Description:

This board is designed to review existing epilepsy cases and apply the most current evidence-based knowledge and guidelines to establish treatment plans for improved patient outcomes. Up to 6 Epilepsy cases are presented to the interprofessional team as possible candidates for surgery, DBS, RNS, or other treatment identified through this collaborative care plan discussion. These discussions include Q & A addressing medications, social and economic concerns, psychiatric recommendations, and recommendations for follow up Neurodiagnostic Procedure or Neurosurgery.  On occasion an educational presentation will be made on newer technology used in an epilepsy surgery case and there will be discussion on how well the patient did after use of the technology in surgery, and opinions given on the new technologies' usefulness for their patient. This helps support the critical review by the team of new or emerging technologies, or other evidence supporting newer interventions or care approaches.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Psychologists

Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives: 

Upon completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Provide ethical patient centered care in line with competencies defined by ACCME and ABMS.

• Collaborate with members of the interprofessional team for the patient’s care particularly in regard to Neurosurgery patients.

• Employ evidence-based practices in the development of interdisciplinary care plans reflective of shared decision making.

• Engage in self-assessment and reflection to apply new information on non-clinical factors that impact patient and family outcomes such as recognition of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and the impact of implicit biases.

Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

1. Szaflarski, M. (2014). Social determinants of health in epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 41, 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.013
2. Samanta, D., Singh, R., Gedela, S., Perry, M.S. & Atya, R. (2021). Underutilization of epilepsy surgery- Part II: Strategies to overcome barriers. Epilepsy & Behavior, 117. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1525505021000871

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

Michael Chez, faculty for this series, has ineligible financial relationships with UCB and Neurellis which was mitigated through a Speaker Agreement form.  No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity. 

 – Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, MSL, RN