Roadmap for a competency-based educational curriculum in epileptology: report of the Epilepsy Education Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy

Abstract

Teaching competency in the diagnosis and clinical management of epilepsy is of utmost importance for the ILAE. To achieve this mission, the Task Force for Epilepsy Education (EpiEd) developed a competency-based curriculum for epileptology, covering the spectrum of skills and knowledge for best medical practice. The curriculum encompasses seven domains, 42 competencies, and 124 learning objectives, divided into three levels: entry (Level 1), proficiency (Level 2), and advanced proficiency (Level 3). A survey of the currently existing ILAE-endorsed teaching activities identified a significant gap in education of basic knowledge of epileptology (Level 1). To bridge this gap, a web-based educational tool is being developed. A virtual campus will be constructed around the curriculum, integrating the various educational activities of the ILAE. This paper describes the development of the curriculum and future tasks necessary to achieve the educational goal of the ILAE. © 2019 Epileptic Disorders

Keywords

Author Keywords

curriculum Web-based clinical management diagnosis epilepsy, teaching competency ILAE Task Force for Epilepsy Education (EpiEd)

Index Keywords

learning training attitude to health human medical education Humans Decision making Article curriculum education health care personnel Curriculum development competency-based education cost effectiveness analysis education program organization epilepsy medical practice learning style course content nuclear magnetic resonance imaging clinical decision making Neurology priority journal comorbidity assessment electroencephalogram epileptologist genetic screening hippocampal sclerosis neuroimaging recognition seizure vagus nerve stimulation advisory committee Advisory Committees Societies

Author Affiliations

Department of Neuropathology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

Department of Paediatric Clinical Epileptology, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, Bron, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark

Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Clinical Research Unit, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada

Funding & Acknowledgements

No funding information

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Roadmap for a competency-based educational curriculum in epileptology: report of the Epilepsy Education Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy

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