Invitation

In 2025, the annual ANZAN EEG Course, which is being held at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia on 1st and 2nd March 2025, will be available on-line to neurology trainees and neurologists from developing countries in the Asian-Oceanian region. The EEG Course is held over two days and provides a theoretical and practical background to the reading and reporting of routine adult and paediatric EEG. The format consists of seven sessions, each starting with a 30 minute didactic lecture followed by a 60-75 minute active-participation tutorial where EEG examples will be demonstrated and discussed under the direction of an experienced EEG tutor. Topics include basic technical aspects of EEG, the normal awake and asleep EEG, and epileptiform and non-epileptiform abnormalities in adults and children.

The fee is $110 Australian including GST, and applicants will need to provide evidence that they are a neurology trainee or neurologist from a developing country.

Online registration will be opening in November.

Travel Grants

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN) and the Epilepsy Society of Australia (ESA) are offering travel grants to Neurology advanced trainees and Neurologists who have completed their training within the last 5 years to attend the Annual Clinical Epilepsy Course on 28th February and EEG Course ion 1st and 2nd March 2025 in Melbourne.

The Clinical Epilepsy Course is a one-day, case-based workshop focusing on the practical management of paediatric and adult patients with epilepsy.  Participants will discuss each case in small groups under the leadership of an epileptologist, followed by a short didactic summary by the presenter. The 2025 course will focus on common clinical problems faced by doctors caring for patients with epilepsy in the outpatient setting.

The EEG Course is held over two days and provides a theoretical and practical background to the reading and reporting of routine adult and paediatric EEG. The format consists of seven 90 minute sessions, each starting with a 30 minute didactic lecture followed by a 60 minute, small group, active-participation tutorial where EEG examples will be demonstrated and discussed under the direction of an experienced EEG tutor. Topics include basic technical aspects of EEG, the normal awake and asleep EEG, and epileptiform and non-epileptiform abnormalities in adults and children. In 2025, as in previous years, the course will include two lectures and tutorial sessions on EEG in the Intensive Care Unit and Ictal EEG. These will run in parallel with the main ANZAN EEG course and be available to neurology trainees who have previously attended the course and neurologists.

Travel grants will cover economy airfares, accommodation for 3-4 nights (if required), registration (which includes a number of meals) and an incidentals allowance of $AUD300. Applicants will be asked to provide a quotation for their flights, with a cap of $AUD2000. Preference will be given to those from resource-poor countries.  A report of the experience of the travel grant recipient will be required at the completion of the epilepsy and EEG courses.

For further information regarding the courses and other enquiries please contact us.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2024.