Abstract

© 2020 As the field of noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) expands, there is a growing need for comprehensive guidelines on training practitioners in the safe and effective administration of NIBS techniques in their various research and clinical applications. This article provides recommendations on the structure and content of this training. Three different types of practitioners are considered (Technicians, Clinicians, and Scientists), to attempt to cover the range of education and responsibilities of practitioners in NIBS from the laboratory to the clinic. Basic or core competencies and more advanced knowledge and skills are discussed, and recommendations offered regarding didactic and practical curricular components. We encourage individual licensing and governing bodies to implement these guidelines.

Keywords

Guidelines, Noninvasive brain stimulation, Training, Transcranial electric stimulation, Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2021

Volume

132

Issue

3

PubMed ID

33549501

Publication Title

Clinical Neurophysiology

Publisher

Elsevier

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

35433

Funders

Funding information : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388245720305757?via%3Dihub#ak005

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

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Fried, P. J., Santarnecchi, E., Antal, A., Bartres-Faz, D., Bestmann, S., Carpenter, L. L., ... Pascual-Leone, A. (2021). Training in the practice of noninvasive brain stimulation: Recommendations from an IFCN committee. Clinical Neurophysiology, 132(3), 819-837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.11.018

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10.1016/j.clinph.2020.11.018