Target Audience
This course is intended for neurologists, physiatrists and physicians specializing in and practicing clinical neurophysiology.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Develop a logical approach to the use of standard clinical electrophysiological techniques in the evaluation of common and uncommon neuromuscular disorders.
- Identify technical pitfalls associated with NCS and needle EMG and understand methods to correct and minimize technical problems.
- Interpret the findings and clinical significance of abnormalities on nerve conduction studies.
- Recognize and interpret the significance of various EMG waveforms on needle EMG.
- Describe the utility and technical aspects of different nerve conduction studies and muscles to be examined during an electrodiagnostic study.
- Identify the normal and variant EEG patterns of adult and pediatric patients
- Recognize technical pitfalls and artifacts associated with EEG studies
- Interpret the findings and clinical significance medustudent.com of abnormalities on inpatient and outpatient EEG studies.
- Integrate the various clinical neurophysiology studies (evoked potentials, sleep studies) in the evaluation of patients with disorders of the central nervous system.
Program
- EEG
- EMG Approaches to Neuromuscular Disorders
- Evoked Potentials, Sleep, and Intraoperative Monitoring
- Needle EMG Lectures, Waveform Analysis, and Demonstrations
- Nerve Conduction Studies Lectures and Demonstrations
- Quiz
Course opens: 04/25/2021
