Coronavirus/COVID-19 - We are unable to run the course this year as too many of the faculty are unavailable and we consider that concentrating medical staff from several countries in one place carries a higher than average chance of spreading the virus to critically important individuals. We will be re-arranging the course for 2021. We are refunding all course fees paid by delegates to date. Most of these will take the form of a PayPal refund direct to the credit card used for payment and the first batch have been processed today (23rd March). A few UK trainees overpaid originally and may already have been given a partial refund by the treasurer - any such refunds will need to be repaid to the society please. The second batch of refunds have now been done (1st April). A few people who registered in September have passed the deadline for PayPal reimbursement and will be contacted directly by the treasurer. If you think you should have had a refund and have not then please contact us.
The latest UK Government advice on the situation can be found HERE and the list of high risk areas is HERE.
The triennial teaching course covers a variety of topics. This year's topics include Evoked Potentials (including visual physiology), Neurophysiology in Critical Care, Advanced EMG, Neurophysiology in Epilepsy, Ultrasound of Periperal nerves and Intraoperative Monitoring. (Flyer)
Confirmed speakers include Dr David MacDonald (Saudi Arabia), Dr Aileen McGonigal (France), Dr Matthew Pitt (UK), Dr Peter Kaplan (USA), Dr Leo Visser (Netherlands), Dr Stephan Ruegg (Switzerland), Prof Graham Holder (Singapore), Prof Machiel Zwarts (Netherlands) and Dr Sanjeev Nandedkar (USA)
The following rates include all course materials, drinks reception sun 29 march, accommodation from sun 29 march (check in from 2pm) to fri 3 April 2020 (checkout 9am), breakfast & lunch in college (mon-fri) and gala dinner on thurs 2 April 2020
Early bird Deadline 31 jan 2020
Early Bird Rates
BSCN members £85o
Non BSCN members £950
Clinical Neurophysiology trainees in a UK centre presenting a case £500. IF YOU ARE A UK TRAINEE AND ARE NOT OFFERED THE £500 RATE ON TRYING TO BOOK, EVEN AFTER 31st JAN, DO NOT PROCEED AND PAY THE FULL RATE - CONTACT DR BLAND OR DR MALLIK
After 31 Jan 2020
Full rate £1200.
Registration closes on 6 March 2020 1700 GMT
Please note all fees must be paid at time of registration. We are unable to invoice Trusts.
Fees are reduced for UK trainees who are members of or subscribers to the BSCN and who submit a case for presentation which is accepted. Please email arupmallik@nhs.net with a brief outline of your case with a final diagnosis. You will have 13 mins to present and 2 mins for questions. Deadline for case submission 31 Jan 2020
Draft Programme (subject to change)
Sunday 29 March 2020
1600-1800 Registration
1800-1900 Drinks reception Pembroke College
Monday 30-Mar-20
EEG
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900 Welcome by BSCN President - Dr A Fowle
0915 Trainee Presentations
1000 Maturation of EEG & Normal Variants/Paediatric Semiology – R Thornton
1030 EEG in paediatric seizure syndromes – S Goyal
1100 Neonatal EEG and seizure semiology – R Pressler
1145 Frontal Lobe Seizure semiology – A McGonigal
1230-1330 Lunch
1330 Trainee presentations
1400 EEG of Encephalopathy - P Kaplan
1445 Tea
1515-1715 Workshops (SFEMG, NCS techniques, Ultrasound)
Tuesday 31-Mar-20
Peripheral Nerve
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900 Technical Aspects of EMG - S Nandedkar
0945 Nerve Conduction Techniques - M Zwarts
1030 Coffee
1100 Testing the neuromuscular junction - E Stalberg
1145 Paediatric EMG - M Pitt
1230 -1330 Lunch
1330 Ultrasound and neurophysiology for generalised neuropathy- L Visser
1400 Ultrasound and neurophysiology for focal neuropathy -J Bland
1430 Trainee Presentations
1500-1530 Coffee
1530 - 1730 Workshops (SFEMG, NCS techniques, Ultrasound)
Wednesday 01-Apr-20
Neurophysiology in ICU
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900 Status Epilepticus: overview and what is new - S Ruegg
0945 Periodic Discharges on EEG- P Kaplan
1045 - 1115 Coffee
1115 Trainee Presentations
1145 Assessment of hypoxic brain injury - N Kane
1230 -1330 Lunch
1330 Trainee Presentations
1400 Peripheral Neurophysiology in Critical Care - A Michell
1430-1500 Coffee
1500-1700 Workshops (SFEMG, NCS techniques, Ultrasound)
Thursday 02-Apr-20
EPs and Intraoperative monitoring
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900 Somatosensory and auditory Evoked Potentials - P Walsh
0945 Visual Electrophysiology -Graham Holder
1030-1100 Coffee
1100 Trainee Presentations
1145 Introduction to Intraoperative Monitoring - D MacDonald
1230 -1330 Lunch
1330 IOM for Spinal Surgery - A Yaacob
1400 IOM for Cerebral Surgery - A Miralleve-Pescador
1430-1500 Coffee
1500 IOM for brainstem surgery - N Kane
1530 Illustrative Cases in IOM - D MacDonald
1615 Trainee Presentations
1645 Quiz -Dr Leach and Dr Mallik
1900-2200 Gala Dinner
Friday 03-Apr-20
0800-0900 Breakfast
0900 Trainee Presentations
1000 Clinical aspects of peripheral neuropathy - C Gabriel
1045-1115 Coffee
1115 Peripheral Nerve Injury - T Quick
1200 Trainee Presentations
1230 Presentation of Prizes
1230-1330 LUNCH
1400 Close of meeting
