Epilepsy: An Overview

Course Description

The course covers the clinical neurology, pharmacology, neurophysiology, psychology and paediatric neurology. The breadth of expertise drawn upon during the programme reflects the diverse problems faced by the patient with epilepsy and the particular difficulties in the assessment of drug treatment.

Healthcare's teaching team – all specialist physicians in this therapy area and all experienced speakers, will encourage questions and discussion throughout, to allow delegates the opportunity to ensure that they have no unanswered questions and that their requirements are met.

This course will provide an excellent grounding for people new to this area of medicine. Those who have already been working in this field will enhance their knowledge and benefit from the clinical perspective provided by this programme.

CPD accreditation:
Healthcare's programmes are approved by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine for CPD accreditation. Details can be supplied on request.

Topics to be covered include:

• Introduction to epilepsy
• Neurophysiology
• Adult epilepsies
• Investigation of epilepsy
• Antiepileptic drugs - adults
• Outcomes of epilepsy management
• The neuropharmacology of epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs
• Antiepileptic drugs pharmacokinetics
• Epilepsies of childhood
• Differential diagnosis in children
• Antiepileptic drugs pharmacokinetics

Chairs
Professor Philip Patsalos
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK

Dr David Smith
Consultant Neurologist
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK

Dr Richard Appleton
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Alder Hey Children's Hospital, UK