by Hannah Cock
Epilepsy is one of the commonest serious neurological conditions, on a par with stroke and dementia so whatever your field, you need to know at least the basics. July also hosts the European Congress of Epileptology in Stockholm, so this is a good time to think about your epilepsy knowledge.
– Learn about assessment http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=241
– Differential diagnosis http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=240,
– including cardiac syncope http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/mod/scorm/view.php?id=555,
– vasovagal syncope http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=239,
– and how to investigate and manage acute symptomatic seizures http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=233
If you have a more specialist interest, there are also excellent sessions on brain imaging, the key electro-clinical syndromes, epilepsy in special populations (women, children, learning disability, elderly) and epilepsy surgery http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=208.
If you weren’t able to get to Istanbul to participate in the Joint Congress of European Neurology, many of the key sessions are also now available as webinars, including two from the Status Epilepticus Symposium which was standing room only! Status Epilepticus: Definitions, epidemiology and Outcome http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=825 and Pharmacotherapy: Initial and established status epilepticus http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=826
Ebrain is the largest and most comprehensive web-based training resource in clinical neurosciences, both for training and continuous professional development. Access is free for EAN members, and EAN associate member societies. Individual passwords can be received via the Head Office headoffice@eaneurology.org. There are over 600 sessions each with built in self-assessment questions. If you have difficulty accessing the ebrain content please ensure your computer is set to allow pop-ups.
There is also a guide to using ebrain and getting the most out of it at http://www.ebrainjnc.com/learning/course/view.php?id=576
If you have password or technical issues please contact support@ebrainjnc.com
