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Accreditation Information:
Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Connective tissue function and composition
- • The role of collagen
- • Review of genetic inheritance of disorders
- • Factors affecting genetic expression
- • Importance of the zebra as a mascot
- • Evolution of presentation of EDS in the medical field
- • Review of Villefranche nosology
- • Exploration of why the nosology has been replaced
- • Review of the current classifications of EDS
- • Skin presentation
- • Joint presentation
- • Other connective tissue fragility
- • Pain disorders
- • GI involvement
- • Neurological involvement
- • Psychological involvement
Hour 2 & 3
- Review of 12 classifications of EDS along with the recent unclassified genetic abnormality (excluding hEDS and HSD) to include the following within each diagnosis:
- Prevalence
- Presentation
- Genetics involved
- Clinical Diagnostic criteria
- Management strategies if specifics are needed for the disorder
- Differential diagnoses to look out for
Hour 4
- Review of the classification of hEDS and HSD to include the following within each diagnoses:
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- Understanding the difference between the diagnoses
- Prevalence
- Presentation
- Genetics involved
- Clinical Diagnostic criteria
- Management strategies if specifics are needed for the disorder
- Differential diagnoses to look out for
Hour 5
- Importance of creating an EDS management team for the patient
- Patient presentations varying in complexity
- Online references for more information