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Module XV - A, B, C & D: Brain Fitness and Memory Maintenance
Module XV (A)
Upon completion of this module, the participants will:
- Evaluate genetic markers for memory loss
- Understand the role that toxins have in memory loss
- Appreciate how exercise helps maintain cognition
- Learn commonly used medications that may cause memory loss
- Identify nutrients that help maintain memory and focus
- Comprehend exercises that help maintain memory
- Learn cognitive testing
- Understand the affect that psychotropic and pain medications have on memory
- Understand the role recreational drugs have on memory loss
- Value the role sex hormones have in maintaining memory and focus including pregnenolone, estrogens, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA
- Learn how optimal thyroid function helps maintain memory and focus
- Understand how stress affects memory
- Comprehend the role that insulin dysfunction plays in memory loss
- Learn the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
- Recognize the effects of fluoride on the brain
- Know elevated plasma homocysteine levels are a risk factor for dementia
- Understand the value of sleep hygiene and its affect on memory
- Realize the key role stress has on cognition
- Understand the relationship between health status and cognitive functioning
- Identify the fatty acids that aid in memory maintenance
- Understand the role that inflammation plays in memory loss
- Learn that level of education affects memory
- Understand that intake of foods that the patient is allergic to can affect cognition
- Learn that dysbiosis can affect memory
- Identify toxic metals that can affect cognition
- Understand the role neurotransmitters have on memory
- Learn the parts of the brain that affect memory
Module XV (B)
Upon completion of this module, the participants will:
- Know the critical history questions to ask in the evaluation of a patient with memory loss.
- Know what cognitive testing should be performed in the basic evaluation of a patient with memory loss.
- Know what laboratory, imaging, and other diagnostic tests should be obtained in the evaluation of a patient with memory loss.
- Identify the risk factors that are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
- Understand the pathology and pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease.
- Know the symptoms and signs of Alzheimer's disease.
- Learn to diagnose all-cause dementia using the new NIA-AA criteria.
- Learn to diagnose Alzheimer's dementia using the new NIA-AA criteria.
- Learn to diagnose mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease using the new NIA-AA criteria.
- Learn to screen patients for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and mild cognitive impairment using cognitive tests.
- Learn to screen patients for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and mild cognitive impairment using caregiver questionnaires.
- Know the appropriate next steps to take when a patient screens positive or negative.
- Distinguish between normal aging and mild cognitive impairment.
- Identify the characteristic pattern of history common in Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease.
- Identify the characteristic pattern of cognitive deficits on neuropsychological tests due to Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease.
- Identify the characteristic pattern of laboratory and imaging studies observed in Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease.
- Understand the mechanism of action and use of the cholinesterase inhibitors.
- Understand the mechanism of action and use of memantine.
- Understand the rationale for the development of the next generation of medications to treat Alzheimer's disease.
- Learn to diagnose common dementias.
- Learn how to treat common dementias.
- Recognize uncommon causes of memory loss and dementia.
- Identify the characteristic pattern of memory loss in depression and how it differs from normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease.
- Identify the characteristic pattern of dementia with Lewy bodies.
- Identify the common characteristic patterns of vascular dementia.
- Identify the three common characteristic patterns of frontotemporal dementia.
- Learn to use cholinesterase inhibitors to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Learn to use memantine to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Learn to use cholinesterase inhibitors to treat patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (Parkinson's disease dementia).
- Distinguish between mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and depression.
- Distinguish between Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
- Distinguish between vascular dementia and other causes of dementia.
- Distinguish the three common types of frontotemporal dementia from other causes of dementia.
- Recognize common behavioral and psychological symptoms of Alzheimer's dementia.
- Recognize common behavioral and psychological symptoms of other forms of dementia.
- Learn to use pharmacotherapy to treat common behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
- Learn to counsel families in the use of non-pharmacological methods to treat common behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
- Learn to evaluate patients at risk for accidents during driving and to counsel families regarding how to mitigate that risk.
- Learn to counsel families regarding basic legal and financial issues related to dementia.
- Understand the episodic memory system.
- Understand the semantic memory system.
- Understand the procedural memory system.
- Understand which memory systems are affected by Alzheimer's disease.
- Understand which causes of memory loss and dementia affect the episodic memory system.
- Understand which causes of memory loss and dementia affect the semantic memory system.
- Understand which causes of memory loss and dementia affect the procedural memory system.
- Learn to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods to treat behavioral & psychological symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Learn to use pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods to treat behavioral & psychological symptoms in patients with other forms of dementia.
- Know when to refer a patient to a specialist or an inpatient setting.
- Learn to treat all cognitive symptoms of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other causes of memory loss and dementia.
- Learn to treat all behavioral and psychological symptoms of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other causes of memory loss and dementia.
- Learn to counsel families on all aspects of care of patients with memory loss and dementia.
- Learn to diagnose and treat all aspects of patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
- Learn to diagnose and treat all aspects of patients with other causes of memory loss and dementia.
- Know when to refer patients to a specialized diagnostic or treatment clinic.
Module XV (C)
Upon completion of this module, the participants will:
- 9 principles of integrative neuropsychiatry.
- The functions, problems and treatment of 7 brain systems.
- How to subtype ADD, anxiety, depression, addictions, obesity and aggression based on a brain system approach.
- The practical role of neuroimaging in clinical practice, including indications of when to order them.
- 50 cases to learn how to read brain SPECT scans.
- The rational use of supplements in brain fitness.
- Lifestyle interventions to boost overall brain fitness.
- Understanding the role of various forms of psychotherapy, including hypnosis, cognitive therapy, EMDR and DBT.
- A basic knowledge of innovative treatments, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, repetitive trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, neuro-feedback, light therapy and acupuncture.
- Specific steps to decrease the risk for Alzheimer?s and related dementias.
Module XV (D)
Upon completion of this module, the participants will:
- Review clinical trials on nutrients that help preserve cognitive function
- Learn how good sleep hygiene helps maintain memory
- Understand the role that exercise and physical activity have in preserving memory
- Learn which nutritional deficiencies can lead to memory loss
- Recognize potential future neuroprotective therapies for neurodegenerative disorders and stroke
- Study creative engagement and how it helps support resilience and neuroprotection
- Learn a road map for healthy brain aging
- Review how cardiovascular risk factors and cerebrovascular disease burden is associated with memory loss including hypertension, obesity, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, depression, and hyperhomocysteinemia
- Learn new treatment modalities to prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in relationship to memory maintenance
- Acquire knowledge on the effect that head injury, alcohol, and environmental toxins have on memory
- Discover preventative measures and treatments for patients with head injuries, excessive alcohol intake, and exposure to environmental toxins
- Study optimal foods for patients to eat that help with brain fitness
- Review the role that excitotoxins play in memory loss and how to prevent exposure
- Learn brain exercises to maintain and improve memory
- Review the role that excessive sugar intake has on the genesis of cognitive decline
- Discover the part that allergies may play in memory loss and how to treat them effectively
- Recognize medications that can cause cognitive decline and how to decrease their side effects
- Learn the role that stress plays in memory loss and new therapies to help the patient manage stress