CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) CENTER

All materials contained within the CME Center have been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and have been developed in conjunction with ACCME accredited organizations.

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Complimentary CME/CPE Materials

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0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Movement Disorders and Beyond (DVD and Booklet) Order Item: CME16 More Information Joseph Jankovic, MD Andrew M. Blumenfeld, MD Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, FACP	0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Treatment Outcomes with Botulinum Toxin Administration: Case Studies in the Management of the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome Order Item: CME14 More Information CME available This DVD program comprises a series of case studies presented by leading neurologist Dr. Jean-Michel Gracies of Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. It follows Dr. Gracies’ assessment and treatment of several unique cases of the UMNS in both upper and lower limb conditions. Additionally, two short overview lectures are included by Dr. Nathaniel Mayer and Dr. Alberto Esquenazi on the pathophysiology of the UMNS and treatment strategies for clinical conditions associated with UMNS, respectively.
0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Common Limb Positions Associated with Upper Limb Spastic Paralysis: Functional limitations and identification of musculatures involved (2' x 3', full color, laminated wall chart) Order Item: CME09 More Information Jean-Michel Gracies, MD, PhD John McGuire, MD	0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome Muscle Localization Chart for Lower Limb Conditions Order Item: CME15 Complementing the wall chart on upper muscles involved in the UMNS, the limb chart is intended to provide a handy visual guide to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of the common manifestations of the UMNS that affect the lower limbs. The limb conditions addressed on the wall chart are: adducted hip, flexed hip, stiff and flexed knee, equinovarus and equinus foot, flexed and striatal toe.
0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Muscle Overactivity in the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome: Functional and Anatomical Considerations (CD-ROM—to be used with PC and Mac operating systems) Order Item: CME10 More Information CME available CPE now available Alberto Esquenazi, MD Nathaniel H. Mayer, MD	0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Multispecialty Pocket Guide to the Use of Botulinum Toxin Order Item: CME13 More Information CME available This handy guide discusses a broad array of conditions in which botulinum neurotoxins have been shown to have therapeutic application. It includes various anatomical diagrams, discussions of injection techniques, and dosage reference tables.
0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Botulinum Neurotoxin: Mechanism of Action and Therapeutic Applications (20-page Monograph) Order Item: CME07 More Information CPE now available Martin K. Childers, DO, PhD Mark Hallett, MD	0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Improving the Management of Muscle Overactivity in the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome with Focal Chemodenervation (DVD—Virtual Visiting Professor Series) Order Item: CME11 More Information CME available Alberto Esquenazi, MD Nathaniel H. Mayer, MD
0 1 2 3 4 5 Select Qty	Focus on Cerebral Palsy (2 DVDs (Vol I & II) and 47-page Monograph) Order Item: CME04 More Information CME available CPE now available H. Kerr Graham, MD, FRCS(Ed), FRACS Hank Chambers, MD Mauricio R. Delgado, MD, FRCPC, FAAN Mark E. Gormley, Jr, MD

Note: The different botulinum neurotoxin preparations are not interchangeable and cannot be converted with a dose ratio. Wherever dosing ratios appear on this website or in any materials on this website they are only indicated for reference and are not intended as dosing recommendations. Physicians should consult the prescribing information in the case of approved indications for dosing information.

Additional CME Resources

In addition to our complimentary CME materials, the NTI  is now making available slide presentations and other educational materials from previous CME activities for you to download and review. Also available in the Additional CME Resources (make this click through) are video lectures from an eminent group of experts.

In the past year the Neurotoxin Institute conducted a series of workshops entitled, Botulinum Neurotoxin and Overactivity: Improving Patient Care in the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome. The workshops focused on the use of chemodenervation in management of muscle overactivity and also included live injection demonstrations. Below are the slides that were presented during the workshops.

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• Concepts in Pathophysiology of the UMN Syndrome (PDF, 500K)
• Functional Evaluation and Treatment of Muscle Overactivity (PDF, 500K)
• Technical Considerations for BoNT Treatment: Muscle Identification, Dosing, and Injection Techniques (PDF, 700K)

Educational Videos
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• Mechanism of Action (MOA) Video (WMV, 3.3MB)
• Peer Opinion Videos
• PTN 1 Videos
• PTN 2 Footage (November 2004; 1 hour CME Credit)

Related Links

Miscellaneous botulinum toxin links:

NIH Consensus conference on the clinical use of botulinum toxin
http://consensus.nih.gov/cons/083/083_statement.htm

Report from Toxin2000 meeting courtesy of wemove.org
http://www.wemove.org/pdf/Toxins2002.pdf

Neuroscience Web sites:

NeuroRehabResource.org
NeuroRehabResource.org is a comprehensive tool containing educational resources on the management of spasticity and muscle overactivity in upper motor neuron syndrome. This site offers CME mentoring programs for practicing neurologists and physiatrists and residents of neurology and physiatry. The goals of these programs are to educate and enhance the skills of the target audience with differential diagnosis, identifying appropriate treatment options, setting therapeutic goals, and reviewing protocols for various pharmacologic therapies.

Neuroanatomy and neuropathology on the internet
Links to numerous sites

www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/
Excellent site from Washington University in St. Louis for neuromuscular content

http://www.botulinumtoxincme.org/
The CME Experience is a resource aimed at improving physician understanding of the clinical applications of botulinum neurotoxin through updated peer-reviewed new and clinical opinion via live CME events and enduring materials.

General Medical Information Resources:

HealthWeb: Homepage
HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Currently there are over twenty actively participating member libraries. This project is supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) under contract #N01-LM-6-3523 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine is the world's largest repository of biomedical health sciences information. NLM is a leader in biomedical communications and serves as a state-of-the-art research and development center applying advanced computing and communications to healthcare. Most NLM resources, such as PubMed, MEDLINEplus and TOXNET are provided free on the web.

General collection of medical Web sites: Martindale
http://www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalBrain.html

WE MOVE is a rich and authoritative source of information and education on movement disorders provided via the Internet. The organization is dedicated to educating and informing patients, health care professionals and the public about the latest advances in the management of neurologic movement disorders.
http://www.wemove.org/

Miscellaneous multidisciplinary scientific resources:

Digital Anatomist Project
Medscape's Unlimited Free Access to US NIH database
Neurosciences on the Internet
Pharmacy Resources (PharmWeb)
Physiology and Biophysics (a component of the WWW Virtual Library)
Social Science Information Gateway
Whole Brain Atlas
Visible Human Project

Government sites:

2000 Census Data (http://www.census.gov/)

Federal Register (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html)

The United States Code (http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm)
U.S. House of Representatives Library for health care laws.

US Government Printing Office (http://www.access.gpo.gov/)

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/home-page/)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov

Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.gov

Medicare Web site - www.medicare.gov

National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov

Evidence-based medicine links:

Bandolier: Journal for Evidence Based Practice
Cochrane Collaboration Homepage
EBM Journal
Netting the Evidence

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