Educational Curriculum for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Developed by the North American Neuromodulation Society
Department
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Neuromodulation
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is an effective neuromodulation therapy for chronic neuropathic and nociceptive pain. Although the total number of PNS implantations has increased over the last decade, no curriculum exists to guide training and learning of this therapy. The goal of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) education committee is to develop a series of competency-based curriculums for neuromodulation therapies. The PNS curriculum is the latest part of such series, following the curriculums for spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery system.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A multidisciplinary task force (anesthesiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurosurgery, preventive medicine and public health, and neurology) was created by the educational committee of NANS to develop a PNS curriculum in accordance with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) milestones. The curriculum was created based on the best available evidence and expert knowledge (from our task force members) of available PNS systems. The final PNS curriculum was approved by the NANS board.
RESULTS: A PNS curriculum was developed by the task force. Milestones included professionalism, practice-based learning, interpersonal communication, medical knowledge, systems-based practice, procedural skills, and patient care. Each milestone was defined into three categories: early learner, advanced learner, and practitioner.
CONCLUSIONS: This manuscript provides a PNS training curriculum developed by a multidisciplinary task force of the NANS educational committee in accordance with the milestones described by ACGME for basic learners, advanced learners, and practitioners. This curriculum will help provide a structured training and evaluation process for obtaining proficiency in PNS treatment(s).
First Page
483
Last Page
489
DOI
10.1016/j.neurom.2022.09.015
Volume
26
Issue
3
Publication Date
4-1-2023
Medical Subject Headings
Humans; Internship and Residency; Clinical Competence; Education, Medical, Graduate; Peripheral Nerves; North America
PubMed ID
36526547
Recommended Citation
Kalia, H., Abd-Elsayed, A., Malinowski, M., Burkey, A., Abdallah, R. T., Sivanesan, E., Malik, T., Tolba, R., Eshraghi, Y., Ferguson, K., Schnur, M., Raslan, A., Guirguis, M., Russo, M., & Slavin, K. V. (2023). Educational Curriculum for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Developed by the North American Neuromodulation Society. Neuromodulation, 26 (3), 483-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2022.09.015