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Dementia MasterClass Bangladesh

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01 Aug 2021 - 24 Dec 2021

Our sponsor
The course is sponsored via an educational grant from ESTHER Ireland and is being run in partnership with Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Alzheimer Society of Bangladesh, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Lund University. This sponsorship enables delegates to attend free-of-charge. A small stipend will be offered to support the development of each delegate’s service improvement project.

Who is the course for?

Dementia is one of the leading causes of death and disability. Worldwide, around 50 million people have dementia, and nearly 60% live in low-middle income countries. In many countries, dementia is not well recognised nor managed. The impact of families and carers is significant.

We invite clinicians based in Bangladesh to apply for this specialised course to increase their clinical skills in the diagnosis and management of people with dementia in their country.

This course is ideal for doctors working with older adults who are at risk of dementia or who may have developed dementia. This includes specialist registrars or consultants in old age psychiatry, care of the elderly or neurology, as well as internists and general practitioners (GPs).

From this course, delegates will gain:

  • An introduction to the clinical syndrome of dementia, its epidemiology and risk factors

  • An understanding of the clinical aspects of diagnosis of people at different stages of dementia

  • An introduction to assessment tools for cognitive, functional, and behavioural impairment

  • Case-based discussions of different types of dementias

  • An introduction to treatment and management of dementia (medication and non-medication-based)

  • Discussions of care pathway planning for people living with dementia, including information and support for family carers

  • An understanding of community support services such as day care and residential care

Programme

Last updated: 12/11/2021

Download now (IDAB-programme-Dementia-MC-Bangladesh-2021.pdf)

What is expected of delegates?

This is a virtual course, conducted online via a mixture of interactive and self-directed learning. Delegates will be expected to:

  • Complete each module of the course, provided monthly and comprising a video session and additional reading

  • Complete a short self-assessment at the end of each module

  • Attend the live sessions and participate actively in the discussion

  • Undertake a small service development project over the course of 5 months around the topic of dementia

  • Present their service development project in the final class meeting in December 2021.

Course leaders will be mentors to students throughout the course and for 6 months after the course to support development of dementia services. Course material will be in English. Interactive sessions will be English and Bengali.

Timescales

  • The course will be run over 5 months, from 1st August - 24th December 2021.

  • Self-directed learning material will be sent to delegates at the start of each month.

  • On the last Friday of the month from 5-7pm, a two-hour online live interactive teaching session will be conducted with course leaders and delegates.

How do I apply?

The deadline for applications is July 15, 2021. Please click the "Register now" button and complete our registration form.

A maximum of 20 delegate spaces are available for this programme.

Core team

Prof Iracema Leroi

Professor in geriatric psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin & Faculty, GBHI

Dr Sanjib Saha

Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Trinity College Dublin

Abhisweta Bhattacharjee

Research Assistant, Trinity College Dublin, Research Project Coordinator, Global Brain Health Institute

Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran

Assistant Director & Consultant Psychiatrist, Dementia Care in SCARF (DEMCARES), Schizophrenia Research Foundation (India) – SCARF, Chennai, India

Dr Shahriar Faruque

Psychiatrist, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh

Dr Badrul Islam

Assistant Scientist, Laboratory Science and Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Dr Raisul Islam Khan

Specialist in Geriatric & Gerontology, Stockholm

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Our sponsor
The course is sponsored via an educational grant from ESTHER Ireland and is being run in partnership with Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Alzheimer Society of Bangladesh, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Lund University. This sponsorship enables delegates to attend free-of-charge. A small stipend will be offered to support the development of each delegate’s service improvement project.
Endorsements
Chairs
Prof Iracema Leroi
Professor in geriatric psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin & Faculty, GBHI
Dr Sanjib Saha
Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Trinity College Dublin
Speakers
Dr Sridhar Vaitheswaran
Assistant Director & Consultant Psychiatrist, Dementia Care in SCARF (DEMCARES), Schizophrenia Research Foundation (India) – SCARF, Chennai, India
Dr Shahriar Faruque
Psychiatrist, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh
Dr Badrul Islam
Assistant Scientist, Laboratory Science and Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Dr Raisul Islam Khan
Specialist in Geriatric & Gerontology, Stockholm
Tomás León
Psychiatrist, Memory Clinic Hospital del Salvador, Chile, Atlantic Fellow in Equity for Brain Health, GBHI
Dr Soumya Hegde
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Dr Sarah Fox
Senior fellow, Global Brain Health Institute
Dr Mathew Varghese
Senior Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
Dr Clara Domínguez Vivero
Clinical neurologist, galician health service, pontevedra, Spain, Atlantic Fellow in Equity for Brain Health, GBHI
Dr Irina Kinchin
Health Economist with expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, Global Brain Health Institute
Dr Yaohua Chen
Associate professor, University of Lille, Lille Neuroscience and Cognition, Department of Geriatrics, CHU Lille
Prof Suvarna Alladi
Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India & regional mentor, GBHI
Dr Kavitha Perumparaichallai
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Center for Transitional Neuro-Rehabilitation at Barrow Neurological Institute
Alison Holden
Specialist Occupational Therapist in Dementia Care and Memory Assessment Services, NHS England
Dr Jayashree Dasgupta
Clinical Psychologist with a specialization in neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Dr Joseph Kane
Academic clinical lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
Azizul Haque
Founder of Alzheimer Society of Bangladesh
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