Alzheimer's Disease: An Overview

Course Description

This course will provide an overview of Alzheimer's Disease from both a clinical management and a drug development perspective.

Healthcare's teaching team – all specialist physicians in this therapy area – will offer a broad introduction to Alzheimer's and allow delegates to develop a general understanding of the disease and its neurobiology.

Clinical presentation and disease staging will be discussed and followed by a review of pharmacological and other treatment options. Delegates will benefit from hearing a valuable, 'real life' perspective from a patient and carer – learning about the impact and issues of living with Alzheimer's Disease. The course will conclude with a discussion on clinical trial design issues and a review of ongoing research.

CPD accreditation:
Healthcare's programmes are approved by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine for CPD accreditation.

Topics to be covered include:

• Dementia
• Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease
• Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis
• Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
• Pharmacological treatment
• Clinical trial design issues
• Holistic patient care
• Ongoing research