2021 Epilepsy Board Review and Best Practices Course

Epilepsy Board Review is a comprehensive course designed to prepare physicians planning to certify in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.’s Epilepsy Board Examination.

Highlights of this course include:

  • A comprehensive review that is guided by the ABPN exam content blueprint
  • Instruction by expert faculty
  • Complimentary access to the archived course recording

After the course, you will be able to access course content online or download audio files to your favorite mobile device.

Features Include:

  • 12 months of online access to audio files synchronized with slides - view each presentation as it auto-advances through the slides, reproducing the experience of being in the actual lecture room. Use thumbnails on the screen to navigate through the presentation slides;
  • Comprehensive eSyllabus with all presentation slides – download or access the mobile app to take notes directly in the presentation slides; and
  • In-presentation, board-simulation practice test questions and answers that were presented at the live course.

Topics:

  • Classification of epilepsy and seizures
  • Genetics of epilepsy
  • EEG in epilepsy and encephalopathy
  • Brain imaging in epilepsy
  • Antiepileptic medications
  • Indications and outcome of epilepsy surgery
  • Intracranial EEG and brain mapping
  • Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy

Target Audience

The course content is designed for all healthcare professionals and professional and biomedical researchers with a special interest in the treatment of patients with epilepsy. Including:
 
  • Epileptologists
  • Neurologists
  • Family practitioners
  • Nurses and nurse practitioners
  • Physician assistants
  • Fellows
  • Residents
  • Students
  • Basic, Translational & Clinical Research Scientists

Learning Objectives

At the close of the course, participants will demonstrate an increased competency in:
 
  1. Antiepileptic medications;
  2. Indications and outcome of epilepsy surgery;
  3. Genetics of epilepsy;
  4. Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy;
  5. Classification of epilepsy and seizures;
  6. EEG in epilepsy and encephalopathy;
  7. Intracranial EEG and brain mapping; and
  8. Brain imaging in epilepsy.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 25.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 25.50 Completion
Course opens: 
04/01/2021
Course expires: 
12/31/2022
Cost:
$750.00

I. SEIZURE CLASSIFICATION

8:00 am

1

CLASSIFICATION OF SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY

Mohamad Koubeissi, MD

8:50 am

2

ELECTRO-CLINICAL SYNDROMES AND OTHER EPILEPSIES

Samata Singhi, MD

9:25 am

3

LESS AGE-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP

Samata Singhi, MD

10:00 am

 

BREAK

10:30 am

4

EPILEPSIES ATTRIBUTED TO AND ORGANIZED BY STRUCTURAL-METABOLIC CAUSES

Amar B. Bhatt, MD

11:00 am

5

NON-EPILEPTIC PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP

Dewi Depositario-Cabacar, MD

11:30 am

6

NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN ADULTS

Amar B. Bhatt, MD

12:00 pm

7

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EPILEPSY

Dewi Depositario-Cabacar, MD

 

 

 

II. ROUTINE EEG

1:30 pm

8

NORMAL EEG

Amar B. Bhatt, MD

2:05 pm

9

INTERICTAL EPILEPTIFORM PATTERNS

Mohamad Koubeissi, MD

2:50 pm

10

ICTAL PATTERNS

Mohamad Koubeissi, MD

3:30 pm

 

BREAK

4:00 pm

11

ENCEPHALOPATHIC PATTERNS AND ICU EEG

Hai Chen, MD

4:50 pm

12

STATUS EPILEPTICUS AND HYPSARRHYTHMIA

Archana Pasupuleti, MD

5:30 pm

 

ADJOURN

III. EVALUATION

 

8:00 am

13

HISTORY, EXAMINATION, AND SEMIOLOGY/CHEMICAL AND METABOLIC SCREENING

Amar B. Bhatt, MD

 

8:35 am

14

AMBULATORY AND VIDEO-EEG

Amar B. Bhatt, MD

 

9:15 am

15

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING (PET, SPECT, FMRI)

William D. Gaillard, MD

 

9:55 am

16

NEUROPSYCHOLOGAL TESTING

Antonio Puente, PhD

10:30 am

 

BREAK

IV. MANAGEMENT

 

11:00 am

17

IMAGING

Taha Gholipour, MD

 

11:50 am

18

MEG AND MAGNETIC SOURCE IMAGING

Taha Gholipour, MD

 

 

 

1:30 pm

19

AEDS I: THE SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS

Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, MD

2:20 pm

20

AEDS II: THE GABA SYSTEM

Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, MD

3:00 pm

21

AEDS III: AEDS WITH CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITION

Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, MD

3:45 pm

 

BREAK

 

4:00 pm

22

AEDS IV: MISCELLANEOUS

Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, MD

4:40 pm

 

ADJOURN

IV. MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)

 

8:00 am

23

EPILEPSY SURGERY

Gholam Motamedi, MD

 

8:55 am

24

NEUROMODULATION IN EPILEPSY (VNS, RNS, DBS)

Gholam Motamedi, MD

 

9:30 am

 

25

GENETIC ANALYSIS IN EPILEPSY

John M. Schreiber, MD

10:20 am

 

BREAK

 

10:30 am

26

DIET, THERAPIES & HORMONAL THERAPIES AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN

Thuy Vu, MD

 

11:25 am

27

 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I

 Pavel Klein, MD

 

 

 

 

1:30 pm

28

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT II

Pavel Klein, MD

 

2:15 pm

29

STATUS EPILEPTICUS

Pavel Klein, MD

3:30 pm

 

BREAK

 

4:00 pm

30

PSYCHOSOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE ISSUES

Nabil Azar, MD

4:50 pm

 

ADJOURN

FACULTY

Mohamad Koubeissi, MD
Course Director

Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Shubhi Agrawal, MD
Brain & Spine Institute (Sinai Hospital), LifeBridge Health

Nabil Azar, MD
Austin Epilepsy Care Center

Amar Bhatt, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Hai Chen, MD
The George Washington University

Dewi Depositario-Cabasar, MD
Children's National Health System

William D. Gaillard, MD
Children's National Health System

Taha Gholipour, MD
The George Washington University

Pavel Klein, MD
Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center

Gholam Motamedi, MD
Georgetown University

Antonio Puente, MD
The George Washington University

John Schreiber, MD
Children's National Health System

Samata Singhi, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Archana Pasupuleti, MD
Children’s National Medical Center

Accreditation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician CME Credit

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this virtual live activity for a maximum of 25.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Claiming CME Credit

At the close of the course, participants will be e-mailed a course evaluation. Upon completing the evaluation, participants will be able to claim credit and print a certificate of completion or certificate of attendance.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 25.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 25.50 Completion

Price

Cost:
$750.00
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