Clinical CPD topic
Multiple sclerosis: practise, reflect and record
Practise multiple sclerosis through five clinical cases, review the explanations and build a professional learning record. Identify disease-modifying options for relapsing-remitting and inflammatory primary-progressive multiple sclerosis.
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What you’ll work on
- Identify disease-modifying options for relapsing-remitting and inflammatory primary-progressive multiple sclerosis.
- Exclude infection before classifying deterioration as a relapse and select treatment for a functionally significant relapse.
- Select initial symptomatic treatment for mobility-limiting spasticity.
Think through a clinical case
Decide how you would approach this case before opening the question session.
A 50-year-old man is suspected to have multiple sclerosis after optic neuritis. MRI shows lesions disseminated in time and space. According to NICE, which disease-modifying therapy is commonly used first-line for relapsing-remitting MS?
A case from the UKMLA question bank. The session provides the answer and explanation after your attempt.
From a decision to a learning record
- Test your reasoning. Answer five questions from this topic’s clinical-content library.
- Explore the gaps. Review explanations and use Tutor to work through decisions that need more thought.
- Reflect on application. Describe what you learned and what you would change or investigate.
- Review your evidence. Confirm the activity and time spent, then retain or export your professional record.
Primary sources and further reading
Read the source in the same jurisdiction as your question session.
- Recommendations | Multiple sclerosis in adults: management | Guidance | NICEUK source
- 1 Recommendations | Beta interferons and glatiramer acetate for treating multiple sclerosis | Guidance | NICEUK source
- 1 Recommendations | Ocrelizumab for treating primary progressive multiple sclerosis | Guidance | NICEUK source