Overview
Cleveland Clinic’s Tim O'Connor School of Epilepsy Technology has been designed to provide both didactic and clinical training for those interested in becoming a registered electroencephalogram (EEG) technologist. An electroencephalogram (EEG) finds changes in brain activity which is valuable in diagnosing and treating brain disorders, like epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
Over the course of 12 months, School of Epilepsy Technology enrollees receive on-the-job training from Cleveland Clinic epileptologists and registered EEG technologists. Throughout the duration of the program, participants are employed by Cleveland Clinic, and are provided with knowledge and hands-on clinical experience to prepare for the ABRET Registered EEG Technologist exam. Training takes place in multiple clinical settings, including medical/surgical inpatient units, intensive care units (ICU), Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, and outpatient EEG lab. Completion of training and certification may lead to a full-time EEG technologist position with Cleveland Clinic.
Becoming a registered EEG technologist is only the first step in a long-term career in the epilepsy technologist field. Career advancement can include becoming an EEG reader, magnetoencephalography (MEG) technologist, intra-operative monitoring technologist, and trainer of future EEG technologists.
Program Details
Cleveland Clinic’s Tim O'Connor School of Epilepsy Technology training program consists of an introduction to the electro-neurodiagnostic field, overview of the brain, the role of the technologist and training on the diagnostic procedures used to monitor a patient’s brain and nervous system.
The full program curriculum includes training on:
- Monitoring Essentials
- Principles of Electrical Safety
- Electronics and Instrumentation I
- Electronics and Instrumentation II
- Adult Normal EEG 1
- Adult Normal EEG 2- Normal Variants
- Pediatric EEG
- Neonatal EEG
- Abnormal EEG Part 1
- Abnormal EEG Part 2
- Neurological Disorders
- Modifying EEG
- ECI Recording
- Seizures
- Ictal Patterns
- Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
- Treating and Managing Epilepsy
- EKG Basics
- Classifying EEG
How to Apply
Cleveland Clinic's Tim O'Connor School of Epilepsy Technology is supported by the Epilepsy Center and is an ABRET-recognized training program. Throughout the duration of the program, participants are employed by Cleveland Clinic as an EEG Technician Apprentice.
If you are interested in the School of Epilepsy Technology, click the link below to apply for an EEG Technician Apprentice position.
If there are no EEG Technician Apprentice positions posted at this time, please click the link below to explore all of the Cleveland Clinic Apprenticeship Programs. Fill out the Apprenticeship Interest Form and select "Electroencephalogram (EEG)" as your program of interest. When a position is available, a caregiver from Talent Acquisition will reach out to you.
