TMS Certification Course & Masterclass
May 21-23, 2024

The Brainclinics TMS Masterclass and Certification Course for 2024 is fully booked and registration is closed.

Join us for an exciting once yearly Brainclinics Foundation event, the TMS Masterclass & TMS Certification Course in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. On May 21-23 2024, we will take you from the basics of TMS and Brain Stimulation on day 1, to exciting new developments in the field of Brain Stimulation and TMS with world-renowned speakers on day 2 and 3. We’re excited to welcome a great line-up of keynote speakers who will share with you their latest insights and research, including Nolan Williams, Dirk de Ridder, Iris Dalhuisen, Lennart Verhagen, Jonathan Downar and Kristin Raj. Topics that will be covered are circuit-based and network brain stimulation, the SAINT/SNT TMS protocol, new clinical indications of TMS including OCD, transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), alternative coil positions, accelerated TMS and iTBS, precision TMS, stratified psychiatry and TMS induced heart-brain coupling (HBC).

The full three days fulfil the required blueprint of the Dutch Hersenstimulatie Stichting for TMS Certification, and the 2 or 3 days qualify for continuing education credits for recertification. The masterclass (day 2 & 3) has been awarded 13 points and the certification course (all 3 days) 20 points. Accreditation for FGzPt has been awarded for 14 PE points; NVvP has been awarded for 12 PE points. Download the Terms and Conditions for our courses and Masterclass here.

Hands-on practice will be performed on Deymed and MagVenture hardware.

Provisional Program

Day 1: TMS Certification Course Essentials

9.00 – 9.45	Welcome and introduction TMS Certification Course: TMS essentials Martijn Arns
9.45 – 10.15 10.15-11.00	TMS essentials-I: History, physics & equipment: Martijn Arns TMS essentials-II: Parameters, safety & clinical aspects: Kristin Raj
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30	TMS as treatment for depression Jonathan Downar
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 14.30	The neuromodulation family (tDCS, tACS, VNS, DBS) Dirk de Ridder
14.30 – 15.30	Hands-on TMS: finding the MT Kristin Raj, Nikita vd Vinne, Lauren Zwienenberg & Iris van Oostrom
15.30 –16.00	Coffee break
16.00 – 17.45	Hands-on TMS: Coil placement and coil orientation Kristin Raj, Nikita vd Vinne, Lauren Zwienenberg & Iris van Oostrom
17.45	Review, questions, closing of the day

Day 2: TMS Masterclass – What’s hot and new: Beyond TMS, new protocols, new indications and new position of TMS.

9.30 – 10.45	Welkcome and introduction TMS Masterclass Martijn Arns
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30	Beyond the DLPFC: more targets, more indications, more remissions Jonathan Downar
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
13.30 – 15.15	From phrenological single target to network brain stimulation Dirk de Ridder
15.15 – 15.45	Coffee break
15.45 – 16.15	Clinical effectiveness of OFC TMS Amourie Prentice
16.15 – 17.00	Updating the depression treatment algorithm: strategic placement of rTMS in the therapeutic landscape Iris Dalhuisen
17.00 – 17.45	Hands-on TMS and demo: Alternative coil positions and iTBS
17.45	Review and questions
18.30 – 22.00	Walking dinner

Day 3: TMS Masterclass – Expanding the interventional psychiatry toolbox: Individualising and speeding-up TMS and new treatments

9.30 – 10.00	Treating the patient: Precision-TMS and Stratified Psychiatry Martijn Arns
10.00 – 10.45	What TMS frequency to choose? Brainmarker-I as a TMS-frequency stratification marker. Nikita van der Vinne
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00	Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation: A new tool in the neuromodulation toolbox? Lennart Verhagen
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 14.45	Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy: Developing a Spatiotemporal Biomarker Nolan Williams
14.45 – 15.15	Coffee break
15.15 – 16.00	Where and at what intensity to stimulate? TMS-Induced Heart-Brain Coupling as a target engagement biomarker and clinical effects. Lauren Zwienenberg & Eva Dijkstra
16.00 – 17.00	Hands-on TMS: Heart-Brain Coupling-demo Lauren Zwienenberg, Eva Dijkstra, Kristin Raj, Nikita van der Vinne & Iris van Oostrom.
17.00	Review, questions & Farewell