1.

TECHNICAL SCIENCES

1.1

ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS

Atoms and molecules, conduction and insulation, voltage, current, resistance, power, Ohm’s Law, capacitance and inductance, DC and AC, ions, impedance, magnetism and electricity, measurement units, meters, transformers.

1.2

THE EEGph

1.2.1

Introduction to the EEGph - basic concepts.

1.2.2

The Differential Amplifier - basic concepts, tubes and transistors, power supply, input impedance, common mode rejection, input I and output II, polarity.

1.2.3

Filters -

low frequency filters, (time constants), high frequency filters, frequency response, 50 Hz (notch) filter phase shift, use of controls.

1.2.4

Sensitivity

·      individual and master controls, dynamic range, use of controls.

1.2.5

Calibration

·      instrument calibration

·      bio-calibration

1.2.6

Paper speed

1.2.7

Writing mechanisms

1.3

RECORDING TECHNIQUE

1.3.1

ELECTRODES

·      types, characteristics, materials

·      methods of application (including scalp preparation)

·      impedance and resistance

·      effects of repeated EEG recordings

·      sterilisation

·      maintenance and infection control.

1.3.2

THE 10- 20 SYSTEM

·      measurement and placement

·      caps

1.3.3

POLARITY AND LOCALISATION TECHNIQUES

·      polarity convention

·      bipolar and referential recording

1.3.4

Montages

1.4

PATIENT GROUNDING AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY

·      earth loops

·      physiological effects of shocks

·      safety precautions

1.5

FAULT-FINDING AND MAINTENANCE

1.6

MEASUREMENT AND DEFINITION OF EEG CONCEPTS

·      voltage, frequency, waveform

·      definition of basic clinical concepts

2.

CLINICAL SCIENCES

2.1

NEUROANATOMY

2.1.1

Central Nervous System

·      structure of the brain and cerebral hemispheres, crossed laterality.

·      the brainstem, cranial nerves, cerebellum and spinal cord.

2.1.2

Blood supply

2.1.3

Ventricles and CSF Flow

2.1.4

Autonomic Nervous System

2.2

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

2.2.1

The action potential and neuronal transmission

2.2.2

Transmission at the synapse.

2.2.3

Excitation and inhibition.

2.2.4

The relationship between neuronal activity and EEG.

2.3

INTRODUCTION TO NEUROLOGY

2.3.1

Neurological Examination.

2.3.2

An introduction to disease states affecting the CNS.

·      genetic and congenital, traumatic, vascular, infective, tumors, degenerative, metabolic and toxic, immunological.

2.3.3

Epilepsy

2.4

NEURODIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE EEG

CT scan, ventriculogram, lumbar puncture, angiogram, brain biopsy, cerebral blood flow studies, myelograms.

2.5

BASIC EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

2.5.1

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

2.5.2

Seizures - Patient and EEGph management

3.

CLINICAL EEG

3.1

INTRODUCTION

3.1.1

Historical introduction

3.1.2

Normal : awake and asleep

3.1.3

Abnormal : awake and asleep

3.2

ARTEFACTS

Sources and elimination

3.3

PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG EFFECTS

3.4

STANDARDS FOR PERFORMING CLINICAL EEGphy

3.5

ACTIVATION AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES

3.6

CLINICAL CORRELATIONS

3.6.1

Epilepsy

·      International classification

·      EEG findings

3.6.2

Head injuries and vascular lesions.

3.6.3

Space-occupying lesions.

3.6.4

Infective and non-infective encephalopathies.

3.6.5

Psychiatric disorders.

3.6.6

Sleep disorders