Visiting Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation -October 8-10, 2022
The 3-day course offers intensive training on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS is an FDA-cleared treatment for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, migraines, and smoking cessation. 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; the 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.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this activity, learners should be able to:
- 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
Available Credit
- 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 20.00 Attendance
- 20.00 JA Credit - AH
- 20.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™