Rinsho Shinkeigaku (Clinical Neurology)

Original Article

Survey of the participants of EEG teaching courses provided by Japanese Society of Neurology: current state and gradual evolution for EEG teaching in the last 5 years

Kosuke Tanioka, M.D.1)10), Takefumi Hitomi, M.D., Ph.D.2)10), Riki Matsumoto, M.D., Ph.D.3)9)10)11), Ryosuke Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D.1)10)11), Shozo Tobimatsu, M.D., Ph.D.4)9), Takashi Inuzuka, M.D., Ph.D.5)8), Jun-ichi Kira, M.D., Ph.D.6)8), Susumu Kusunoki, M.D., Ph.D.7)8)11) and Akio Ikeda, M.D., Ph.D.3)8)9)10)11)

1)Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2)Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
3)Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
4)Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Science
5)Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine
6)Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine
7)Department of Neurology, Kindai University School of Medicine
8)The Education Board of Japanese Society of Neurology
9)Lecturers of Hands-on Seminar of EEG in Japanese Society of Neurology
10)Collaborators of EEG Seminar of Kinki Regional Meeting of Japanese Society of Neurology
11)Council Member of Kinki Branch of Japanese Society of Neurology

We collected and analyzed the questionnaires from the participants in the annual EEG hands-on (5 times) and the regional EEG seminar (6 times). The board-certified neurologists among participants in the regional EEG seminar were always more than those in the annual EEG hands-on. Participants in the regional EEG seminar were more involved in EEGs than those in the annual EEG hands-on. The highly satisfactory lectures in the annual EEG hands-on were gnormal EEG" and those in the regional EEG seminar were gEEG of epilepsy". The highly requested lectures in the annual EEG hands-on were ghow to read EEG" and those in the regional EEG seminar were gEEG of epilepsy". By taking the needs of the participants into account, we only could provide more efficient teaching seminars to improve EEG reading skills of neurologists.
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(CLINICA NEUROL, 57: 110|117, 2017)
key words: EEG education, EEG reading, paperless electroencephalography

(Received: 20-Dec-16)