Brain Medicine: Integrating the Clinical Neurosciences

Course Overview

The concept of brain medicine aims to integrate clinical and neuroscientific perspectives across the various non-surgical specialties (e.g., neurology, psychiatry, neurorehabilitation) that care for and conduct research in people with brain disorders. This one-day CE activity accredited by Harvard Medical School will include pre-recorded lectures with a virtual live Q&A format. Speakers will include experts in behavioral neurology & neuropsychiatry, consultation liaison psychiatry, geriatric neurology and geriatric psychiatry, brain medicine, brain health, and neurorehabilitation, speaking on a broad array of assessment and management principles for individuals with complex brain disorders that negatively impact cognition, behavior, emotion, perception, social cognition, and sensorimotor functions. Content will include topics such as: brain medicine and brain heath, the importance of the biopsychosocial formulation, and how to build integrative and collaborative care models within clinical neuroscience programs.

Who Should Attend

• Specialty Physicians
• Primary Care Physicians
• Psychologists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Social Workers 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Apply the biopsychosocial formulation to patients with complex brain disorders to work towards a precision medicine (patient-centered) clinical approach.
• Develop integrated and collaborative care models across the clinical neurosciences.
• Apply integrated brain medicine principles in various complex brain disorders.