New England Neonatal aEEG and Neuroimaging Workshop

Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) is an important tool for continuous monitoring of brain function, sleep wake cycling, and instantaneous detection of electrographic seizures. aEEG monitoring plays an important role in monitoring neonates with encephalopathy, neonatal seizures, and extremely premature infants. In addition, neuroimaging, including head ultrasound (HUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are able to delineate brain structures and evaluate brain growth and brain injury both in term and preterm infants.

The New England Neonatal aEEG and Neuroimaging Workshop will educate medical providers (physicians, trainees, and nurses) about the technology of neonatal aEEG as well as how to interpret and incorporate the tool into clinical practice. This workshop will also provide the basic knowledge needed to interpret neonatal HUS and MRI and their applications in neonates.

Upon completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:
1. Identify how aEEG tracing is processed and the difference between aEEG and conventional electroencephalography (cEEG)
2. Interpret and score aEEG tracing
3. Describe the variable clinical applications of aEEG in preterm and term neonates
4. Review the practical steps of applying the aEEG electrodes
5. Assess the indications and limitations of neonatal neuroimaging
6. Interpret basic neonatal HUS and MRI findings
7. Recognize the variable clinical applications of head ultrasound and brain MRI in preterm and term neonates

Neonatal Intensive Care Physicians, Fellows, Nurses and Allied Health

Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Education to provide medical education for physicians.

Partners HealthCare System designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 16 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP)
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This program will award 8 nursing contact hours for Day 1, and 8 nursing contact hours for Day 2.

New England Neonatal aEEG and Neuroimaging Workshop

November 8 – 9, 2017 | 7:30 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

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