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Appendix D: Health Professionals Who Care for People with Epilepsy: Possible Roles and Relevant Boards and Organizations
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From page 517... ... D Health Professionals Who Care for People with Epilepsy: Possible Roles and Relevant Boards and Organizations Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Medical Physicians Child and Similar care as adult psychiatrists • American Academy of Child adolescent (described below) , but focused on and Adolescent Psychiatry psychiatrists children and adolescents and their • American Board of specific needs Psychiatry and Neurology • American Psychiatric Association Critical care Critical care services, such as life- • American Board of specialists or support or organ-support systems Anesthesiology intensivists in acute care settings, which may be • American Board of relevant for people with epilepsy in Emergency Medicine life-threatening situations or those • American Board of Internal who have serious comorbidities Medicine or seizure etiologies, such as brain • American Society of tumors or stroke Anesthesiologists • Society of Critical Care Medicine • See also boards and associations listed for emergency physicians 517 Read the entire page →
From page 518... ... 518 EPILEPSY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Emergency • Diagnosis, assessment, and • American Academy of physicians treatment of new-onset seizures Emergency Medicine if a patient visits the emergency • American Board of department Emergency Medicine • Diagnosis, assessment, and • American College of treatment for epilepsy-related Emergency Physicians emergencies, including status • Emergency Medicine epilepticus and seizure-related Residents Association injuries • Society for Academic • Non-epilepsy-related emergency Emergency Medicine situations for people with epilepsy • Referrals to follow-up and other health services • Initial patient and family education and counseling Epileptologists • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Academy of and management of epilepsy, Neurology often difficult or refractory cases • American Board of Clinical • Patient and family education and Neurophysiology counseling • American Board of • Referrals to health and human Psychiatry and Neurology services • American Clinical • Care primarily for people with Neurophysiology Society epilepsy and are often affiliated • American Epilepsy Society with an epilepsy center • American Neurological Association Family physicians • Often first point of contact with • American Academy of the health care system Family Physicians • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Board of Family and management of epilepsy Medicine • Referrals to specialists and other health and human services • Coordination of care, monitoring of general health status • Patient and family education and counseling General Similar care as family physicians • American Academy of pediatricians (described above) and internists, Pediatrics but focused on children and • American Board of adolescents and their specific needs Pediatrics General surgeons • General surgical procedures and • American Board of Surgery care, usually not epilepsy related • American College of in nature Surgeons • Vagus nerve stimulation implants • American Society of and maintenance General Surgeons Read the entire page →
From page 519... ... 519 APPENDIX D Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Geriatricians Similar care as family physicians • American Board of Family (described above) and internists, Medicine but focused on older adults and • American Board of Internal their specific needs Medicine • American Geriatrics Society Hospitalists • Attending physicians for hospital • American Board of Family inpatients Medicine • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Board of Internal and management of epilepsy in Medicine the inpatient setting • American Board of • Referral to specialists and other Pediatrics health and human services • Society of Hospital • Coordination with patients' usual Medicine care providers Internists See description of family physician • American Board of Internal above Medicine • American College of Physicians • Society of General Internal Medicine Neurologists • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Academy of and management of epilepsy Neurology • Patient and family education and • American Board of counseling Psychiatry and Neurology • Referrals to other health and • American Epilepsy Society human services • American Neurological • Also provision of care for patients Association with a wide array of neurological conditions beyond epilepsy Neurosurgeons • Epilepsy-related surgeries, • American Association of pre- and post-surgery care, Neurological Surgeons determination of surgery • American Board of candidacy Neurological Surgery • Referral to specialists and other • American Epilepsy Society health and human services • Congress of Neurological Surgeons • Society of Neurological Surgeons Read the entire page →
From page 520... ... , but focused on Neurology children and adolescents and their • American Board of specific needs Psychiatry and Neurology • American Epilepsy Society • American Neurological Association • Child Neurology Society Physical and • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Academy of rehabilitation and management of physical Physical Medicine and medicine disabilities and limitations, which Rehabilitation could be the result of a seizure, • American Board of Physical a seizure-related injury, or a Medicine and Rehabilitation comorbidity • American Congress of • Referral to specialists and other Rehabilitation Medicine health and human services • American Pain Society • Association of Academic Physiatrists Read the entire page →
From page 521... ... , and dispensing • National Council of State medications in many states (IOM, Boards of Nursing 2011) • National Federation • Possible employment in long- Licensed Practical Nurses term care and home health and Association in physicians' offices; LPNs and • Many states have LVNs may encounter people with associations for LPNs or epilepsy and their families in LVNs as well those settings Neuroscience Similar care as registered nurses • American Association of nurses (described below) Read the entire page →
From page 522... ... , including Boards of Nursing assistants providing assistance with daily • National Network of Career living activities, such as bathing, Nursing Assistants dressing, eating, and moving • Many states have patients associations for nursing • Possible employment in home assistants health care and long-term care facilities; they may encounter people with epilepsy and their families in those settings Registered nurses • Provision of holistic, patient- • American Association of centered care, including health Colleges of Nursing assessment and monitoring, • American Epilepsy Society administration of prescribed • American Nurses treatments and medications, and Association care coordination • Commission on Collegiate • Patient and family education, Nursing Education counseling, and instruction in self- • National Council of State management Boards of Nursing • Employment in virtually all • National League for Nursing health care and residential • Many states have settings, including emergency associations for nursing as departments, inpatient units, well outpatient departments, clinics, schools, public health departments, group homes, nursing homes and long-term care facilities, and workplaces; registered nurses may encounter people with epilepsy and their families in those settings Read the entire page →
