The 2024 annual meeting will focus on improving patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal communication, professionalism, and systems-based practices in the following areas: updates in NM and MSK disorders; status of inherited muscle diseases; genomics and emerging gene therapies; new technologies and treatments; autoimmune disorders; neuropathies, antibody testing, US, EDX, and biopsy skills.

After attending this activity, attendees will:

• Enhance their ability to obtain a comprehensive patient history and examination; improve their ability to develop a differential diagnosis and direct appropriate diagnostic workups; assess rehabilitation potential for patients with NM and MSK disease; treat patients with pain, utilize EMG to precisely assess the severity of nerve injuries, recognize the association of immunization with new onset of NM diseases and how COVID impacts patient care, and recognize how assessment techniques can improve the lives of patients. (Patient care)

• Develop technical skills necessary to perform neurologic, EDX, and rehabilitative procedures; identify and describe important EDX, biopsy, genetic, and US findings; develop awareness of treatments, therapies, and side effects; and discuss the latest literature on NMDs. (Medical knowledge, Practice-based learning)

• Improve ability to communicate with and educate patients, families, and members of the healthcare team; articulate a confident clinical approach to common questions faced as an inpatient consultant; demonstrate professionalism in clinical, research, and academic practice. (Interpersonal communication skills, Professionalism)

• Develop strategies for working in a multidisciplinary session, awareness of emerging treatments and therapies; identify and access supportive healthcare services and mechanisms that improve patient care and patient quality of life. (Systems-based practice)