Education
The National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease stresses the critical need for timely and accurate diagnosis with the broader goal of enhancing care quality and efficiency and improving quality-of-life for people with dementia and their families. To improve accurate and timely diagnosis requires an adequately trained health care force in place to recognize the signs and symptoms of dementia.
WAI educational programs address both of these requirements by offering educational opportunities for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, residents, medical students and other health professionals to learn about the diagnosis and management of dementing disorders.
WAI offers continuing medical education, lectures, web casts and other information options. The program also offers education, preceptor, service learning and internships for health profession students.
WAI Education Programs
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Improving Dementia Care through Education
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Summer Externship in Dementia Care
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New Friends Program
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Dementia in Adults with Intellectual Disability
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Annual Update in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
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Addressing Systemic Racism webinars
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Primary Care Education Webinar Series
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Addressing BPSD Concerns in Dementia Webinars
Upcoming WAI professional education programs
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Addressing BPSD Concerns in Dementia webinar
Speaker: Tammi Albrecht, DNP
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Primary Care Webinar 1: Conducting a basic cognitive assessment
Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS, Nathaniel Chin, MD, Jody Krainer, MSW, LCSW, and Trisha Witham
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Primary Care Webinar 2: Interpreting Results and Engaging Patients & Families
Presenters: Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS and Nathaniel Chin, MD