Cambridge Dementia Course

The dementia course 2023

The Cambridge Dementia Course will run in November and December 2023. The course will be in two parts:

We encourage people to attend both parts of the course, and everyone who registers will have the opportunity to sign up to both parts of the course. A few people may wish to only attend one part of the course.

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

The course is now oversubscribed for 2023. The registration page will open again in January 2024.

All the invitations to the 2023 course have now been sent. If you think you have been missed off or there has been a problem, send us an email using the email icon at the bottom of this page.

Two day December course programme

The agenda for the two day hybrid course on the 7th and 8th of December 2023. For session 3 on each day the online and in-person groups diverge , as indicated.

Day 1, Thursday 7th December 2023

Time  
09:00 Registration and coffee

Session 1

Time Topic Speaker Room
09:20 Welcome, housekeeping Andrew Graham North Wing Auditorium
09:30 The neuropathology of dementia Annelies Quaegabeur North Wing Auditorium
10:10 Biomarkers for neurodegeneration Andrew Graham North Wing Auditorium
10:40 Break    

Session 2

Time Topic Speaker Room
11:00 Huntington’s disease Roger Barker North Wing Auditorium
11:40 Genetics and testing in dementia Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium
12:20 Mitochondrial disorders Jelle van den Ameele North Wing Auditorium
13:00 Lunch    

Session 3

Session 3 in-person

Time Topic Speaker Room Speaker Room
    Group 1   Group 2  
14:00 Video session Clare Galton Skillicorn Renate Claassen Bamford
14:55 Neuropsychology Neuropsychologists Alison Shrubsole Neuropsychologists Paston Brown
15:50 Break        
16:20 Examination skills Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium
Time Topic Speaker Room Speaker Room
    Group 3   Group 4  
14:00 Neuropsychology Neuropsychologists Alison Shrubsole Neuropsychologists Paston Brown
14:55 Examination skills Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium
15:50 Break        
16:20 Video session Clare Galton Skillicorn Renate Claassen Bamford
Time Topic Speaker Room Speaker Room
    Group 5   Group 6  
14:00 Examination skills Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium
14:55 Video session Clare Galton Skillicorn Renate Claassen Bamford
15:50 Break        
16:20 Neuropsychology Neuropsychologists Alison Shrubsole Neuropsychologists Paston Brown

Session 3 online

You will be placed into one three zoom breakout rooms

Time Topic Speaker
  Room 1  
14:00 Video session Andrew Graham
14:55 Neuropsychology Neuropsychologists
15:50 Break  
16:20 Examination skills Timothy Rittman
Time Topic Speaker
  Room 2  
14:00 Examination skills Timothy Rittman
14:55 Video session Andrew Graham
15:50 Break  
16:20 Neuropsychology Neuropsychologists
Time Topic Speaker
  Room 3  
14:00 Neuropsychology Neuropsychologists
14:55 Examination skills Timothy Rittman
15:50 Break  
16:20 Video session Andrew Graham

Session 4

Time Topic Speaker Room
17:15 The anatomy of a memory clinic Clare Galton North Wing Auditorium
18:00 Close of the day    
Time  
19:30 Formal dinner (pre-booked only)

Day 2, Friday 8th December 2023

Time  
08:30 Registration and coffee

Session 1

Time Topic Speaker Room
09:00 Frontotemporal dementia James Rowe North Wing Auditorium
09:30 The primary progressive aphasias Charles Marshall North Wing Auditorium
10:05 Prion disease Simon Mead North Wing Auditorium
10:40 Break    

Session 2

Time Topic Speaker Room
11:00 End of life care in dementia Annabel Price North Wing Auditorium
11:40 Disease modifying treatments Rob Howard North Wing Auditorium
12:20 Panel discussion: new treatments for dementia Panel North Wing Auditorium
13:00 Lunch    

Session 3

Session 3 in-person

Time Topic Speaker Room Speaker Room
    Group 1   Group 2  
14:00 Video session Timothy Rittman Skillicorn James Rowe Bamford
14:50 Case discussions Rob Howard Alison Shrubsole Charles Marshall Paston Brown
15:40 Break        
16:05 Psychiatric assessment Ben Underwood North Wing Auditorium Ben Underwood North Wing Auditorium
Time Topic Speaker Room Speaker Room
    Group 3   Group 4  
14:00 Case discussions Rob Howard Alison Shrubsole Charles Marshall Paston Brown
14:50 Psychiatric assessment Ben Underwood North Wing Auditorium Ben Underwood North Wing Auditorium
15:40 Break        
16:05 Video session Timothy Rittman Skillicorn James Rowe Bamford
Time Topic Speaker Room Speaker Room
    Group 5   Group 6  
14:00 Psychiatric assessment Ben Underwood North Wing Auditorium Ben Underwood North Wing Auditorium
14:50 Video session Timothy Rittman Skillicorn James Rowe Bamford
15:40 Break        
16:05 Case discussions Rob Howard Alison Shrubsole Charles Marshall Paston Brown

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  
16:05 Psychiatric assessment Ben Underwood
Time Topic Speaker
  Room 2  
14:00 Psychiatric assessment Ben Underwood
14:50 Video session Andrew Graham
15:40 Break  
16:05 Case discussions Clare Galton
Time Topic Speaker
  Room 3  
14:00 Case discussions Clare Galton
14:50 Psychiatric assessment Ben Underwood
15:40 Break  
16:05 Video session Andrew Graham

Session 4

Time Topic Speaker Room
17:00 The future memory clinic Timothy Rittman North Wing Auditorium
17:45 Close of the day