Accreditation

The Academy of Brain Stimulation

The international Clinical TMS Certification Course is offered by the Academy of Brain Stimulation. The Academy of Brain Stimulation seeks to bridge the gap between scientific research and clinical practice in the field of transcranial brain stimulation and noninvasive neuromodulation.

The Academy is comprised of international renowned experts and key opinion leaders in Transcranial Brain Stimulation (TMS, TES, TUS). The Academy aims to inform clinicians by presenting scientific evidence and concepts from the scientific community, thereby connecting scientists and academics in the field of brain stimulation with clinicians and practitioners.

European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

For all our Clinical TMS Certification Courses (onsite and online) an application has been made to the EUROPEAN UNION OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS (https://www.uems.eu) for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of CME credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

American CME

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

TMS Certification

Our International Clinical TMS Certification Courses are also officially recognized by the Dutch-Flemish Brain Stimulation Foundation for TMS Certification, including accreditation as TMS prescriber (TMS professional) as well as TMS technician (TMS operator)

Faculty members of the International Clinical TMS Certification Course co-authored and fully comply with the recommendations provided by the IFCN (International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology) committee for training in the practice of non-invasive brain stimulation (Fried et al., 2020).

Who is authorized to offer TMS therapy?

In most countries, rTMS is prescribed by medical specialists such as psychiatrists or neurologists (or sometimes also other physicians). In some countries, TMS prescribers may include all health care professionals authorized to treat patients with psychological disorders, including medical specialists, but also psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, clinical neuropsychologists.

Many countries distinguish between TMS prescribers and TMS technicians who are operating the TMS device under supervision of a TMS prescriber. These TMS technicians are for example nurse practitioners, lab assistants or physician’s assistants.

Importantly, following our or any TMS Certification Courses is no replacement for a recognized clinical qualification / profession required to prescribe TMS therapy or to be registered as a healthcare professional within the healthcare sector of a given country. Our International Clinical TMS Certification does not replace or substitute any potential national regulation regarding the authorized use of TMS in a clinical setting. TMS Certification Courses and accredited CME activities are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of (clinical) competency.

Disclaimer

All content presented on our webpages, and during our digital on-demand as well as live TMS Certification Courses is no medical advice but for informational and educational purposes only.

The Academy does not recommend or endorse any specific practitioner, equipment, product, medical procedure, or protocol presented in our courses or on our webpages and the Academy does not give direct medical advice. Reliance on any information provided or mentioned during our courses, our recordings or on our websites is always at your own risk. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgement before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Testimonials

Outstanding course. Learned so many logical aspects which are extremely useful for TMS professionals.

Highly recommend to pursue the future online and offline certified TMS Course.

Great course, highly recommended!

Amazing clinically relevant.

The excellent preparation of the expert speakers made me capture all the necessary information.

Simply excellent: From the basic knowledge up to the high experience of the teaching team.

Exchanging information and keeping close with this powerful team will help me (us) improving our skills and out results in treating patients with psychiatric disorders.

Beside the professional experience, I noticed a warm and open team in receiving new members in the rTMS community.

Thank you for spending your time in teaching us!

This course exceeded my expectations and was very academic and clinically useful at the same time.

Very useful and worth taking the course.

Very good course.

Loved it!

The course was extremely useful for us and our patients in the future, to help, support, and treat them for depression.

This course was just what I needed to further specialize myself in Clinical TMS.

I feel more confident now implementing TMS with my patients and hold more theoretical knowledge on the state of the art research-wise.

Even in online format the course provided many possibilities of learning from very experienced tutors.

It was a priceless experience - and what is important - the course is very valuable for both beginners and advanced TMS users.

Very punctual and interactive.

The information was very well synthesized. And the demonstration for the hands on session was very useful.

Well informed speakers well organized event.

We could interact with the speakers during course, we could ask questions and received answers on spot.

Well organized, you overcome the virtual barriers! Good teachers!

Just perfect. Wide experience of speakers, interactivity.

It was stimulating and well explained in detail without losing the attention of the participants.

As coming practitioners, we especially found the online instructions/guidance very useful, precise and instructive.

We benefitted so much from the access to an incredible amount of new knowledge and Scientific studies.

Presentations were excellent.

Really learned a lot about the science and application of TMS.

Great to meet mind-liked people.

Would definitely recommend this course to my colleagues.

Welcoming and pleasant teaching staff.

Clever and concise approach of educators.

The practical hands-on training was just excellent and extremely helpful.

Very useful and enjoyable course, learned a lot, great experience.

Excellent course, as a consultant psychiatrist I learned a lot – well organized, I would recommend it to my colleagues.

I love the practical sessions.

The course was pitched at a very good level, easy and clear enough to understand. Latest and useful research relating to the topics was very good.

A highly recommended course , all one needs to know about TMS.

Excellent course! Very stimulating.

Thank you for the great help. I learned a lot.

GREAT WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE DOUBTS!! USEFUL SUPPORT MATERIAL.