From page 523... ... 523 APPENDIX D Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations School nurses • Assessment of student health • American Epilepsy Society • Education of students and their • National Association of families School Nurses • Referrals to available services and • National Board for resources, especially those in the Certification of School community Nurses • Administration of medication, • See also organizations including seizure medications and included above for emergency medications, such as registered nurses diazepam Examples of Other Health Professionals Clinical health • Provision of support for • American Board of Clinical psychologists rehabilitation of illness, injury, Health Psychology and disability by applying and • American Board of understanding how biological, Professional Psychology psychological, and social factors • American Psychological affect health and illnesses and Association, Division of disorders, such as epilepsy Health Psychology • Possible provision of care in • Counsel of Specialties in comprehensive epilepsy centers, Professional Psychology hospitals and clinics, community mental health settings, or private practice Clinical • Assessment and treatment of • American Academy of psychologists a wide range of mental health Clinical Psychology conditions, including mental, • American Board of Clinical emotional, and behavioral Psychology disorders, which may include • American Board of comorbid conditions of epilepsy Professional Psychology • Possible provision of care in • American Psychological comprehensive epilepsy centers, Association, Society of hospitals and clinics, community Clinical Psychology mental health settings, or private • Counsel of Specialties in practice Professional Psychology Counseling • Provision of counseling services • American Board of psychologists to individuals and groups for a Counseling Psychology range of emotional, behavioral, • American Psychological and mental health conditions, Association, Society of which may include comorbid Counseling Psychology conditions of epilepsy • Counsel of Specialties in • Possible provision of care in Professional Psychology comprehensive epilepsy centers, hospitals and clinics, community mental health settings, or private practice Read the entire page →
From page 524... ... • Mental health counselors promote • National Rehabilitation optimum mental health related Association or unrelated to a diagnosed • National Society of Genetic psychological disorder or Counselors condition, including addiction • Many states also have state or substance abuse; family, associations for a variety of parenting, or marital problems; or counseling specialties other concerns associated with mental and emotional health, which may include comorbid conditions of epilepsy • Rehabilitation counselors work with people with disabilities to help achieve personal, social, psychological, and vocational goals and assist with psychosocial adjustment and coping, benefits planning, and educational and vocational planning and services Direct care • Provision of assistance with daily • National Alliance for Direct workersa living activities, including bathing, Support Professionals dressing, eating, and moving • National Association of patients Health Care Assistants • Possible assistance with • Many states have direct household activities, including care worker associations cleaning, laundry, and meal and associations for nursing preparation aides • Possible assistance with medication management • Possible employment in group homes, private homes, long term care, and nursing home settings; direct care workers may encounter people with epilepsy and their families in those settings Read the entire page →
From page 525... ... may be part of epilepsy diagnosis Technologists and assessment • American Clinical • Preparation of relevant Neurophysiology Society information for physician • American Society of interpretation Electroneurodiagnostic • Employment in a variety of Technologists, Inc. settings, including hospitals, • Committee on intensive care units, clinics, Accreditation for Education research facilities, operating in Electroneurodiagnostic rooms, and epilepsy monitoring Technology units Emergency medical • Profession includes a range • International Association of services (EMS) Read the entire page →
From page 526... ... 526 EPILEPSY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Neuropsychologists • Assessment of cognitive • American Board of Clinical impairments; diagnosis Neuropsychology of neuropsychological • American Psychological conditions; and administration Association, Division of and interpretation of Clinical Neuropyschology neuropsychological tests, brain • Association of Postdoctoral mapping, and Wada testing, Programs in Clinical which may be part of diagnosis Neuropsychology and assessment for people with • Counsel of Specialties in epilepsy Professional Psychology • Assistance in rehabilitation and • National Academy of the development and provision Neuropsychology of cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial interventions, which may be connected to comorbidities of epilepsy • Possible provision of care in comprehensive epilepsy centers, hospitals and clinics, community mental health settings, or private practice Pharmacists • Dispensing of seizure medications • American Association of and other medications Colleges of Pharmacy • Identification and prevention of • American Epilepsy Society medication errors • American Pharmacists • Provision of advice to patients Association about possible side effects, • American Society of Health adverse reactions, and drug System Pharmacists interactions, as well as specific • National Association of information and considerations Boards of Pharmacy for subpopulations such as older • National Community adults, children, and women Pharmacists Association Read the entire page →
From page 527... ... 527 APPENDIX D Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Physician assistants • Profession works under the • Accreditation Review supervision of physicians to Commission on Education provide a range of medical for the Physician Assistant services including physical • American Academy of examinations, diagnosis, Physician Assistants assessment, treatment, and • Association of Family management of a variety of acute Practice Physician and chronic conditions, such as Assistants epilepsy • National Commission on • Physician assistants often serve Certification of Physician in a primary care capacity, but Assistants also may specialize and work • Physician Assistant with medical specialists, such Education Association as surgeons, neurologists, and • Many states have obstetrician-gynecologists who associations for physician work with people with epilepsy assistants • Scopes of practice and specific practice roles and responsibilities vary by state and clinical setting • Patient and family education and counseling • Referrals to specialists and other health and human services Rehabilitation • Application of psychological • American Board of psychologists knowledge and skills to the care Professional Psychology of individuals with disabilities • American Board of and chronic conditions, such as Rehabilitation Psychology epilepsy • American Psychological • Possible provision of care in Association, Division of comprehensive epilepsy centers, Rehabilitation Psychology hospitals and clinics, community • Counsel of Specialties in mental health settings, or private Professional Psychology practice Read the entire page →
From page 528... ... 2008. Retooling for an aging America: Building the health care workforce. Read the entire page →

