The dementia course 2024
The Cambridge Dementia Course will run in November and December 2024. The course will be in two parts. The provisional dates for 2024 are:
- Friday 15th November: a one day online course covering the basics of history-taking, cognitive testing, and common conditions
- Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December: a two day more in-depth and advanced hybrid online and in-person course at the Møller Institute.
We encourage people to attend both parts of the course, though a few people may wish to only attend one part of the course. We think the best experience and chance for discussion is in person, but we recognise that people may wish to join online. You can choose whether you would like to join in person or online during registration, depending on the availability of places (both online and in-person space will be limited).
The course charges are:
- One day (November) online course £45
- Two day (December) online course £100
- Two day (December) in person course £330
Note that this does not include accommodation which must be booked separately.
Given the significant difficulty in obtaining payments from hospital trusts and other organisations, we will ask you to make a payment through an online link. We cannot supply invoices, e.g. for NHS Trusts.
There are online materials for both parts of the course, some of which will be made available prior to the course, and some will be made available following the course. All our presenters make a version of their slides available for download. Any videos or picutres from the presentations, and the videos from the video sessions are not made available.
Given the talks and discussions may contain sensitive material, we do not record any section of the course.
Asking for help
If you have a query about the course, please click here to fill in a help request. We will be in touch with you shortly about any issues.
Signing up for the course
Registration is available at the registration page. The course is now full for this year, so if you register now you will be placed on a waiting list for the 2025 course.
Online course programme
The agenda for the one day online course on Friday 15th of November is below. All times are GMT. The presentations for this course is now available on zoom.
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Understanding memory and dementia | Andrew Graham |
| 10:00 | History taking | Clare Galton |
| 10:30 | Cognitive testing in the memory clinic | Timothy Rittman |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:30 | Neuroimaging | Clare Galton |
| 12:00 | Typical and atypical AD | Clare Galton |
| 12:30 | Panel discussion/questions | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | Mild Cognitive Impairment | Timothy Rittman |
| 14:15 | Subjective memory complaints, functional cognitive disorders, and depression | Andrew Graham |
| 14:45 | FTD and tauopathies | Timothy Rittman |
| 15:15 | DLB/PDD | Renate Claassen |
| 15:45 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Cases | All |
Two day December course programme
The agenda for the two day hybrid course on the 5th and 6th of December 2024 is below. For session 3 on each day the online and in-person groups diverge, as indicated.
Day 1, Thursday 5th December 2024
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Registration and coffee |
Session 1
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:20 | Welcome, housekeeping | Andrew Graham | Lecture theatre |
| 09:30 | The neuropathology of dementia | Annelies Quaegabeur (virtual presentation) | Lecture theatre |
| 10:10 | Biomarkers for neurodegeneration | Andrew Graham | Lecture theatre |
| 10:40 | Break |
Session 2
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Genetics and testing in dementia | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 11:30 | The primary progressive aphasias | Charles Marshall | Lecture theatre |
| 12:00 | Huntington’s disease | Roger Barker | Lecture theatre |
| 12:30 | Prion disease | Simon Mead | Lecture theatre |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Session 3
Session 3 in-person
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||
| 14:00 | Video session | Andrew Graham | Møller suite 1 | Charles Marshall | Møller suite 2 |
| 14:50 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists | Tower Lounge Bar | Neuropsychologists | Tower Lounge Bar |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 3 | Group 4 | ||||
| 14:00 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists | Tower Lounge Bar | Neuropsychologists | Tower Lounge Bar |
| 14:50 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Video session | Andrew Graham | Møller suite 1 | Charles Marshall | Møller suite 2 |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 5 | Group 6 | ||||
| 14:00 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 14:50 | Video session | Andrew Graham | Møller suite 1 | Charles Marshall | Møller suite 2 |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists | Tower Lounge Bar | Neuropsychologists | Tower Lounge Bar |
Session 3 online
You will be placed into one of three zoom breakout rooms
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Room 1 | ||
| 14:00 | Video session | Renate Claassen |
| 14:50 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists |
| 15:40 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Room 2 | ||
| 14:00 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman |
| 14:50 | Video session | Renate Claassen |
| 15:40 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Room 3 | ||
| 14:00 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists |
| 14:50 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman |
| 15:40 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Video session | Renate Claassen |
Session 4
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:10 | The future of dementia treatments | Damian Crowther | Lecture theatre |
| 18:00 | Close of the day |
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 19:30 | Formal dinner (pre-booked only) |
Day 2, Friday 7th December 2024
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration and coffee |
Session 1
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia | James Rowe | Lecture theatre |
| 09:25 | Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 10:50 | Inherited white matter disorders | David Lynch (virtual presentation) | Lecture theatre |
| 10:15 | Disease modifying treatments | Rob Howard | Lecture theatre |
| 10:40 | Break |
Session 2
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Post-diagnostic information | Jacqueline Young | Lecture theatre |
| 11:30 | End of life care in dementia | Annabel Price | Lecture theatre |
| 12:00 | Managing multimorbidity in dementia | Renate Claassen | Lecture theatre |
| 12:30 | Panel discussion: should diagnosis always include biomarker evidence? | Clare Galton, Ben Underwood, Rob Howards, James Rowe | Lecture theatre |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
Session 3
Session 3 in-person
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room | Speaker | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Group 2 | |||||
| 14:00 | Video session | James Rowe | Møller suite 1 | Clare Galton | Møller suite 2 | |
| 14:50 | Case discussions | Rob Howard | Tower Lounge Bar | Renate Claassen | Tower Lounge Bar | |
| 15:40 | Break | |||||
| 16:00 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 3 | Group 4 | ||||
| 14:00 | Case discussions | Rob Howard | Tower Lounge Bar | Renate Claassen | Tower Lounge Bar |
| 14:50 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Video session | James Rowe | Møller suite 1 | Clare Galton | Møller suite 2 |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 5 | Group 6 | ||||
| 14:00 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre |
| 14:50 | Video session | James Rowe | Møller suite 1 | Clare Galton | Møller suite 2 |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Case discussions | Rob Howard | Tower Lounge Bar | Renate Claassen | Tower Lounge Bar |
Session 3 online
You will be placed in one of three zoom breakout rooms.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Room 1 | ||
| 14:00 | Video session | Andrew Graham |
| 14:50 | Case discussions | Clare Galton |
| 15:40 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Room 2 | ||
| 14:00 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood |
| 14:50 | Video session | Andrew Graham |
| 15:40 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Case discussions | Clare Galton |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Room 3 | ||
| 14:00 | Case discussions | Clare Galton |
| 14:50 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood |
| 15:40 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Video session | Andrew Graham |
Session 4
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:15 | Designing a memory clinic | Clare Galton and Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 18:00 | Close of the day |