Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 13, 2025
8:00 AM – 5:30PM Daily
Intermittent and lunch breaks provided
Live, in-person and online, live stream
>> CE Credits are approved. 40 CE Credits are available for attending this training in its entirety. <<
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Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration up to 30 days prior to the event. Refunds or exchanges are granted only 30 days prior to the event or earlier. Please email us to request your cancellation at [email protected]. Fees cannot be refunded for registrations cancelled after the period of 30-days prior.
**This course includes (at no additional cost), opportunity to sit for the IQCB Certification Exam —personally proctored by Dr. Tiff Thompson, licensed QEEG Diplomate.
You MUST be a qualified candidate to take the IQCB QEEG Exam.
Familiarize yourself with qualification requirements and purchase your exam at iqcb.org.
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Time / Location of Exam:
The Exam will be proctored in SANTA BARBARA, CA, beginning promptly at 9AM on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
You will also have access to the course modules for the QEEG, QEEG-D Certification - IQCB Training.
Quantitative EEG Master Level Certification. In-person and virtual training with Dr. Tiff Thompson, PhD, MFT, QEEG-D, R.EEG T, BCN.
The Quantitative EEG Certification is a distinction that identifies someone who has competency in the reading of electroencephalographic data (EEG), as well as mastery of the quantification of that data (as seen in brain maps).
This live training is a 5-Day, 40-hour, in-person and virtual course that meets the education requirement for final accreditation.
Content and Discussion is guided by the most current blueprint of knowledge released by IQCB.
Most Current (2023)
Blueprint of Knowledge for Board Certification in QEEG
effective 01/2023
Areas of competency required for certification in Quantitative Electroencephalography and Electrophysiology:
I. HISTORY - 1 HOUR
Basic knowledge of the history of quantitative electrophysiology.
II. NEUROSCIENCE - 8 HOURS
The following areas will be covered in theformal examination and it is recommended that the candidate review readings that encompass the following:
A. Cortical and sub cortical structures macro and microanatomy
B. Sensory pathways
C. Autonomic nervous system
D. Major networks
E. Behavioral correlates to brain regions and networks
III. TECHNICAL - 4 HOURS
The competent clinical neurophysiologist must acquire knowledge of electronics and instrumentation related to EEG and EPs.
A. Topographical representation of EEG
B. Electrodes and acquisition systems
C. Instrumentation (Acquisition and review
parameters/settings)
D. Montages
E. Electrical/clinical safety
IV. EEG - 8 HOURS
Fundamentals of functional neuroanatomy, including network theories, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology and neuropathology
A. Basic knowledge of neurophysiology of EEG
B. Editing and identifying artifacts
C. Normal waveform patterns
D. Standards of EEG acquisition procedures including activation
E. Abnormal EEG waveforms and rhythms.
Visual examination of EEG traces to identify time and location of artifact and pathology
F. The use of different EEG montages for wave form analysis
V. QEEG - 9 HOURS
A. Understanding the uniqueness of QEEG analysis from other neuro imaging techniques and conventional metrics derived from the EEG signal
B. Use of QEEG norms and methods used to derive QEEG norms
C. The functional correlates of abnormal EEG changes
D. The role of the qEEG metrics toward understanding and treating specific clinical presentations; and the relationship of the qEEG to other clinical examinations.
E. Demonstrate basic knowledge of Brodmann Areas in terms of how Areas were defined and most common functional attributes to these regions
F. Demonstrate knowledge of networks and connectivity and definitions of terms
G. Demonstrate knowledge of Current
Source Density maps, metrics, and graphic methods of such (e.g., methods voxel representation of current course methods)
H. Reports based on QEEG metrics should relate these to clinical history, symptoms and other clinical assessments.
VI. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY - 2 HOURS
Potential effects of prescribed and non-
prescribed drugs on clinical presentation, potential effects of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs on EEG measure, potential effects of different drugs on learning tasks.
A. Relationships of drugs and neurotransmitter modulation
B. Understanding of basic principles of half-lives and impact on interpreting QEEG
Guidelines for the evaluation of drug effects on brain and behavior in individual patients
C. Understand the effects of common psychopharmaceutical agent classes on EEG/QEEG dataINTERNATIONAL QEEG CERTIFICATION BOARD BLUEPRINT OF KNOWLEDGE FOR CERTIFICATION
-2- effective 01/2023
VII. RESEARCH - 2 HOURS
Knowledge of Experimental Research designs and practice. The purpose is to facilitate research in the field of electrophysiology and to help evaluate published data for purposes of adaptation to clinical practice.
A. Basic vs. Clinical Research
B. Exploratory research vs. hypothesis testing
C. Experimental Design
D. Basic Statistics and differences between parametric versus nonparametric statistics
E. Definition of types of Validation and Reliability
F. Meta-Analysis
G. Reporting results and Publication Standards
VIII. ETHICS - 2 HOURS
Responsibilities and liability in provision of services.
IX. CLINICAL PRACTICE/FORENSIC - 4 HOURS
A. Knowledge regarding limits of interpreting QEEG regarding choice of reference databases and -recognizing statistical probability versus clinical probability
B. Recognizing the difference in deposition as “fact/treating” witness vs “expert” witness
C. Understand Daubert vs Frye standardsand their application to QEEG interpretation and use
D. Emphasis of correlating QEEG with otherclinical diagnostic evidence
E. Appropriateness of a QEEG referral
F. Patient conditions related to QEEG evaluation
G. History and prior clinical and laboratory reports review