Shiraz Annual Epilepsy (Semiology-EEG) Course

Epilepsy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Shiraz, Iran

19 - 21 October 2022

ILAE Curriculum Learning Objectives addressed by this course

The Shiraz Annual Epilepsy (Semiology-EEG) Course is an intensive, 3-day course designed to instruct in core competencies related to epilepsy classifications and semiology and also electroencephalography of adults and children.

Organizer: Epilepsy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Moderator: Ali A. Asadi-Pooya, M.D.

List of faculty:

  1. Ali A. Asadi-Pooya, M.D., Professor of Epileptology
  2. Mohsen Farazdaghi, M.D., Neurologist with epilepsy fellowship
  3. Hamid Nemati, M.D., Pediatric neurologist with epilepsy training
Draft program

Day 1

  1. Glossary and medical terminology (1 Hr)
  2. Classification of epilepsies and seizure semiology (2 Hrs)
  3. Case presentation and group discussions (1 Hr)

Day 2

EEG in children and adults (4 Hrs):

  1. Background Rhythms
  2. Normal EEG in wakefulness & sleep
  3. Artifacts
  4. Normal EEG variants
  5. Activation Methods
  6. Epileptiform EEG Abnormalities: interictal

Day 3

  1. Epileptiform EEG Abnormalities: ictal (1 Hr)
  2. Report (1 Hr)
  3. Case presentation and group discussions (2 Hrs)

For more information, please contact Ali Akbar Asadi-Pooya at aliasadipooya@yahoo.com.