From page 517...

... D Health Professionals Who Care for People with Epilepsy: Possible Roles and Relevant Boards and Organizations Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Medical Physicians Child and Similar care as adult psychiatrists • American Academy of Child adolescent (described below) , but focused on and Adolescent Psychiatry psychiatrists children and adolescents and their • American Board of specific needs Psychiatry and Neurology • American Psychiatric Association Critical care Critical care services, such as life- • American Board of specialists or support or organ-support systems Anesthesiology intensivists in acute care settings, which may be • American Board of relevant for people with epilepsy in Emergency Medicine life-threatening situations or those • American Board of Internal who have serious comorbidities Medicine or seizure etiologies, such as brain • American Society of tumors or stroke Anesthesiologists • Society of Critical Care Medicine • See also boards and associations listed for emergency physicians 517

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From page 518...

... 518 EPILEPSY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Emergency • Diagnosis, assessment, and • American Academy of physicians treatment of new-onset seizures Emergency Medicine if a patient visits the emergency • American Board of department Emergency Medicine • Diagnosis, assessment, and • American College of treatment for epilepsy-related Emergency Physicians emergencies, including status • Emergency Medicine epilepticus and seizure-related Residents Association injuries • Society for Academic • Non-epilepsy-related emergency Emergency Medicine situations for people with epilepsy • Referrals to follow-up and other health services • Initial patient and family education and counseling Epileptologists • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Academy of and management of epilepsy, Neurology often difficult or refractory cases • American Board of Clinical • Patient and family education and Neurophysiology counseling • American Board of • Referrals to health and human Psychiatry and Neurology services • American Clinical • Care primarily for people with Neurophysiology Society epilepsy and are often affiliated • American Epilepsy Society with an epilepsy center • American Neurological Association Family physicians • Often first point of contact with • American Academy of the health care system Family Physicians • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Board of Family and management of epilepsy Medicine • Referrals to specialists and other health and human services • Coordination of care, monitoring of general health status • Patient and family education and counseling General Similar care as family physicians • American Academy of pediatricians (described above) and internists, Pediatrics but focused on children and • American Board of adolescents and their specific needs Pediatrics General surgeons • General surgical procedures and • American Board of Surgery care, usually not epilepsy related • American College of in nature Surgeons • Vagus nerve stimulation implants • American Society of and maintenance General Surgeons

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From page 519...

