Date: 2nd April 2019
Venue: Birmingham Crown Plaza NEC
Fee: £195 +VAT
Course Summary
This is a one-day course is designed to provide an in-depth discussion of current vestibular assessment, prevalence of vestibular disorder in the UK and current guidance. The course is aimed at users already performing vestibular assessment and using the ICS impulse, and for those interested in paediatrics vestibular assessment.
Description.
There will be opportunity to discuss ways to streamline assessment and provide new insights to upcoming protocols and new technology. Key training areas include hands on practical, interpretation and improving efficiency in differential diagnosis.
Learner outcomes
- Describe vestibular anatomy and physiology
- Describe key oculomotor pathways that asses central pathology efficiently.
- Describe differences between ocular motor subtests
- Performing efficient bedside assessments.
- Performing efficient VEMPS and new research in normative interpretation
- Performing efficient video head impulses and peadiatric consideration
- Describe anxiety overlay in vestibular patients and ways to address this.
- New technologies to assist in differential diagnosis in vestibular patients
- Interpretation and reporting the results
| Time | Agenda |
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-13:00 | Brief overview Vestibular Anatomy and Physiology Patient preparation and pre-test case history- new considerations Bedside testing to streamline assessment Oculomotor testing- efficient testing for central pathology Dynamic Visual Acuity and headshake bedside test VEMP- C and O vemp- new research in result interpretation |
| 13:00-13:30 | Lunch provided |
| 13:30- 15:30 | Video Head Impulse- brief overview physiology and VOR. Performing good Horizontal Head Impulses – tips and tricks PRACTICAL SESSION – Lateral Impulses Performing good Vertical Head Impulses – tips and tricks PRACTICAL SESSION – RALP AND LARP Impulses Peadiatric Video head impulse considerations Addressing ANXIETY in vestibular patients. |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-17:00 | Brief overview of new technology SVINT and VHIT SHIMP Case study discussion |
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