Magstim Brain Stimulation Training Course
7 Oct 2008
Magstim Brain Stimulation Training Course
January 10th – 14th 2009 (Residential)
Hosted by Professor Vincent Walsh at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
UPDATE: Additional dates have now been added. Click here for details.
As a result of requests made during the Magstim TMS Summer Schools held in May 2007 and 2008, we are pleased to announce the first Magstim Brain Stimulation Training Course.
The Brain Stimulation Training Course has been designed to be a practical, hands-on course in magnetic and electrical stimulation of the human brain. The course is intended to provide new and existing users of TMS with many of the techniques required to design, execute and analyse TMS/tDCS experiments. There will be substantial opportunity to gain experience of the equipment used to administer TMS during the course to complement the theoretical knowledge provided
The course will run over five full days and will include a number of introductory lectures on aspects of TMS and tDCS. The lectures will be complemented with a minimum of 20 hours practical experience. These practical sessions will consist of up to five groups of two people working with a TMS set up (no standing around watching yet more demonstrations of motor cortex stimulation and phosphenes).
The course is organised and directed by Professor Vincent Walsh (ICN). All the latest magnetic (TMS), electrical (tDCS and tACS) stimulation equipment and TMS guided navigation equipment will be provided by Magstim. Practical sessions will be supervised by Professor Walsh together with other experts and on-site technical support and assistance will be provided by Magstim.
The course will be strictly limited to 10 participants, to ensure participants have adequate time to work effectively in pairs and have sufficient access to equipment throughout each practical session.
Course Programme
Day 1:
Welcome
Introductory Lecture - TMS, physics, physiology and safety.
Practical Session 1. TMS Guided Neuronavigation. Neuronavigation equipment will be available with all TMS machines throughout all practical sessions.
Practical Session 2. (Each paired group (A-E) will experience one of the following Practical sessions per day for three days until all have spent one afternoon on each of i,ii, and iii.)
(i) Stimulation of the Motor System (e.g.MEP) (Groups A, B)
(ii) Stimulation of the Visual System (e.g.Phosphenes) (Groups C, D)
(iii) Stimulation in Cognition Experiments (Group E)
Day 2:
Review and questions from previous day.
Introductory Lecture - transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Alternating Current Stimulation (tDCS and tACS).
Practical Session 3:
Motor System (Groups C, D)
Visual System (Group A)
Cognition (Group B)
tDCS and tACS (Group E)
Day 3:
Review and questions from previous day.
Introductory Lecture - Brain Stimulation and Clinical Interventions.
Practical Session 4:
Motor System (Group E)
Visual System (Group B)
Cognition (Group A)
tDCS and tACS (Groups C, D)
Day 4:
Review and questions from previous day.
Lecture - TMS and Brain Imaging.
Practical Session 5:
Visual System (Group E)
Cognition (Groups C,D)
tDCS and tACS (Groups A, B)
Day 5:
Review and questions from previous day.
Lecture - Review of Clinical uses of TMS.
Practical Session 6:
To be arranged according to experience and need according to interests and issues identified in days 1-4.
Registration and Fees.
The fee for the course is £1,500 which includes:
• Course Books (Wassermann et al., Oxford Handbook of Transcranial Stimulation; Walsh & Pascual-Leone, Trasncranial Magnetic Stimulation)
• 2 to 1 practical tuition and guidance for practical sessions;
• 5 nights Bed and Breakfast accommodation (single room);
• All Lunches;
• Course closing dinner;
• Certificate of attendance and competence.
Note: Evening meals on days 1-4 are not included.
• The course is run from Saturday to Wednesday to allow overseas registrants to keep flight costs down by staying over a Saturday evening.
• The first course will run from Saturday January 10th to Wednesday 14th 2009.
• To register contact TMScourse@gmail.com
