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[anxietypeaker]

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epilepsy fellowship is approved now at the abms... i thought clinical neurophysiology was sorta the same thing but a mix of emg and eeg stuff....?

 

[bakerj88]

Clinical neurophysiology classically is what you mentioned, EMG + EEG, as well as EP. There are many programs across the country that allow you to split your time evenly (or unevenly if your desires are to learn a bit more than the other) between EEG and EMG. Epilepsy now being recognized by the ABMS/ABPN could push a trend away from classic clinical neurophys fellowships. That being said, there has been a nationwide trend away from clinical neurophys fellowships for years now before epilepsy being recognized, likely due to more intense/volume of presurg eval/spell characterization as well as IOM.

 

[medc]

I think some epilepsy programs also encompass clinical training in epilepsy (outpatients, therapy, research, etc...) as well as neurophysiological training. EEG fellowships are all about neurophysiology. correct me if I'm wrong!

 

[Mattchiavelli]

My 2cents-

What I learned about epilepsy fellowship while on my 4th year Neuro rotation at my med school- it's popular with practicing community neurologists that feel epilepsy management had advanced so much since their original neurology residency. This is from talking to a couple of our current epilepsy fellows.