Showing posts with label electroencephalography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electroencephalography. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2014

EEG Training Lacking


EEG (Electroencephalography) is critical to epilepsy diagnosis.  It is the primary test to determine if someone has epilepsy or not.  If the EEG is misread, it often leads to a misdiagnosis of seizures and epilepsy.  According to the article “EEG Training for Neurologists is Inadequate,” there is a lack of education in EEG reading.  In most medical education programs, it is not required for neurology residencies, but offered