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| About this Course |
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Who is the intended audience for this activity? |
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This CME activity is intended to meet the educational needs of neurologists, neuroscientists and primary care clinicians involved in the treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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What are the learning objectives for this course? |
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Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the debate over whether levodopa is potentially neurotoxic to remaining dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease
- Recognize the range of motor complications caused by levodopa and the mechanism responsible for their development
- Recognize the therapeutic usefulness of levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
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How long will it take for me to complete this course? Must the course be completed in one sitting? |
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Most participants find that it takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete this course. You may login and logout whenever you like. Each time you return to the course, you’ll be able to start from where you left off.
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Upon completion of the course, will I receive CME credit? |
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Yes. To obtain credit, simply complete and pass the post test. Participants who pass the course with a score of 70% or better will be able to immediately view and print a certificate that awards up to 1.5 category 1 credits for the course. Each participant should only claim credit for the time actually spent in the activity. Credit is issued and authorized through the Center for Advanced Medical Education, an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
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Is there a registration fee? Is there a charge for obtaining CME credit? |
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There are no fees associated with this course or with obtaining CME credit.
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I completed the course, but would like to review the content presented again. Is there a way that I can do that? |
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Yes. Via the Table of Contents, you can “jump” to different sections of the course, enabling you to review the slides, video and transcription again.
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Who is sponsoring this course? |
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This course was planned and developed by joint sponsors the Movement Disorder Society and Center for Advanced Medical Education. The Center for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Support for the activity has been made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis.
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What is your privacy policy? |
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The Center for Advanced Medical Education, Movement Disorder Society, William Isaacs Health Communications and NIA Creative, Inc. respect the privacy of every individual who visits this CME activity. This privacy statement outlines the information we will collect and how that information will be used.
- To participate in this CME activity, you must complete and submit a short account registration form requesting basic contact information about you. This information will be collected and stored in our database to enable you to access all site content, and also to login and logout at will while participating in the activity. In addition, once you complete the course, the information you provide is used to generate a personalized CME certificate verifying your earned CME credit.
- We may use the information you provide to contact you about this CME activity, both to respond to any queries you submit to us, as well as to obtain feedback about your experience to ensure ongoing customer satisfaction and overall site improvement. On rare occasion, we may also contact you to let you know about other CME activities offered that may be of interest to you.
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- We take reasonable steps to maintain the security of the personally identifiable information that we collect, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as installing electronic security systems that guard against unauthorized access. Our employees, agents and contractors who do have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect that data in a manner that is consistent with this privacy statement. However, no data
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Your use of this Web Site indicates to us that you have read and accept our privacy practices, as outlined in this Privacy Statement. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact The Center for Advanced Medical Education at 609-397-4777 or info@centercme.com.
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