May 2, 2024: New England Journal Clinicopathological Conference (Northern)

 

New England Journal Clinicopathological Conference

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

12:00-1:00 P.M., Via Zoom

A 41-Year-Old Man with Seizures and Agitation

 

This is a clinicopathological conference about a gentleman with epilepsy, who presents with escalating seizures, and who develops new psychiatric symptoms. The case will be presented as a challenge to a discussant who will build a differential diagnosis, and then there will be teaching about the patient's ultimate diagnosis

Authors:

Sheldon Benjamin, M.D.

Neurology & Psychiatry, UMass

Caitlin Adams, M.D.

Psychiatry

Alice D. Lam, M.D., Ph.D.

Neurology

 

Case presentation & follow-up presented by:

Lara Basovic, M.D.

Neurology

 

 

Target Audience

This program is intended for: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Fellows, Residents, Interns and Nurses

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:

1.Identify a differential diagnosis for psychiatric symptoms in a patient with epilepsy

2. Explain the diagnostic test and criteria to make the final diagnosis of epilepsy

3.Describe the management and therapies of epilepsy

 

 

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    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 McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 1.00 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 1.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

Registration opens: 
02/29/2024
Course closes: 
07/13/2024
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Sheldon Benjamin, MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of Neuropsychiatry, and Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts T H Chan School of Medicine, where he served as Director of Psychiatry Residency Training for 25 years. He was the founding Director of the combined neurology/psychiatry residency program and served 4 years as Interim Chair of Psychiatry.. He underwent residency training and is board certified in both Psychiatry and Neurology as well as in Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry. He is Past President of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training(AADPRT),and currently serves as a Psychiatry Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)and a member of the Psychiatry Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education(ACGME). He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA, and is a fellow both of ANPA and the American Academy of Neurology.

Caitlin Adams, MD, is an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a CL trained psychiatrist at Mass General Hospital. She completed residency in adult psychiatry at Indiana University and fellowship in CL psychiatry at Mass General Hospital. She currently works in the psycho-oncology department, emergency psychiatry department as well as an embedded psychiatrist within the Division of Behavioral Neurology and Integrated Brain Medicine. Areas of clinical interest include functional neurological disorder, psychiatric and behavioral issues in patients with neurological disorders

 

Dr. Alice Lam is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital. After receiving her MD/PhD from the University of Michigan, she completed her residency training in neurology at Partners Neurology (Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital). She completed fellowship training in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is currently a full-time faculty member in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. As a physician, Dr. Lam takes care of patients in both the subspecialty Epilepsy Clinic as well as the Memory Disorders Unit, and she serves as Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at MGH.As a researcher, Dr. Lam leads a clinical research group that explores the relationships between epilepsy, the neurodegenerative diseases, sleep and cognition. She was inaugurated as a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society in 2021, and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Clinical Research Committee for the American Epilepsy Society

Dr. Lam has the following financial disclosures to report: She is a consultant for Neurona Therapeutics and Acadia Pharmaceuticals.

Lara Basovic, MD, is an Instructor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and an Epileptologist a Massachusetts General Hospital.

Kathy May Tran, MD is Associated Editor of Case Records at the New England Journal of Medicine and and Assistant Physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    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 McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 1.00 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 1.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

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Jointly Accredited Provider, Interprofessional Continuing Education

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.  

 



1.00 Physicians

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.


1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.00 contact hours for nurses.


1.00 Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.


1.00 IPCE Credit

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.