Minimum Educational Requirements

Minimum Educational Requirements for Performing

Electroneurodiagnostic Procedures

Individuals performing routine Electroneurodiagnostic procedures must have more than one year of END education and a minimum of one year of clinical experience to render testing without the direct supervision of a senior END technologist or physician. Competent

technical recording of END tests requires the technologist to exercise a significant degree of independent judgment. END recordings are customized to meet the needs of the patient, the referring physician and the physician who will interpret the test. The routine END investigation and activating procedures conducted during the recording are based on the patient’s medical history and current complaints, the anticipated waveforms, the abnormalities seen during the recording and the reason for the referral. Both END education and clinical experience are necessary to attain sufficient knowledge base and clinical expertise.

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