For an ataxia training curriculum, young ataxia researchers are welcome to attend following training programs:
I. AGI YII Webinar series
AGI Young Investigator Initiative offers a Young Investigator Webinar Series on basic concepts from each AGI Working Group. Find more information here: AGI YII Webinar series
See past webinars on our YouTube channel
II. ERN-RND Ataxia Webinars
ERN-RND provides free educational webinars on rare neurological and neuromuscular diseases - in collaboration with the European Reference Network for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases (EURO-NMD) and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN).
Topics: The webinars cover topics related to the disease groups covered by the two networks and alternate between adult and paediatric contents. Various aspects from more general clinical features, examination, disease diagnosis, medical interventions and disease management to more specific ones as use of scales or imaging are discussed.
Audience: Clinical specialists (neurologists and paediatric neurologists), residents and other paramedical staff involved in the care of neurological patients.
For more information please visit the ERN-RND website.
III. NAF’s Ataxia Clinical Training program
Provided by the National Ataxia Foundation, Ataxia Clinical Training program is an intensive course designed for all interested neurology providers including residents, fellows, attending physicians, advanced practice providers, allied healthcare professionals, and industry professionals seeking to broaden their understanding of Ataxia diagnosis and clinical management.
See more information about the program on NAF's website: Ataxia Clinical Training
IV. Massachusetts General Hospital Ataxia Center Noon Conference
The Massachusetts General Hospital Ataxia Center holds a noon conference on the 1st, 3rd, (and 5th) Thursday of every month, from noon to 1 pm, Eastern Standard Time (Boston). In these conferences, there is usually a case presentation and patient examination, followed by discussion of the clinical and basic science. If you would like to be placed on the mailing list for these conferences, please contact Jason MacMore.
These conferences went virtual at the start of the global pandemic in the spring of 2020 and have become a hub for ongoing consideration through the year of disorders of the cerebellum. We have adopted an old-fashioned approach, targeted to the Ataxia Fellows, commencing usually with a live case presentation and patient examination followed by discussion of the clinical and basic science. After the conference we follow-up with relevant articles about the topics discussed, and usually make the recording of the conference available to attendees.
We are very pleased to be joined by clinicians and investigators at all levels of training and experience in clinical neurology and the basic science of the cerebellum from other sites in the USA and internationally, and invite all those interested in the ataxias and disorders of the cerebellum to participate with us in this ongoing conversation about cerebellar clinical phenomenology and neurobiology.
We have some extraordinary cases in the MGH Ataxia Center registry and we look forward to learning more about these cases with you in the months to come. If you would like to be placed on the mailing list for these conferences, please contact our laboratory and project manager, Jason MacMore.
V. SARA Training Tool
AGI members can get access to SARA Training Tool by applying at the DZNE (AGI membership certificate needed). After the application process, you will receive a SARA Training Tool account for the period of your AGI membership (see more information here: https://ataxia-global-initiative.net/resources/sara-training-tool/).