Teaching Courses
How to do it – Diagnosis of epilepsy
Facilitators: Rainer Surges (Germany) & Reetta Kälviäinen (Finland)
- Diagnostic delays in epilepsy: implications and opportunities to improve care – Reetta Kälviäinen (Finland)
- How to avoid misinterpretation of EEG in epilepsy?
- How to interpret cerebral MRI in epilepsy? – Margitta Seeck (Switzerland)
- ECG for the epileptologist – Rainer Surges (Germany)
- How to deal with the diagnostic challenges of pediatric epilepsy? – Edda Haberlandt (Austria)
How to do it – Treatment of epilepsy
Facilitators: Margitta Seeck (Switzerland) & Lieven Lagae (Belgium)
- First line approach: which drug to start with and how to start it – Martin Brodie (United Kingdom)
- What if the first 2 drugs fail? Next level drug therapy – Margitta Seeck (Switzerland)
- How do we assess outcome? – Adam Strzelczyk (Germany)
- What if all drugs fail? – Lieven Lagae (Belgium)
Basic science for clinicians: How do advances in our understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms translate to improved patient management?
Facilitators: Matthew Walker (United Kingdom) & Heidrun Potschka (Germany)
- How does understanding mechanisms of action of available AEDs translate to improved patient care? – Matthew Walker (United Kingdom)
- How can knowledge about pathophysiological mechanisms guide rational drug development? – Heidrun Potschka (Germany)
- What is epigenetics and why should we care? – David Henshall (Ireland)
- How does understanding epileptic networks translate into novel therapeutic approaches? – Marco de Curtis (Italy)
- How will virtual epileptic brain models translate to personalized care? – Christophe Bernard (France)
EEG in epilepsy: a teaching course for EEG technicians
Coordinators: Markus Leitinger (Austria) & Walter van Emde Boas (Netherlands)
- EEG in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy I: use, abuse and pitfalls – Walter van Emde Boas (Netherlands)
- Practical issues in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit I: observation and interpretation of basic semiology – Markus Leitinger (Austria)
- EEG in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy II: an orderly approach to study indications, reading and interpretation – Walter van Emde Boas (Netherlands)
- Practical issues in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit II: ictal testing and safety issues – Markus Leitinger (Austria)
Neuropsychology Teaching Course: Evidence-based psychobehavioral treatments for people with epilepsy
Coordinators: Sallie Baxendale (United Kingdom) & Rosa Michaelis (Germany)
- Why and how psychobehavioral treatments might work in epilepsy – Markus Reuber (United Kingdom)
- Evidence base: A meta-analysis of psychobehavioral interventions – Rosa Michaelis (Germany)
- Psychobehavioral treatment across the illness spectrum: Recommended key interventions for the main treatment scenarios
- Non-pharmacological seizure management techniques
Advanced Teaching Sessions
Advanced teaching session: Neurophysiology
Facilitators: Sándor Beniczky (Denmark) & Ronit Pressler (United Kingdom)
- Electromagnetic source imaging – Sándor Beniczky (Denmark)
- Elecroclinical correlations in neonatal seizures – Ronit Pressler (United Kingdom)
- EEG in critically ill patients – Andrea Rossetti (Switzerland)
Advanced teaching session: Neuroimaging
Facilitators: Giorgi Kuchukhidze (Austria) & Jörg Wellmer (Germany)
- Preponing the detection of epileptogenic lesions by epilepsy-specific MRI protocols – Jörg Wellmer (Germany)
- A systematic approach to the spectrum of epileptogenic lesions – Giorgi Kuchukhidze (Austria)
- Automated MRI analysis – Giorgi Kuchukhidze (Austria)
- Structural MRI in the planning of epilepsy surgery – Jörg Wellmer (Germany)
Advanced teaching video session: Seizure semiology – adult
Facilitators: Christoph Baumgartner (Austria) & Philippe Kahane (France)
Advanced teaching video session: Seizure semiology – children
Facilitators: Martha Feucht (Austria) & Monika Eisermann (France)
- Infantile epileptic syndromes – Monika Eisermann (France)
- Monitoring critically ill children – Tobias Loddenkemper (USA)
- Lateralizing/localizing signs in children with focal epilepsies – Martha Feucht (Austria)
Advanced teaching session: Epileptology in the ICU
Facilitator: Andrea Rossetti (Switzerland)
- Frequency of epileptological problems in the ICU – Stephan Rüegg (Switzerland)
- Postanoxic status epilepticus: does it exist?
- EEG monitoring in the ICU: a tailored approach? – Andrea Rossetti (Switzerland)
Advanced teaching session: Genetic testing
Facilitators: Fritz Zimprich (Austria) & Bernd Neubauer (Germany)
- Possibilities, limits and other clinically relevant aspects of whole exome sequencing
- Therapy of genetically defined early childhood epilepsy syndromes – Bernd Neubauer (Germany)
- Utility of clinical exome sequencing for adult epilepsy patients – Fritz Zimprich (Austria)