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Alzheimer’s Dementia – Prevention & Risk Reduction


Total Credits: .75 including .75 AOA Category 2-A Credit, .75 AOA Category 2-A Credit

Average Rating:
   12
State Associations:
VOMA - Virginia
Faculty:
Timothy R. Jennings, MD
Duration:
00:55
Expiration:
Never expires.


Description

Following the completion of this lecture, the participant will be able to:

  1. Define what dementia is
  2. Differentiate Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) from other dementias
  3. Describe a potential molecular pathway contributing to AD
  4. Identify risk factors for AD and link those risk factors to the damaging brain changes found in AD
  5. Formulate a plan to reduce risk of developing AD

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Faculty

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Timothy R. Jennings, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, master psychopharmacologist, international speaker, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Fellow of the Southern Psychiatric Association. Dr. Jennings obtained his MD degree in 1990 from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, TN. He completed psychiatric residency at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia and has served as the Division Psychiatrist for the 3rd Infantry Division. Dr. Jennings has served as President of the Southern and Tennessee Psychiatric Associations and is founder and President of Come and Reason Ministries. Dr. Jennings has authored many books to include: The God-Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life and The Aging Brain: Proven Steps to Prevent Dementia and Sharpen Your Mind. 

Disclosures: Author of "The Aging Brain: Proven Steps to Prevent Dementia & Sharpen Your Mind"


Accreditation Information

The Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association (VOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. VOMA designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 2A CME credits and will report CME credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation.

​Grievances regarding program administration and reporting of AOA CME credits will be handled on an individual basis Initially, all grievances should be directed to VOMA Executive Director. Participants with grievances that cannot be resolved will be sent to the AOA Council on CME , 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

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