SIG | Practice Management: Building an Epilepsy Practice

Friday, December 3, 2021
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OVERVIEW :

The 2021 Practice Management Special Interest Group focuses on topics essential to building an epilepsy practice in today’s complex and evolving world. 

Epilepsy is a significant cause of disease burden across the globe, with the estimated proportion of those with active epilepsy being between four and ten per 1,000 people. As the world’s population ages and grows, there is an ever-increasing need for quality epilepsy care. Fortunately, epilepsy practices continue to grow in countries with modern healthcare systems and are actively being developed in places of the world without such specialty services. However, the process of building an epilepsy practice can be daunting due to complexities of healthcare systems, technology, and the growing role of digital platforms used to connect with and deliver care to patients and families living with epilepsy.  

Each of the three speakers spotlights expertise in topics critical for a successful epilepsy practice: the epilepsy provider team, epilepsy monitoring unit, and connecting to patients in the community. Speakers present a “How To” discussion on building an epilepsy team from the ground up, creating an epilepsy monitoring unit, and reaching patients in the community. 

Learning Objectives:

Following participation in this activity, participants will be able to: 

  • List the opportunities and obstacles to establishing an epilepsy care team in a new clinical setting 
  • Demonstrate understanding of the steps in establishing a new epilepsy monitoring unit 
  • Describe the importance of community outreach for an epilepsy practice and effective methods of connecting with patients and families living with epilepsy 

Program:

SIG Coordinators: Kinshuk Sahaya, MD, FAES, Nicholas Beimer, MD, and Rani Singh, MD 

Chair: Kinshuk Sahaya, MD, FAES 

Specialized Epilepsy Care: Growing an Epilepsy Care Team | Gaden Osborne, MD 

Establishing an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit: Get It Right the First Time | Thomas J. Bullock, MD 

Community Outreach: How to Connect with People and Families Living with Epilepsy | Brianna Romines, MPA 

Activity Type
Special Interest Group
Credit
Non-CME
Format
In person
Career Stage
Early Career (typically 0-5 years from completion of training)
Mid-Career (typically 6-15 years from completion of training)
Senior (typically >15 years from completion of training)
Audience
Advanced Practice Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Clinicians
Fellows/Trainees
Nurses
Pharmacists
Technicians
Demographic
Clinical
First-time Attendees
Young Professionals