6th Mapping Course: Neuropsychological Assistance Course

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COURSE AIMED AT

The course is directed to Neuropsychologists, Psychologists, Speech Therapists, Therapists, Nurses, Neurosurgeons, and all professionals involved in the peri- and intra-operative (neuro) psychological assistance.

COURSE ACCREDITATION

The credits of the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) have been requested for the 6th Mapping Course Neuropsychology (workshop, theory and live surgeries).
The course will be divided in three sections: Mapping Course - Disection/Mapping Course - Neuropsychology/ Mapping Course - Theory and Live surgeries.

COURSE DIRECTOR

Dr. Andreu Gabarrós
Chairman
Neurosurgery Department
Brain Mapping Program Director
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Universitat de Barcelona

COURSE CO-DIRECTORS

Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello
Brain Mapping Program
Neurosurgery Department
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Associate Professor of Anatomy
Universitat de Barcelona

Dr. Gerard Plans
Brain Mapping Program
Neurosurgery Department
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

Dra. Isabel Fernández-Conejero
Head of Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit
Neurology Department
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

ORGANIZING COMMITEE

Dra. Anna Gasa-Roqué
Neuropsychology Unit
Neurology Department
Brain Mapping Program
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

Dra. Joanna Sierpowska 
Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit &
Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro)
Dep. of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology
Universitat de Barcelona 

PROGRAM

Wednesday November 22nd
Introduction: Intraoperative mapping and monitoring of language and cognition during awake surgery from a neuropsychological standpoint
Workshop 1: Cognitive and language assessment before surgery. Neuropsychological battery of tests for patients with tumors located in the perisylvian areas in the left-dominant hemisphere
Workshop 2: Cognitive and language assessment before surgery. Neuropsychological battery of tests for patients with tumors located in the supplementary motor area in the left-dominant hemisphere
Assessment of language and cognition during the surgery: methodological aspects and tasks to use intraoperatively
Precision medicine: personalized electrical stimulation mapping tasks for tumor resection
Workshop 3: Cortical and subcortical mapping and intraoperative monitoring by clinical cases - hands-on intraoperative evaluation and scoring based on live surgeries (video material)
Crash course in psychometrics: understanding what the results mean for each person given their profile (age and education)
Workshop 4: Scoring, interpretation and communication of cognitive and language performance before, during and after surgery

Thrusday November 23rd
Theory

Friday 24th
2 live surgeries (awake and asleep patient)

FEES

* Members of the EANS will get a 10% discount on the prices
* Members of the COPC (Col·egi Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya) will get a 10% discount on the price

VENUE

The training program will be developed in:

University Hospital Bellvitge
Feixa Llarga, s/n
L ‘Hospitalet de Llobregat
Barcelona
(Spain)