Amazing course, really good lectures. I thought the online course was a great success.

I have been privileged to attend live the International Clinical TMS Certification Course live before, and although this year it was done Online via Zoom due to the covid pandemic, the quality of the course remained excellent.

I strongly recommend this course for any clinician who works or plans to work with TMS. Many thanks to Prof Dr Alexander Sack and his amazing team.

I think this is the most informative activity I have ever attended in my 30(+) clinical career. An outstanding faculty.

I really enjoyed the course. The lectures and presentations were excellent. The information was very useful for professional practice. The doctors have a lot of experience, were very friendly and always answered our questions. I definitely recommend the course.

I selected the Online course. I was a bit worried about this online format and not sure whether I would be benefit as much as from a live course. But after doing the course and going through the manual I feel perfectly prepared and really confident to use TMS to treat my patients.

Very delicately chosen topics and a very cordial atmosphere despite being online and very far. Learned a lot with the well chosen information and references.

I highly recommend this course, it was really useful, all the speakers have a lot of experience.

I am only starting in the field of TMS, but attending this excellent course has given me the confidence to draw up a local policy and protocols for my hospital.

I have attended various TMS trainings in the past, but this course is by far the best and most complete training I ever received. I can only highly recommend it to everyone offering TMS already to considering to start a TMS service in their practice.

Lectures are extremely informative and very clear, there is plenty of time for questions and discussion, the hands on trainings are done in small groups, so everyone gets to work with different devices to train the procedures.

Best TMS Course I have attended with extremely friendly and knowledgeable professors. The entire atmosphere is so friendly that everyone feels comfortable and welcome.

This course was beyond my expectations

This course gave my the confidence to start using TMS

Great course, highly recommended!

Very flexible and meaningful course

This is a highly recommended and useful course for MD's and technicians who want to learn the fundamentals about TMS, both the theoretical and practical parts

Excellent training course on TMS. Highly recommend the training

Very useful course for those who want to understand the basics of TMS to implement it in a clinical or research setting.
The course is conducted by very knowledgeable and experienced speakers and the wealth of information delivered is really great.
Highly recommended for beginner and intermediate practitioners

The course is essential for any person wanting to start doing TMS

Not to be missed if you are to take your first steps in the field.

Best course ever!

I strongly recommend the course. It was an amazing teaching experience led by a passionate and engaging team.

Your program provided me with more insight about TMS than I had before. I'm confident in applying the protocols and therapy in the coming days after this clinical practice. Thank you, Alex, and your team.

It's a fruitful course. I acquired basic knowledge about TMS. Although I didn't have TMS equipment with me during the practical session, I could gain a lot through observation and experience sharing with classmates and speakers.

This course has made TMS education clear and accessible across the world. This course has made me a better and more confident TMS operator.

Very well organized, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was able to learn and build on my knowledge with minimal questions. The setup of the course was well-organized and well-paced. The materials and information are of great benefit.

This course was such a great experience. I would recommend this course to all health professionals interested in neuromodulation.

This course will get you up to date and sharpen your TMS practical skills.

Great course to learn all the basics about TMS, even if you don’t have any experience, yet.

I got the opportunity to get to know the newest insights of TMS in scientific research, as well as TMS in clinical practice. There was a lot of space for Q&A’s and the staff was very flexible to all of our suggestions and questions.

I was able to develop my scientific thinking as a master student to a higher level and I have a lot of new insights which I am going to use in clinical practice as a TMS technician.

The best TMS course to my knowledge. This event covers everything from the basics to advanced ongoing research, from academic to clinical aspects of TMS. Regardless of how much you already understand TMS, you can always benefit from the course and the enthusiastic instructors.

This course is very useful as it enables a remote learning experience without much compromise in the one-on-one aspect, thanks to the practical sessions. The lectures were engaging, participative, and dynamic.

Great course. So much really useful information and really clear take home guidance. The online format worked really well.

Informative and interactive course by knowledgeable lecturers

I must thank you a lot for this course. It will be so useful and applicable for me and my clinic.

This is a very well organized and relevant course enthusiastically delivered by extremely knowledgeable and experienced instructors.

Excellent team and teachers, 3 days of intense learning, with an important practical focus, I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the subject.

First hand information directly from top neuroscientists, priceless experience. A must have course for every TMS practitioner.

These are three days packed with information and practical application, providing an overall framework and then diving deeper into each stage of clinical practice and future scientific research. Absolutely recommended for beginners to advanced alike!

We could learn a lot in just 3 days.

Very intense and fruitful course.

First of all, I would like to thank you for this opportunity and wonderful experience. It will be really helpful for me in the further practice.

All the lectures were eloquent, based on studies, all our questions were answered very thoroughly. This is a well-structured course and I am grateful for it.

It is an excellent course for clinicians who want to use TMS for treatment of psychiatric disorders.

It was the best course I attended this year. Well designed and excellently delivered.

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