NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP
COURSE AIMED AT: Neuropsychologists, Psychologists, Speech Therapists, Therapists, Nurses, Neurosurgeons, and all professionals involved in the peri- and intra-operative (neuro)psychological assistance
WEDNESDAY | November 26th - Location: Dissection room
08:30 – 08:45	Delivery of documentation
08:45 – 09:00	Course presentation
09:00 – 09:15	Introduction: Intraoperative mapping and monitoring of language and cognition during awake surgery from a neuropsychological standpoint. Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué
09:15 – 09:30	How to define a candidate for an awake brain surgery? Round table discussion with Dr. Andreu Gabarrós (Chief of the Neurosurgery Department of the University Hospital of Bellvitge),  about the dialogue between neurosurgeons and neuropsychologists in presurgery preparation. Moderators: Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons / Dr. Joanna Sierpowska
09:30 – 10:00	Neuropsychological assessment of glioma patients undergoing awake brain surgery in the left-dominant hemisphere: before and after surgery. Dr. Inma Rico Pons
10:00 – 10:30	From design to implementation: validating and adapting intraoperative tasks through "de novo" development and linguistic tailing to participant profiles. Dr. Joanna Sierpowska
10:30 – 10:45	Crash course in psychometrics: understanding what the results mean for each person given their profile.     Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué / Dr. Laura Maldonado-Murciano
10:45 – 11:00	Discussion panel: Design, assessment, and interpretation of neuropsychological domains before, during, and after the surgery.
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE
11:30 – 11:45	Precision medicine: personalized electrical stimulation mapping tasks for tumor resection.    Dr. Victor Cepero / Dr. Xim Cerdà-Company
11:45 – 12:40	Workshop 1. Cognitive and language assessment before and after surgery. Neuropsychological battery of tests, scoring and interpretation for patients with tumors located in the left-dominant hemisphere. Instructors: Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons / Dr. Joanna Sierpowska
12:40 – 13:00	Workshop 1. wrap-up and discussion.
13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 16:15	Workshop 2 Cortical and white matter mapping and intraoperative monitoring by clinical cases - hands-on intraoperative evaluation and scoring based on live surgeries (video material). Instructors: Dr. Anna Gasa- Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons / Dr. Joana Sierpowska
16:15 – 16:30	Workshop 2 wrap-up and discussion.
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE
17:00 – 18:00	Panel of experts: Beyond the operating room - Multidisciplinary insights into perisurgical journey of patients and their caregivers.   Dr. Nuria Cayuela / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudín / Dr. Rocío Sánchez-Carrión Abascal / Dr. Joanna Sierpowska / Dr. Marta Simó
18:00 – 18:30	Discussion and closing remarks
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