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Course Overview: The UTHealth EEG and Epilepsy Course is an 8-week didactic and hands on teaching and training program that is held twice a year at the McGovern Medical School – Texas Medical Center Houston Campus. Course participants will achieve competency in the analysis and interpretation of human EEG and will also be introduced to the discipline of stereotactic EEG and intracranial studies of the epileptic brain. Didactic topics will include the fundamentals of adult and pediatric epilepsy, and the medical and surgical treatments of intractable epilepsy. A diverse array of topics, including epilepsy aspects of neuropathology, neuropsychology, and neuroradiology will be covered. Sleep and surgical (intra-operative) monitoring topics pertaining to epilepsy will also be discussed.
Registration Information: Registration is based on a first-come, first-served basis and early application is encouraged. There is no course fee, however, participants are responsible for their own expenses. A certificate will be awarded upon successful completion. International applicants are welcome to enroll and may stipulate interest in subsequent, longer-term research/post-doctoral fellowships. Please note visa processes may take time.
Course Dates: Upcoming course dates coming soon
For more information, please contact the Course Coordinator, Andrew Coulter at Andrew.coulter@uth.tmc.edu
Course Overview: UTHealth McGovern Medical School in Houston has six ACGME Epilepsy Fellowship positions available beginning July 1st, annually, and two non-ACGME positions in invasive EEG. The epilepsy fellowship position is for one year with an opportunity to extend it to a second year. ACGME fellowship applicants must have a completed residency program in neurology, child neurology or general psychiatry accredited in the United States or Canada. Non-ACHME fellowship applicants must have completed neurology residency programs equivalent to a standard US neurology residency program, and possess ECFMG certification that allows clinical training in the US.
The fellowship program is designed to maximize learning and clinical experience, suitable for those planning careers in academic hospital medicine as well as those headed for private practice.
Fellowship Activities:
Course Overview: The Summer Research Program provides U.S. undergraduate and McGovern Medical School first-year medical school students with hands-on laboratory research experience supervised by McGovern Medical School and faculty members throughout the medical and dental schools of UTHealth. The internships are ten weeks in duration. Each student is required to write an abstract of research performed during the summer. Scheduled events that supplement the research experience include weekly seminars, certification courses in animal science: laboratory safety and radiation, an enrichment series, and tours of selected facilities and labs.
Registration: The application period is December 1 – February 1 (11:59 pm CST) each year. Candidates must be available to begin on the first day of the program in May 2021.
For more details, visit: https://med.uth.edu/oep/medical-education/student-programs/summer-research-program/