Senior Training Fellowship 1. Name: Dr. Maya Mary Thomas 2. Department: Department of Neurological Sciences 3. Year of STF: July 5th to September 23rd 2016 4. Objectives stated in the application for STF: i. To enhance skills in interpretation of EEG (electroencephalography) and thereby advance epilepsy care ii. To learn optimal utilization of EEG for selection of difficult patients for epilepsy surgery iii. To further improve the quality of the electrophysiology course run by the Neurosciences department iv. To facilitate development of a “Centre for comprehensive epilepsy care” 5. Center visited for STF & Mentor : The Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA Attended the 12 week Clinical Neurophysiology, EEG and Epilepsy Course Mentors Dr. Andreas V Alexopoulos Dr. Naduvil Ahsan Moosa 6. Short description of training: About the program The clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy course is an intensive three-month course designed to introduce core clinical competency in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy training. The course consists of a nine-week lecture series and three one-week workshops. The course consists of the following: • •
Hands-on learning in the form of case discussion on various topics pertaining to clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy Introduction to clinical and basic science research opportunities, including timeliness of research expectations and requirements The Cleveland Clinic runs this program primarily for the fellows who are joining for their epilepsy fellowship course. As part of their international relations, the Center for international medical education invites observers from all over the world to also attend this course. When I attended the course, there were 12 fellows and 7 of us international observers – from China, Turkey, Brazil, Russia, Colombia and Croatia.