The MS101 webinar will support health professionals to understand what multiple sclerosis is, contributions to susceptibility, epidemiology and the implications, disease progression, current treatments and symptom management.
Jeannette Lechner-Scott is a professor and neurologist with extensive experience working with people living with MS. She currently leads the Hunter New England MS Clinic and is a senior staff specialist and a conjoint professor at the John Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle. She serves as Co-Chief Editor for the journal MSARD. Jeannette gained a PhD at the Neurophysiology Department of the University of Heidelberg and trained at University Hospital of Freiburg, Germany and the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland.
Spasticity is one of the more common symptoms of progressive neurological conditions. Spasticity can be as mild as the feeling of tightness of muscles or so severe as to produce painful uncontrollable spasms of extremities. Presented by Ms. Jacolyn Harris, physiotherapist with extensive multiple sclerosis experience. This webinar is packed with very practical tips and evidence-based research to enhance your practice.
This session will provide you with an overview of cognitive screening tools, including recommendations of what to use and where. It will also give you a template for taking a cognitive history. We'll explore what to focus on and what to carefully listen for when taking a history.
This webinar explores everyday cognitive management strategies which you can directly implement in your own practice. Presented by highly experienced MS Occupational Therapists it provides numerous, very practical and proven strategies to help you in your clinical practice.
