About the course
The Cambridge Dementia Course, traditionally held in Cambridge, UK, is designed to give an understanding of the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia.
Hamad Medical Corporation, under the leadership of Dr Hanadi Khamis Al Hamad, Chairperson of Geriatrics and Long Term Care Department and Head WHO Collaboration Centre For Healthy Ageing and Dementia, is proud to bring this course to you in Qatar for the first time.
The course covers Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, Prion Disease and other forms of Dementia.
Dates: November 21-23 2025
Venue: ITQAN, Doha, Qatar
Format: In-person only
Registration Deadline: 9 November 2025
The course is taught by members of the Cambridge Memory Clinic at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK as well as Dr. Hanadi Al Hamad, Director Memory Services Qatar and Head WHO Collaboration Centre for Healthy Ageing and Dementia.
Course Objectives
- Familiarity with common and rare dementia syndromes
- A clinical approach to the history and examination of people with cognitive syndromes
- An understanding of the use of biomarkers to support dementia diagnosis
- Knowledge of medical and non-medical management options for dementia
Course topics include:
- Understanding memory and dementia
- Typical and atypical Alzheimer's disease
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Vascular dementia
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Frontotemporal dementia variants
- Primary progressive aphasia
- Genetics and dementia
- Post-diagnostic support
- End of life care
Who Should Attend
This course is solely intended for professionals (within the specialty fields stated below) who work in dementia care or memory services, or those aspiring to work in this field:
- Geriatricians
- Psychiatrists
- Neurologist
- Clinical Nurses
- Allied health professionals including Occupational Therapist, Psychologist and Neuropsychologist
- Specialist professionals who work in dementia care or memory services, or those aspiring to work in this field
