DUKETRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION COURSE (Duke TMS Course)
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 2025. • January 25-27 2025 • April 26-28, 2025• July 26-28, 2025 • October 4-6, 2025. Registration includes: only course materials and breakfast and lunch for all three days.
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians
Learning Objectives
• Discussing the rationale for the use of TMS in depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and off-label conditions.
• Discussing regulatory issues and policies concerning TMS • Identify the two main components of transcranial magnetic stimulation devices
• Discussing how to use the TMS device and correctly use it to determine the optimal site and motor threshold
• Describing the findings from TMS research in imaging and motor cortex excitability studies
• Applying the indications for use of TMS in depression • Identify the risks and side effects of TMS and describe how to conduct a safety screening
• Designing a protocol for seizure management during TMS administration
• Identifying steps necessary to set up a TMS
- Angel Peterchev
- Bruce M. Luber
- Marisa Spurrell
- Sandeep Vaishnavi
- Simon Davis
- Shawn McClintock
- Tommy Fu
- Leha Fryml
- Jonathan R. Young
- Asa Cordle
- Andrada Neacsiu
- Grace Gunderson-Falcone
- WuWei Feng
- Greg Sahlem
- Bobby Charalambous
- AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)
- ANCC
- Attendance
Available Credit
- 20.00 Attendance