An Overview of the Dementias–
Alzheimer's disease Workshop, Martha Stearn – March 26th, 2013
Goals and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this instructional webinar, the learner will be able to:
o Describe the steps to assessing a patient who may have dementia, and gain familiarity
with pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and management of the
disease.
o List the risks and benefits of medications used to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
o Explain potential social and psychological needs of Alzheimer’s patients and how to best
support family members and patients with Alzheimer’s.
Organizational Framework:
 Resources used/provided: see power point slides provided
 Level of learner: Beginner
 Competencies targeted: Patient care-that is compassionate, appropriate, and
effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health; medical
knowledge about the established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognate
sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care; interpersonal and
communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with
patients, families, and other health professionals; systems based practice, as
manifested by actions that demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the
larger context and system for health care and the ability to effectively call on system
resources to provide care that is of optimal value.
 Description of enduring training materials used:
o Link to video: Assessment and Diagnosis of Alzheimer's
o Copies of handouts: NONE
o Titles of books used or shared: NONE
o Copies of reminders provided: NONE
o Copies of PowerPoint presentations: 508 compliant PowerPoint slides
provided
o Copies of notes provided: NONE
A description of the pedagogy driving your training (instructional delivery):
 Intended audience: MDs, NP’s, RNs, Social Work and mental health professionals
 Teaching/Learning Strategy: Face to face, in person training via workshop setting.
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o Interactive activities used to integrate learning: Questions during and post
presentation
o Evaluation Strategies: Following completion of each presentation, the
participants will receive an evaluation form to gather quantitative and
qualitative data. The evaluation form will include quantitative questions
anchored to a Likert scale, regarding satisfaction with the presentation, as
well as retrospective pre and post change in knowledge and intent to change
their medical practice as a result of the program. Participants will be able to
provide qualitative data regarding which areas of practice they intend to
change.
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