Course Overview
The Temerty Centre is offering an intensive training program to teach the administration of rTMS.
rTMS is Health Canada approved for treating major depression and is being studied for other disorders.
Due to the increased demand for the use of rTMS in the treatment of psychiatric disorders, we predict there will be a sharp increase in the need for technicians to administer this novel treatment.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the program, attendees will be able to:
- Describe the basics of rTMS
- Summarize evidence-based treatments for psychiatric disorders using rTMS
- Assist with determining the motor threshold
- Determine appropriate treatment spots using the BEAM F3 method
- Entering protocols in rTMS equipment
- Machine maintenance and upkeep
- Extensive hands-on practice administering rTMS
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
BA or BSC
Delivery Method
Five-day, in-person training program
Certification and Accreditation
This continuing professional development activity is held under the auspices of the Simulation Centre and The Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Registrants will receive a certificate of completion.