At this meeting, faculty, physicians, clinicians, and study staff from the Vanderbilt's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center will meet to discuss neuropsychological and clinical interview evaluations, neuroimaging findings, medication usage, and neurological and psychiatric (i.e., depression) outcomes to determine cognitive diagnosis and research participation eligibility for research participants from the Tennessee Alzheimer's Project.

The STAT-MD course was specifically developed for medical providers dedicated to responding to best practice recommendations by the AAP by incorporating autism screening into their practice. Specifically, this one- to two-day training workshop is designed to teach enhanced diagnostic consultation and screening procedures to pediatric medical providers serving young children. The workshop provides training in conducting autism-focused assessments with the children, ages 18-36 months. Emphasis ...

Psychiatry MMI is offered quarterly on the 3rd Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in Luton Lecture Hall, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH), room 1206. Presentations of cases in which outcomes were not expected and/or not desirable followed by discussion of strengths and weaknesses of the patient care provided, institutional support provided, relevant research evidence, and strategies for improvement. After participating in Psychiatry MMI, participants should be able to describe and discuss system...

Intended for community forensic mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, and lawyers) who conduct or have expertise in clinical forensic work, as well as Vanderbilt faculty interested in forensic psychology.

The activity is designed to engage the audience with active discussion and case presentations, anchored by research, ethics code, and recent publications. The discussion encourages the audience to express opinions and provide input on controversial topics.

The Vanderbilt Tourette Syndrome Working Group Journal Club is a monthly conference during which health practitioners from multiple disciplines review and discuss a peer-reviewed publication addressing Tourette syndrome and its comorbidities. The group convenes once monthly. At the beginning of the journal club, a designated presenter summarizes the article background, study methods, results, and conclusions. During the presentation and afterwards, attendees will discuss strengths and weaknesses...

Psychiatry Grand Rounds is offered weekly on Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in Luton Lecture Hall, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH), room 1206. Format rotates between presentations by visiting speakers and Vanderbilt faculty on cutting edge science and discussion of challenging cases. After participating in this CME activity, participants should be able to describe and discuss uidelines, accepted best practice and evidence from recent research related to psychopathology, diagnosis, improvin...

The conference provides an opportunity to review the latest evidence about diagnosing and managing patients with presenting symptoms that may be characteristic of intellectual or development disabilities, review applicability to patients seen at MCJ Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and its clinics, and discuss strategies for integration into practice.

The Research Ethics Grand Rounds is offered once a semester on a Tuesday or Thursday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, One Magnolia Circle on the Peabody campus, Vanderbilt University. This series is designed to expand researcher awareness of potential ethical dilemmas and possible solutions. This series is designed to expand researcher awareness of potential ethical dilemmas and possible solutions. This series addresses topics ranging from the ethical dimensions of...

The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimers Center Lecture Series is offered every other month on the 3rd Tuesday from 8:15 to 9:15 pm in Light Hall 208 at VUMC. Each session provides opportunities for Center clinicians and staff to hear about recent advances in memory and Alzheimers research and discuss application of these advances in patient care. After participating in the lecture series, Center clinicians and staff should be able to describe and discuss evidence-based strategies for recognizing a...