Objectives and competences
Specific objectives
- To learn the main causes of epilepsies in children, adolescents and adults. Know how to identify and interpret the symptoms of a fit, an EEG and neuroimaging techniques to diagnose epilepsies and classify fits and epilepsies.
- Understand the indications of pre-surgical assessment, interpret prolonged video-EEG monitoring, undertake neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging and nuclear medicine tests, discuss the case in multidisciplinary sessions, understand resective surgery techniques and the results by etiology.
- To learn the main causes of epilepsies in children, adolescents and adults. Know how to identify and interpret the symptoms of a fit, an EEG and neuroimaging techniques to diagnose epilepsies and classify fits and epilepsies.
- Understand the indications of pre-surgical assessment, interpret prolonged video-EEG monitoring, undertake neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging and nuclear medicine tests, discuss the case in multidisciplinary sessions, understand resective surgery techniques and the results by etiology.
Basic information
| Type | Postgraduate courses |
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| Certificate | Lifelong learning master's degree certificate |
| Faculty or school | Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut |
| Branch of knowledge |
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| Mode of delivery | Face-to-face |
| Credits | 60 |
| Length of course | 1 academic year |
| Language(s) of instruction | Catalan |
| Enrolment fee: | First year: 3.000,00 € An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee |
| In-company placement(s): | No |
| Classes begin: | 04/09/2023 |
| susana.parraga@sjd.es | |
| Master's degree course homepage | www.sjdhospitalbarcelona.org |
| Managment | Fons Estupiña, Maria del Carmen |
| Open pre-enrolment | No |
| Lead to doctoral studies | No |
| Admission for applicants not holding a degree qualification: | No |
Objectives and competences
Objectives
- Gain knowledge of the main causes of epilepsies.
- To know how to interpret the symptoms of a fit, the EEG and neuroimaging techniques.
- Know how to classify crises and epilepsies.
- Learn the treatment options for epilepsies.
- To be able to assess patients with epilepsy and their families and provide information about the causes, treatments, prognoses, implications and precautions at different points in their lives.
- Gain knowledge of drug treatment of epilepsies in children, adolescents and adults.
- Learn the mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anti-epileptic drugs.
- Gain knowledge of the interactions, adverse effects and choice of anti-epileptic drug depending on the type of epilepsy or epileptic syndrome and the characteristics of the patient, dietary treatments and discontinuation of treatment with anti-epileptic drugs.
- To gain knowledge of epilepsies that are candidates for surgical treatment.
- To learn how to interpret the indications of pre-surgical assessment, prolonged video-EEG monitoring, neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging or nuclear medicine tests.
- Learn the available techniques.
- To know how to interpret the results of surgery by etiology.
- To be able to follow-up the patient and manage drugs after surgery and palliative surgery.
- To know how to manage emergencies in situations of epilepsy, including handling of the child, adolescent and adult who is having an epileptic fit outside of the hospital, and know how to diagnose and treat convulsive and non-convulsive epileptic status.
- Learn the comorbidities of epilepsies, including mood and emotional regulation disorders and developmental and learning disorders.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
Graduates in medicine, specializing in Pediatrics or .Access requirements and conditions
Pre-enrolment
Calendar
22/09/2023 06/10/2023Contact us
Faculty or school where the course is taught
| Address: | Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2 08950 - Esplugues de Llobregat Espanya |
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| Email address: | susana.parraga@sjd.es |
| Webpage: | www.sjdhospitalbarcelona.org/es |
| Telephone: | +34 93 280 32 29 |
| Observations: | Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
For further enquiries
| Address: | Servei de Neurología, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Passeig Sant Joan de Déu 2 08950 - Esplugues de Llobregat Espanya |
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| Email address: | susana.parraga@sjd.es |
| Webpage: | www.sjdhospitalbarcelona.org |
| Telephone: | +34 93 280 32 29 |
| Observations: | Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (if you want more information, write to campistol@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org, sparraga@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org and mcarreno@clinic.ub.es). |