The dementia course 2025
The Cambridge Dementia Course will run in November and December 2025. The course will be in two parts:
- Friday 28th November: a one day online course covering the basics of history-taking, cognitive testing, and common conditions
- Thursday 11th and Friday 12th 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 will be confirmed alongside the dates. The prices for 2025 are:
- One day (November) online course £50
- Two day (December) online course £110
- Two day (December) in person course £350
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.
Signing up for the course
REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025 COURSE IS NOW CLOSED
Registration for next year’s course will open in January 2026.
Course timetable
Below is the timetable for the 2025 course. In broad terms, the morning consists of focused lectures, and the afternoon mainly focuses on workshop style sessions.
Two day December course programme
Day 1, Thursday 11th December 2025
| 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 | Lecture theatre |
| 10:10 | Biomarkers for neurodegeneration | Andrew Graham | Lecture theatre |
| 10:40 | Break |
Session 2
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Post-diagnostic information | Clare Galton | Lecture theatre |
| 11:30 | Atypical parkinsonian disorders | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 12:00 | Huntington’s disease | Tom Stoker | 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 1 | Clare Galton | Møller 2 |
| 14:50 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists | Møller suite | Neuropsychologists | Møller suite |
| 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 | Møller suite | Neuropsychologists | Møller suite |
| 14:50 | Examination skills | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre | Timothy Rittman | Lecture theatre |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Video session | Andrew Graham | Møller 1 | Clare Galton | Møller 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 1 | Clare Galton | Møller 2 |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Neuropsychology | Neuropsychologists | Møller suite | Neuropsychologists | Møller suite |
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 | Designing a memory clinic | Timothy Rittman and Clare Galton | Lecture theatre |
| 18:00 | Close of the day |
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 19:00 | Drinks reception |
| 19:30 | Formal dinner (pre-booked only) |
Day 2, Friday 12th December 2025
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration and coffee |
Session 1
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia | James Rowe | Lecture theatre |
| 09:25 | The primary progressive aphasias | Charles Marshall | Lecture theatre |
| 09:50 | Inherited white matter disorders | David Lynch | Lecture theatre |
| 10:15 | Disease modifying treatments | Rob Howard | Lecture theatre |
| 10:40 | Break |
Session 2
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Genetics and testing in dementia | Viorica Chelaban | 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 dementia be a standalone speciality | Charlie Marshall, Clare Galton, James Rowe, Ben Underwood | 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 1 | Charlie Marshall | Møller 2 | |
| 14:50 | Case discussions | Rob Howard | Møller suite | Renate Claassen | Møller suite | |
| 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 | Møller suite | Renate Claassen | Møller suite |
| 14:50 | Psychiatric assessment | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre | Ben Underwood | Lecture theatre |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Video session | James Rowe | Møller 1 | Charlie Marshall | Møller 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 1 | Charlie Marshall | Møller 2 |
| 15:40 | Break | ||||
| 16:00 | Case discussions | Rob Howard | Møller suite | Renate Claassen | Møller suite |
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 | Experience of prescribing Lecanemab | Charlie Marshall | Lecture theatre |
| 18:00 | Close of the day |