A curriculum for epilepsy surgery: A report from the Surgical Commission's Epilepsy Surgery Educational Task Force and the Educational Council of the ILAE.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is a need to develop a comprehensive, formalized, and globally applicable epilepsy surgery curriculum in order to help standardize the quality of epilepsy surgery practice in the world.

Methods

The Epilepsy Surgery Educational Task Force of the ILAE developed a competency-based epilepsy surgery educational curriculum comprised of four domains: Diagnosis, Counseling, Pre-surgical Work-up, and Surgical Techniques. To evaluate this educational curriculum, a survey questionnaire consisting of 11 items was sent out for feedback to ILAE and IESS members. The survey questionnaire asked respondents to rate the degree of importance of each competency on a five-point scale that ranged from "extremely important" to "not at all important" and provided space for free text

SUBMITTER: Dorfer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature