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EEG Training in the Context of Competency-Based Learning: When Is Enough, Actually Enough?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

Gianluca D’Onofrio
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy Division of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aylin Y. Reid
Affiliation:
Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rajesh Ramachandrannair
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Juan Pablo Appendino
Affiliation:
Pediatric Neurology Service, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital; Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kevin Jones
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Eliane Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
Tadeu Fantaneanu
Affiliation:
Division of NeurologyOttawa Hospital Research InstituteThe Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Kristin M. Ikeda
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Pasquale Striano
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Anita Datta
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Diagnostic Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, BC Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Esther Bui*
Affiliation:
Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Corresponding author: Esther Bui; Email: esther.bui@uhn.ca

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