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Applied Skills Session 4508

How to Assess Cognition in a Patient with Parkinsonism

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
16:00 - 17:30 | Room TBD
Clinical

INTERACTIVE SESSION - In this interactive session the faculty will discuss how to assess cognitive function in a patient with parkinsonism on a case-based approach. Neuropsychometric tools that are useful in clinical practice will be discussed.


Chairs:
Mayela Rodriguez Violante, Mexico
Tracie Umaki, USA

Presenters:

Pedro Brandao, Brazil

Elie Matar, Australia

CSPC Liaisons:
Jonathan Carr, South Africa

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be better able to:

  1. Distinguish the unique cognitive features including speech and language disorders in different forms of parkinsonism and select appropriate tools to assess cognition in PD and atypical parkinsonism

Recommended Audience
Clinician / General Neurology
Fellow / Resident / Student
Health Professional (non-physician)

Education Level
Advanced / Expert
Intermediate / Experienced

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