Visiting Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

The course, sponsored by the Duke University School of Medicine and the North Carolina Psychological Association, includes hands-on administration of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). In October 2008, the FDA approved TMS for treatment of major depression. Didactic sessions with the TMS faculty of Duke University and Columbia University cover all topics relevant to running a TMS clinical service and a TMS research lab, including: new developments in motor threshold determination, treatment technique, stimulus dosing, risks, complications and contraindications, safety screening and concurrent medications, post TMS management and continuation treatment, clinical and non-clinical research applications, TMS research study designs, and emerging brain stimulation techniques (e.g., magnetic seizure therapy).