Language Testing & Awake Brain Surgery – Online Course
Find out about language testing during awake brain surgery with this online course from University of Groningen for healthcare professionals and neurolinguists.
Who is the course for?
The course has been created for healthcare professionals involved in the procedure of awake surgery, including neurosurgeons and neurosurgical teams but also neurolinguists and clinical linguists who wish to start developing language tests.
Equally, it will be relevant for anyone involved in the procedure before, during and after awake brain surgery including neuro-anaesthesiologists, neuropsychologists, nursing staff and neurologists.
It also delivers useful information for patients with brain tumours and their proxies, to inform them about the surgical procedure they are about to undergo as well as anyone else intrigued by the topic.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Identify the complexity of the language representation in the brain
Explain the necessity of awake brain surgery
Describe the procedure including direct electrical stimulation (DES)
Identify the prerequisites of a good language test
Describe the complexity of developing a language test battery for LTABS
Evaluate the developments of the field
