of MS, including the expected benefit, mode of action, and selection of options available.
- Anticipate and manage the various symptoms common to patients with active MS.
- Devise a management plan for the patient with MS who is, or wishes to become, pregnant.
About the Author/Presenter
John M. Leonard, MD, is a Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, completed his post-graduate clinical training at the Yale and Vanderbilt University Medical Centers before joining the Vanderbilt faculty in 1974. He is a clinician-educator and for many years served as director of residency training and student educational programs for the Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine. Over a career span of 40 years, Dr. Leonard conducted an active practice of general internal medicine and an inpatient consulting practice of infectious diseases.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing, Physician
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