VISITING FELLOWSHIP IN TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION JANUARY 27-29 2024

January 27, 2024 to January 29, 2024
  • The three-day course offers intensive training on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS is an FDA-cleared treatment for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, migraines, smoking cessation and cortical mapping. Sponsored by the Duke University School of Medicine, it includes didactic sessions and hands-on administration of TMS. The didactic sessions with the TMS faculty of Duke University cover all topics relevant to running a TMS clinical service and a TMS research lab, including:Device principles and types, Neuroscience of TMS, Motor threshold determination, Treatment technique, Stimulus dosing, Risks, complications and contraindications, Safety screening, Post-TMS management and continuation treatment, Clinical and non-clinical research applications, and Emerging brain stimulation techniques. The fellowship is currently offered on a quarterly basis. Below you will find the dates for 2024. • January 27-29 2024 • April 20-22, 2024• July 27-29, 2024 • October 5-7, 2024.

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the rationale for the use of TMS in depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and off-label conditions.

• Discuss regulatory issues and policies concerning TMS • Identify the two main components of transcranial magnetic stimulation devices

• Discuss how to use the TMS device and correctly use it to determine the optimal site and motor threshold

• Describe the findings from TMS research in imaging and motor cortex excitability studies • Apply the indications for use of TMS in depression

• Identify the risks and side effects of TMS and describe how to conduct a safety screening

• Design a protocol for seizure management during TMS administration

• Identify steps necessary to set up a TMS service/lab.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 20.00 ANCC
  • 20.00 Attendance
Registration Opens: 
01/29/2024
Registration Expires: 
01/28/2025
Activity Starts: 
01/27/2024 - 8:30am EST
Activity Ends: 
01/29/2024 - 4:30pm EST
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Durham, NC 27705
United States
  • Simon Davis

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  • Tommy Fu

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  • Jonathan R. Young

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  • Andrada Neacsiu

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  • WuWei (Wayne) Feng

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  • Bruce M. Luber

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  • Sandeep Vaishnavi

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  • Shawn McClintock

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  • Leah Fryml

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  • Asa Cordle

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  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • ANCC
  • Attendance

Available Credit

  • 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 20.00 ANCC
  • 20.00 Attendance
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