Expert Clinical Insights in Dementia Care
Designed specifically for primary care providers, GMNsights connects you with the latest thought leadership on diagnosis and treatment. These free 30-minute live webinars are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 12pm EST.
GMNsights has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Morehouse School of Medicine and Georgia Memory Net Emory Goizueta Brain Health Institute. The Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Morehouse School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent to their participation in the activity.
Next Webinar
Title: Training your Staff to Implement the Mini Cog
Presented by: Heather Schickedanz, MD
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Description: In this session, you will learn how a large public health system launched a multi-domain training initiative to prepare primary care teams to implement annual screening for cognitive impairment for all adults age 65 and older, using the Mini-cog. You will gain insights and tools to implement team-based training for the Mini-cog to share with your clinical staff.
Speaker Bio:
Heather Bennett Schickedanz, MD (she/her/ella) is a family physician-geriatrician serving LA County Department of Health Services since 2015. Dr. Schickedanz is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and has served as Chair of the Harbor-UCLA Department of Family Medicine since 2018. Previously, she was the Primary Care Director at Olive View-UCLA from 2015-2018, and faculty in the UCLA Health Division of Geriatrics from 2014-2015. Her passion is for improving the teaching, scholarship and quality of care that occur in safety-net settings serving diverse communities. Dr. Schickedanz provides primary care, geriatrics consultation, home visits, and inpatient and outpatient supervision of trainees at Harbor-UCLA. Her research interests include culturally-responsive care of older adults, including those living with dementia and their caregivers, and advance care planning. She is PI of the CA-DPH Alzheimer’s Disease Program (2024-2028) and serves as Chair of the Public-Academic-Community partnership organization, Los Angeles Alliance of Community Health and Aging (LAACHA).
Want to watch recordings of past sessions? Click the button below to view previous webinars.
Georgia Memory Net is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Human Services and developed and managed by the Cognitive Neurology program at Emory University’s Goizueta Brain Health Institute.
