Course Overview
The Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention at CAMH is offering a three-day training program for psychiatrists on the clinical application of rTMS.
The use of rTMS is approved by Health Canada for treating major depression and is being studied as a treatment for other disorders.
Due to the increased demand for rTMS in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, we predict there will be a sharp increase in the need to use rTMS in treating psychiatric disorders.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the program, attendees will be able to:
- Summarize evidence-based rTMS treatments for psychiatric disorders
- Determine the clinical applications of rTMS
- Determine clinical indications, contraindications, and appropriate patient selection
- Determine appropriate treatment protocols using rTMS
- Identify the motor threshold
- Approximate treatment spots
- Receive substantial hands-on experience.
Lectures include:
- Brief history and introduction to rTMS
- Applications of rTMS
- rTMS use in depression
- rTMS use in obsessive compulsive disorder
- Future directions in rTMS research
Course Requirements and Prerequisites
All attendees must have an MD.
Delivery Method
Three-day, in-person, training program.
Certification and Accreditation
This continuing professional development activity is held under the auspices of CAMH’s Simulation Centre and The Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention.
Registrants will be awarded Section 1 and Section 3 credits from The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
