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April 7 2015 Issue

April 7 2015 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


April 7 2015 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) Update of quality measures in epilepsy and 2) Topic of the month: Implementation of genetic testing. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Joanna Suski interviews Dr. Nathan Fountain about his paper on the update of quality measures in epilepsy. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about hemicrania continua. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Radhika Dhamija and Christopher Klein about the topic of next generation sequencing. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Fountain, Wesley, Burns and Klein.Dr. Fountain performs clinical procedures as epileptologist (100% effort) at the University of Virginia Comprehensive Epilepsy Program; receives research support from UCB, SK Life Sciences, Inc., Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., NeuroPace, Inc. and the NIH.Dr. Wesley serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Klein serves as an editorial board member of Journal of Peripheral Nerve Society; and receives research support from NIH.
Released:
Apr 6, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Neurology podcast is introduced by Editor-in-Chief Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, who discusses several highlighted articles in the current issue of Neurology®. The podcast regularly features content from Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Opening segments include interviews with authors who summarize a current article and discuss the main findings and clinical implications for neurologists. It concludes with the Lesson of the Week, a short segment on a topic such as a laboratory technique, statistical methods, or historical neurology. Regular features also include Delayed Recall, ePearls, and What’s Trending. Podcast listeners can earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions related to Neurology content in the online Podcast Quiz. (Delayed recall, Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation contents are excluded from the CME program). The exams are posted weekly on Wednesday.