Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis Care – Part 1
Starts On:
Sun, 09/01/2024: 12:00 AM
Ends On:
Tue, 09/01/2026: 11:59 PM
Type:
Enduring Material
Credit Hours:
2.75
Session Description:
Release Date: September 1, 2024
Valid for Credit through: September 1, 2026
Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Care offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of MS.
Moderator:
Constance B. Easterling, RN, MSN, APRN, MSCN
MS Care Center of Neurological Services
Multiple Sclerosis: Epidemiology, Immunology, Pathophysiology, Phenotypes, and Natural History
Bruce A. Cohen, MD
Davee Department of Neurology
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Program
Making the MS Diagnosis: Disease Mimics, Use of Paraclinical Tools
Derrick Robertson, MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Division
University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine
Pediatric MS Management and Transition to Adult Care
Yolanda Wheeler, PhD, CRNP, CPNP-AC, MSCN
UAB Center for Pediatric Onset Demyelinating Disease
Use and Effectiveness of Marijuana in MS: A Research Update
Anthony Feinstein, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nursing professionals, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, dietitians, researchers, advocates, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the management of patients with MS, conduct research in MS or who have a special interest in MS.
Valid for Credit through: September 1, 2026
Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Care offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of MS.
Moderator:
Constance B. Easterling, RN, MSN, APRN, MSCN
MS Care Center of Neurological Services
Multiple Sclerosis: Epidemiology, Immunology, Pathophysiology, Phenotypes, and Natural History
Bruce A. Cohen, MD
Davee Department of Neurology
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Program
Making the MS Diagnosis: Disease Mimics, Use of Paraclinical Tools
Derrick Robertson, MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Division
University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine
Pediatric MS Management and Transition to Adult Care
Yolanda Wheeler, PhD, CRNP, CPNP-AC, MSCN
UAB Center for Pediatric Onset Demyelinating Disease
Use and Effectiveness of Marijuana in MS: A Research Update
Anthony Feinstein, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nursing professionals, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, dietitians, researchers, advocates, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the management of patients with MS, conduct research in MS or who have a special interest in MS.
Learning Objectives:
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and Intellisphere, LLC. The CMSC 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 health care team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians (CME)
The CMSC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists (ACPE)
This knowledge-based activity (UAN JA4008165-0000-24-010-H01-P) qualifies for 2.75 contact hours (.275 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Nurses (NCPD)
The CMSC designates this enduring material for 2.75 contact hour of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credits. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs (AAPA)
The CMSC has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Social Workers (Through ASWB's ACE Program) (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the CMSC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 2.75 general continuing education credits.
Psychologists (APA)
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP) and the CMSC. The CMSC maintains responsibility for the content of the program. The CMSC designates this activity for 2.75 CE credits.
Registered Dietitians (RD)
CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 2.75 Continuing Professional Education unit(s) (CPEU) for completion of this activity. Practitioners should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Continuing Education, CMSC requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education activity disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company within the past 24 months. It is the policy of the CMSC to mitigate all relevant financial disclosures from planners, faculty, and other persons that can affect the content of this CE activity. CMSC seeks to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all educational programs and to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. CMSC is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of an ineligible company. For this activity, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Faculty Disclosures:
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:
Bruce A. Cohen, MD has disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Constance B. Easterling, RN, MSN, APRN, MSCN has disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Anthony Feinstein, MD, PhD, FRCPC has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: Speakers Bureau: Merck, Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Derrick Robertson, MD has disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Yolanda Wheeler, PhD, CRNP, CPNP-AC, MSCN has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Staff Disclosures
Laurie Scudder, DNP, NP, served as planner and reviewer and has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
All other planners, reviewers, staff, or other members of the Continuing Professional Education Committee at The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers who control content have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Off-Label Disclosure and Disclaimer
This activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Learners are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this accredited activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent clinical judgment of a health care professional relative to diagnostic, treatment, or management options for a specific patient's medical condition. The opinions expressed in the content are solely those of the individual faculty members and do not reflect those of CMSC or any ineligible company.
Instructions for Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating and receiving CE credit for this enduring activity. To receive CE credit participants must:
Contact Information
For questions about this activity, please contact the CMSC at education@mscare.org.
- Examine the various models of care in MS and the roles and responsibilities of care team members in order to adapt the most appropriate model for team-based care in a given practice setting.
- Integrate the complex processes that support the provision of team-based, comprehensive care in MS into effective practices and centers providing evidence-based MS care.
- Integrate information about the mechanisms underlying MS relapses, progression, and gray and white matter pathology as the basis for monitoring and treating the disease.
- Summarize methods to monitor treatment outcomes including patient self-report, automated self-assessment, new clinician reported outcomes, imaging, and biomarkers in order to optimize their utilization in clinical practice and research.
Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and Intellisphere, LLC. The CMSC 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 health care team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians (CME)
The CMSC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists (ACPE)
This knowledge-based activity (UAN JA4008165-0000-24-010-H01-P) qualifies for 2.75 contact hours (.275 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Nurses (NCPD)
The CMSC designates this enduring material for 2.75 contact hour of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credits. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs (AAPA)
The CMSC has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. Social Workers (Through ASWB's ACE Program) (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the CMSC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 2.75 general continuing education credits.Psychologists (APA)
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP) and the CMSC. The CMSC maintains responsibility for the content of the program. The CMSC designates this activity for 2.75 CE credits.Registered Dietitians (RD)
CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 2.75 Continuing Professional Education unit(s) (CPEU) for completion of this activity. Practitioners should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activityInterprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Continuing Education, CMSC requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education activity disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company within the past 24 months. It is the policy of the CMSC to mitigate all relevant financial disclosures from planners, faculty, and other persons that can affect the content of this CE activity. CMSC seeks to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all educational programs and to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. CMSC is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of an ineligible company. For this activity, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Faculty Disclosures:
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:
Staff Disclosures
Laurie Scudder, DNP, NP, served as planner and reviewer and has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
All other planners, reviewers, staff, or other members of the Continuing Professional Education Committee at The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers who control content have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Off-Label Disclosure and Disclaimer
This activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Learners are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this accredited activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent clinical judgment of a health care professional relative to diagnostic, treatment, or management options for a specific patient's medical condition. The opinions expressed in the content are solely those of the individual faculty members and do not reflect those of CMSC or any ineligible company.
Instructions for Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating and receiving CE credit for this enduring activity. To receive CE credit participants must:
- Read the CE information and faculty disclosures
- View the videos
- Submit the evaluation form by going to https://www.highmarksce.com/mscare.
Contact Information
For questions about this activity, please contact the CMSC at education@mscare.org.
Credit Types
AAPA: 2.75
ACPE: 2.75
APA: 2.75
ASWB: 2.75
CME: 2.75
Interprofessional Continuing Education: 2.75
Letter of Completion / IPCE: 2.75
NCPD: 2.75
Registered Dietitian: 2.75
