7th Mapping Course: Neuropsychological Assistance Workshop 2024

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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 Neuropsychological Assistance Workshop has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).
In case the participant attended the full on-site course, he/she would have two diplomas.

COURSE DIRECTOR

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

ORGANIZING COMMITEE

PROGRAM

Wednesday November 27th ON-SITE WORKSHOP

Introduction: Intraoperative mapping and monitoring of language and cognition during awake surgery from a neuropsychological standpoint

How to define a candidate for an awake brain surgery? Round table discussion with Dr. Andreu Gabarrós (Chief of the Neurosurgery Department of the University Hospital of Bellvitge), about the dialogue between neurosurgeons and neuropsychologists
in presurgery preparation

Neuropsychological assessment of glioma patients undergoing awake brain surgery in the left-dominant hemisphere: before and after surgery

Design and validation of intraoperative tasks

Precision medicine: personalized electrical stimulation mapping tasks for tumor resection

Crash course in psychometrics: understanding what the results mean for each person given their profile

Discussion panel: Design, assessment, and interpretation of neuropsychological domains before, during, and after the surgery

Workshop 1 Cognitive and language assessment before and after surgery. Neuropsychological battery of tests, scoring and interpretation for patients with tumors located in the left-dominant hemisphere

Workshop 2 Cortical and white matter mapping and intraoperative monitoring by clinical cases - hands-on intraoperative evaluation and scoring based on live surgeries (video material)

Panel of experts: Successful surgery and then what? Perspectives from post-surgical follow-ups - flash-talks

Take home messages and closing remarks

Thursday 28th ON-SITE or ONLINE
Theory

Friday 29th ON-SITE or ONLINE
2 live surgeries (awake and asleep patient)

FEES

*Members of: FANSPE (Federación de Asociaciones de Neuropsicología Estatales), COPC (Col·legi Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya) and COPAO (Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental) will get a 20% discount.
**Students (from undergraduate to PhD included) will get a 40% discount.

VENUE

The training program will be developed in:

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