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Date of Original Release: September 19, 2019
Date Credit Expires: September 19, 2021

Learning Objectives

• Define cognition.
• Describe how cognition changes with age and disease.
• Understand the experience of cognitive changes.
• Discuss strategies to potentially prevent and manage cognitive change.
• Summarize current evaluation and management of cognitive change.
• Explain ongoing research into cognition.

Target Audience

This educational activity is designed for primary care physicians, family practice physicians, general medicine physicians, geriatricians, general neurologists, movement disorder specialists and any other health care practitioners who manage patients with Parkinson's disease.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Oakstone Publishing and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring materials for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure

Oakstone Publishing has assessed conflict of interest with its faculty, authors, editors and any individuals who were in a position to control the content of this CME activity. Any identified relevant conflicts of interest were resolved for fair balance and scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity. Oakstone Publishing planners, content reviewers, and editorial staff disclose no relevant commercial interests.

Faculty

Rachel Dolhun, MD
Vice President, Medical Communications
The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Nothing to disclose

Ava Butler
Wife of Richard, who died in 2017 with Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia
Nothing to disclose

Katie Amodeo, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
University of Rochester
Nothing to disclose

Stephen Gomperts, MD, PhD
Director, Lewy Body Dementia Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Harvard Medical School 
Disclosures: Advisory role to Sanofi, Acadia, Hillhurst, LBDA