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How best to support the person living with MND and their family
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Our sponsor
This webinar has received sponsorship from Zambon UK Ltd. The first session in the webinar is designed and delivered by the MND Academy and sponsored by Zambon UK Ltd; the sponsor has had no input into the educational content or organisation of the session. The second session is a satellite symposium that is designed and delivered by Zambon UK Ltd.
MND Academy will host a live webinar on Friday, 11th October at 15:00. You are invited to watch the webinar from your computer or tablet. We will be live for 1 hour 30 minutes via Zoom and a recording of the MND Academy session will be available following the meeting.
15:00 – 15:40 MND Academy Webinar
15:40 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:30 Zambon UK Ltd Promotional satellite symposium
MND Academy webinar
During this webinar you will gain an understanding of how a diagnosis of MND impacts the person and their family. You will hear about strategies that may aid discussion and be signposted to resources that will help.
- Rebecca will discuss the most appropriate psychological support needed by people with MND and their family
- Rebecca will highlight the latest research in psychological support in MND
Speakers:
Chair: Daiga Heisters, head of Parkinson's Academy
Prof Rebecca Gould, professor of psychological therapies mental health of older people, University College London
This webinar has received sponsorship from Zambon UK Ltd. The first session in the webinar is designed and delivered by the MND Academy and sponsored by Zambon UK Ltd; the sponsor has had no input into the educational content or organisation of the session. The second session is a satellite symposium that is designed and delivered by Zambon UK Ltd.
Zambon Promotional Satellite Symposium:
ALS – understanding the patient experience in MND
Kay Fisher, Founder and CEO at Experience Engineers
In this session, Kay will present an overview of the findings from a study illustrating emerging MND patient beliefs and attitudes to their care, and any interventions including medication.
Challenges of oral drug administration in MND
Alfisal Taymoor, Medical Manager at Zambon UK
Join Zambon UK’s promotional webinar where Alfisal Taymoor provides an overview of the challenges of oral drug administration in MND.
This satellite symposium is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.
This event is free to attend as a result of sponsorship from our sponsors. The current event sponsors are listed on this page. In the interest of Neurology Academy and our sponsors’ legitimate business interests, we make available your name, job title and workplace to our sponsors. It allows us to attract the most appropriate sponsors, delegates and speakers for the events and to facilitate potential collaboration and communication between you and the sponsors; and allows us to offer other relevant events and services to the healthcare and life science industries. You can ask us not to share your your name, job title and workplace by emailing info@neurologyacademy.org. We respect the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. The group privacy and cookies policy can be viewed here
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Our sponsor
This webinar has received sponsorship from Zambon UK Ltd. The first session in the webinar is designed and delivered by the MND Academy and sponsored by Zambon UK Ltd; the sponsor has had no input into the educational content or organisation of the session. The second session is a satellite symposium that is designed and delivered by Zambon UK Ltd.
CPD accreditation
We will apply for CPD accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians for this webinar.
Please note CPD Federation approval does not include satellite symposia sessions.
MND Academy
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