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AES EEG Essentials


Learn or improve your EEG interpretation skills at your pace, your way

AES EEG Essentials is a free online curriculum comprised of 25 learning modules—a fundamental curriculum of 18 modules, and two add-on curricula containing additional modules that can be completed as supplemental learning where more or more advanced study may be desired.

A 2020 review of Medicare claims data in 16 states notes that the average time between first seizure and first diagnosis was 19.2 months. Diagnostic delay has been associated with reduced quality of life, impaired cognition, physical injuries, and increased risk of mortality.

The EEG Essentials curriculum was designed to advance the diagnostic skills of healthcare providers, both specialists and non-specialists, who care for people with epilepsy; and ultimately, to close the diagnostic gap and address widespread misdiagnosis.

What you'll get:

EEG Essentials Modules

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EEG Essentials | Fundamental Curriculum arrow_drop_down
  • EEG Physiology Basic Principles of Neurophysiology and Neurosciences as Applicable to EEG
  • EEG Filters and Other Settings
  • EEG Terminology 10-20 System, Frequency Bands, Channels, Montages
  • EEG Polarity Rules
  • Common Artifacts
  • Normal Awake Patterns
  • Normal Sleep
  • Common Normal Variants
  • Pediatric EEG Basics
  • Basic Background Features and ICU-EEG Artifacts
  • Focal and Generalized Slowing
  • Focal and Generalized Epileptiform Abnormalities
  • Seizure Patterns and Status Epilepticus
  • Pediatric Epilepsy Spectrums
  • ICU-EEG Nomenclature Overview
  • Lateralized Rhythmic and Periodic Patterns (LRDA, LPD)
  • Definitions and Basic Overview of IIC, Electrographic Seizures, and NCSE
  • EEG in Outpatient Practice

 

Access the Fundamental EEG Curriculum

EEG Essentials | Intermediate Curriculum arrow_drop_down
  • EEG in Specific Disease States
  • Neonatal EEG Basics
  • Epilepsy and EEG: A Syndromic Approach in Adults
  • Abnormal EEG on Hospital Consultative Service 

 

Intermediate Curriculum

EEG Essentials | Advanced Curriculum arrow_drop_down
  • Introduction to Quantitative EEG
  • EEG in IOM
  • Sample Surgical Case: Comprehensive Evaluation

 

Access the Advanced Curriculum

 

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A free myAES account is required to gain access to the AES EEG Essentials curricula.

 

Description

AES EEG Essentials takes a systematic and structured approach toward teaching and learning EEG interpretation. These free self-paced curricula consist of 25 modules across several EEG-related topics. AES EEG Essentials does not offer CME or CEU credit.

Each module consists of:

  • 1 brief didactic lecture, focused topic overview, 15-30 minutes in length
  • 5 multiple choice questions, self-assessment 
  • 1 Structured EEG Assessment Tool (SEAT), includes a case-based scrollable EEG sample for interpretation using a coding sheet

 

Goals

  • Offer a comprehensive and structured learner-driven and self-paced EEG learning resource
  • Offer learning and self-assessment opportunities for a wide range of learners
  • Act as an online supplement to institutional and in-person learning experiences
  • Serve as a curriculum on EEG learning for uniform and comparable learning experiences across the United States

 

Target Audiences

  • Primary:  Adult and Pediatric Neurology Junior Residents
  • Secondary:  Fellows (Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy), Practicing neurologists, Epilepsy researchers with interest in human EEG

EEG/Neurodiagnostic Technologists are encouraged to contact ASET-The Neurodiagnostic Society to learn about the ASET Core EEG Curriculum (EEG 200-212 online courses). ASET’s comprehensive courses are based on the ASET National Competency Skill Standards for Performing Electroencephalography. 

 

The AES EEG Essentials course is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through a grant program administered by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.

 

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The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) is a coalition of over 50 specialty societies representing more than 800,000 physicians across the house of medicine. CMSS works to catalyze improvement through convening, collaborating, and collective action. Together, we address critical issues across specialties that influence the future of healthcare and the patients we serve. For more information, visit www.cmss.org.