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Updated Requirements for Advanced Training in Neurophysiology

Key Dates

Trainee Accreditation submissions assessed against this standard for all training completed after 31 January 2025. (For trainees completing their training prior to that date, the previous standard will apply). Some additional training for pre-2025 trainees may be recommended prior to accreditation if training is deemed insufficient, even where case numbers have been met.

Site Accreditation must be in place for Level 2 or 3 training commencing after 31 January 2026

Retrospective accreditation of Level 2 or 3 training for existing fellows closes 30th September 2025

For a complete and detailed version of these requirements, including the definitions of case complexity, core competencies and syllabus for each level of training please refer to the full version. Additional documents, including logbook templates, are here.

If paediatric trainees have queries regarding advanced clinical neurophysiology training, they should seek information from ANZ CNS.

Supervisor Accreditation Requirements

 

EEG

NCS/EMG

Level 1 Basic


Level 1 training is governed by RACP (not ANZAN) and forms part of core neurology advanced training.
It is presented here for reference only. These requirements have not changed with the 2024 update.

• Primary supervisor and all direct teaching staff must all have at least Level 2 in EEG
• Must keep logbook which is reviewed by supervisor regularly
• Report, under supervision, a minimum of 150 EEG studies
• Must cover EEG syllabus through formal tutorial program
• Must attend one ANZAN EEG workshop
• Must achieve core competencies for Level 1

 

 

• Primary supervisor and all direct teaching staff must all have at least Level 2 in NCS/EMG
• Must keep logbook which is reviewed by supervisor regularly
• Perform, attend and/or report a minimum of 150 NCS/EMG studies, including 100 ‘hands on’ studies where the trainee placed the electrodes and performed nerve stimulation
• Must cover NCS/EMG syllabus through formal tutorial program
• Must attend one ANZAN EMG workshop
• Must achieve core competencies for Level 1

 

Level 2 Clinical

• Primary supervisor and all direct teaching staff must all have at least Level 2 in EEG
• Must spend at least 6 months full-time (or equivalent) working in an accredited Level 2 EEG setting
• Report, under supervision, a minimum of 350 EEG studies with a case mix of at least the following:
   - 250 low complexity studies
   - 75 moderate complexity studies
   - 25 high complexity studies
• ANZAN Part 1 and Part 2 EEG Examinations recommended.
• Must achieve core competencies for Level 2

 

 

 • Primary supervisor and all direct teaching staff must all have at least Level 2 in NCS/EMG
• Must spend at least 6 months full-time (or equivalent) working in an accredited Level 2 NCS/EMG setting
• Usual weekly timetable minimum 5 half-day NCS/EMG sessions for a full-time trainee (3 half-day for 0.5FTE trainee)
• Perform, attend and/or report a minimum of 300 ‘hands on’ NCS/EMG studies:
   - 100 simple studies
   - 125 moderately complex studies
   - 30 high complexity studies, including at least:
      ▪ 5 repetitive nerve stimulation studies
• Satisfactory completion of AANEM self-assessment examination in Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Must achieve core competencies for Level 2

 

 

 

EEG

EMG

Level 3 Advanced

• Primary supervisor must have Level 3 in EEG. All other teaching staff directly involved in training must have at least Level 2 in EEG
• Must spend at least 12 months full-time (or equivalent) working in an accredited Level 3 EEG setting
• Report, under supervision, a minimum of 500 EEG studies with a case mix of at least the following:
   - 350 low complexity studies
   - 100 moderate complexity studies
   - 50 high complexity studies
• Satisfactory completion of ANZAN Part 1 and Part 2 EEG Examinations.
• Must achieve core competencies for Level 3. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Primary supervisor must have Level 3 in NCS/EMG. All other teaching staff directly involved in training must have at least Level 2 in NCS/EMG

• Must spend at least 12 months full-time (or equivalent) working in an accredited Level 3 NCS/EMG setting
• Usual weekly timetable minimum 5 half-day NCS/EMG sessions for a full-time trainee (3 half-day for 0.5FTE trainee)
• Perform, attend and/or report a minimum of 500 ‘hands on’ NCS/EMG studies:
   - 200 simple studies
   - 200 moderately complex studies
   - 50 high complexity studies, including at least:
      ▪ 10 repetitive nerve stimulation studies
      ▪ 5 cranial studies
      ▪ 10 single fibre EMG
• Clinical evoked potential training:
   - 40 evoked potential studies, including at least 10 upper limb and 10 lower limb SSEP
   - 20 visual evoked potential studies
   - Ability to perform SSEP and VEP studies ‘hands on’
• Satisfactory completion of AANEM self-assessment examination in Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Must achieve core competencies for Level 3