Tennessee Dementia ECHO Session 2 Screening 101
Webinar/Online
Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 12:00pm CT - 1:00pm CT
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Info
Topic
Screening for cognitive decline
Credits Offered
This event offers
1.0 CME credit
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Additional Information
Learners should be able to 1) explain the neuropsychological profiles of the most common types of dementia, 2) summarize common tools useful to screen and monitor cognitive impairment, 3) execute a common cognitive assessment
Speakers
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Dr. Katherine A.Gifford is a clinical neuropsychologist and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Gifford has clinical expertise in evaluating older adults with memory concerns and sees patients in the Neuropsychology Clinic within the Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Division in the Department of Neurology. Dr. Gifford’s research interests focus on identifying neuropsychological and self-report markers that underlie the earliest manifestations of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Gifford is a study neuropsychologist for the Vanderbilt Memory and Aging Project, the Clinical Core Co-Leader for the Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and a member of the training faculty for the Vanderbilt InterdisciplinaryTraining Program in Alzheimer’s Disease (T32). Dr. Gifford completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Florida Institute of Technology and postdoctoral fellowships in neuropsychology at Boston University and Vanderbilt University. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2013.