The World Health Organization (WHO) points to Parkinson's as one of the most common neurological disorders globally. By 2019, there were 8.5 million people with the disease in the world. Rehabilitation and specialized care are essential elements for improving the quality of life and functionality of people with Parkinson's. With this in mind, the Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) promotes, in partnership with the Movement Disorders Society (MDS), on May 4th and 5th, an interprofessional training event regarding Parkinson's Disease, aimed at health professionals from Specialized Rehabilitation Centers (CER) in Rio Grande do Norte. 

The event takes place at the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences (IIN-ELS), one of the ISD units in Macaíba. On the occasion, professionals from all RN's CERs will participate, as well as members of the rehabilitation team of the University Hospital Onofre Lopes (HUOL/UFRN), in a program focused on building knowledge and collective resources. 

The event promoted by ISD arises from the MDS Train the Trainer pilot project, in which professionals from different countries who work with Parkinson's disease receive interprofessional training in the MDS educational model to then replicate this model in their institutions. source. 

Each day of the event has a thematic focus. On the first day, the focus is on Introduction to Parkinson's Disease and Interprofessional Assessment, and on the second, Interprofessional Intervention and Current Events in Parkinson's Disease. In addition to lectures given by professionals from ISD and from all over Brazil, the event features practical and collective clinical intervention activities. The program also includes discussions on the articulation of the Health Network and family-centered care. 

The coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Residency in Health Care for Persons with Disabilities at ISD (RESPCD), Lorenna Santiago, was one of these professionals and participated in the Pan-American group that received MDS training in 2022. Now, she brings back the knowledge acquired in the training, from the activity hosted by the ISD. According to the professional, the main objectives are to decentralize care in the area of Parkinson's and strengthen interprofessional assistance. 

“The main idea is to specialize care for people diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in newborns, especially considering the particularities of the different stages of the disease and the different motor and non-motor symptoms that may be present in this condition. The main objective is to have more people knowing and studying Parkinson's better and thus, decentralizing care”, explains Lorenna. 

Parkinson's on ISD

The care of people with Parkinson's disease is one of the services included in the care lines of the ISD Specialized Rehabilitation Center (CER ISD). The Institute serves users of the 7th Health Region of RN, exclusively through the Unified Health System (SUS).

Parkinson's disease is also the subject of scientific research carried out in the Master's Degree in Neuroengineering and in the Multiprofessional Residency in Health Care for Persons with Disabilities at ISD.