... 519 APPENDIX D Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Geriatricians Similar care as family physicians • American Board of Family (described above) and internists, Medicine but focused on older adults and • American Board of Internal their specific needs Medicine • American Geriatrics Society Hospitalists • Attending physicians for hospital • American Board of Family inpatients Medicine • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Board of Internal and management of epilepsy in Medicine the inpatient setting • American Board of • Referral to specialists and other Pediatrics health and human services • Society of Hospital • Coordination with patients' usual Medicine care providers Internists See description of family physician • American Board of Internal above Medicine • American College of Physicians • Society of General Internal Medicine Neurologists • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Academy of and management of epilepsy Neurology • Patient and family education and • American Board of counseling Psychiatry and Neurology • Referrals to other health and • American Epilepsy Society human services • American Neurological • Also provision of care for patients Association with a wide array of neurological conditions beyond epilepsy Neurosurgeons • Epilepsy-related surgeries, • American Association of pre- and post-surgery care, Neurological Surgeons determination of surgery • American Board of candidacy Neurological Surgery • Referral to specialists and other • American Epilepsy Society health and human services • Congress of Neurological Surgeons • Society of Neurological Surgeons

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From page 520...

... , but focused on Neurology children and adolescents and their • American Board of specific needs Psychiatry and Neurology • American Epilepsy Society • American Neurological Association • Child Neurology Society Physical and • Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, • American Academy of rehabilitation and management of physical Physical Medicine and medicine disabilities and limitations, which Rehabilitation could be the result of a seizure, • American Board of Physical a seizure-related injury, or a Medicine and Rehabilitation comorbidity • American Congress of • Referral to specialists and other Rehabilitation Medicine health and human services • American Pain Society • Association of Academic Physiatrists

Read the entire page →

From page 521...

... , and dispensing • National Council of State medications in many states (IOM, Boards of Nursing 2011) • National Federation • Possible employment in long- Licensed Practical Nurses term care and home health and Association in physicians' offices; LPNs and • Many states have LVNs may encounter people with associations for LPNs or epilepsy and their families in LVNs as well those settings Neuroscience Similar care as registered nurses • American Association of nurses (described below)

Read the entire page →

From page 522...

... , including Boards of Nursing assistants providing assistance with daily • National Network of Career living activities, such as bathing, Nursing Assistants dressing, eating, and moving • Many states have patients associations for nursing • Possible employment in home assistants health care and long-term care facilities; they may encounter people with epilepsy and their families in those settings Registered nurses • Provision of holistic, patient- • American Association of centered care, including health Colleges of Nursing assessment and monitoring, • American Epilepsy Society administration of prescribed • American Nurses treatments and medications, and Association care coordination • Commission on Collegiate • Patient and family education, Nursing Education counseling, and instruction in self- • National Council of State management Boards of Nursing • Employment in virtually all • National League for Nursing health care and residential • Many states have settings, including emergency associations for nursing as departments, inpatient units, well outpatient departments, clinics, schools, public health departments, group homes, nursing homes and long-term care facilities, and workplaces; registered nurses may encounter people with epilepsy and their families in those settings

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From page 523...

... 523 APPENDIX D Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations School nurses • Assessment of student health • American Epilepsy Society • Education of students and their • National Association of families School Nurses • Referrals to available services and • National Board for resources, especially those in the Certification of School community Nurses • Administration of medication, • See also organizations including seizure medications and included above for emergency medications, such as registered nurses diazepam Examples of Other Health Professionals Clinical health • Provision of support for • American Board of Clinical psychologists rehabilitation of illness, injury, Health Psychology and disability by applying and • American Board of understanding how biological, Professional Psychology psychological, and social factors • American Psychological affect health and illnesses and Association, Division of disorders, such as epilepsy Health Psychology • Possible provision of care in • Counsel of Specialties in comprehensive epilepsy centers, Professional Psychology hospitals and clinics, community mental health settings, or private practice Clinical • Assessment and treatment of • American Academy of psychologists a wide range of mental health Clinical Psychology conditions, including mental, • American Board of Clinical emotional, and behavioral Psychology disorders, which may include • American Board of comorbid conditions of epilepsy Professional Psychology • Possible provision of care in • American Psychological comprehensive epilepsy centers, Association, Society of hospitals and clinics, community Clinical Psychology mental health settings, or private • Counsel of Specialties in practice Professional Psychology Counseling • Provision of counseling services • American Board of psychologists to individuals and groups for a Counseling Psychology range of emotional, behavioral, • American Psychological and mental health conditions, Association, Society of which may include comorbid Counseling Psychology conditions of epilepsy • Counsel of Specialties in • Possible provision of care in Professional Psychology comprehensive epilepsy centers, hospitals and clinics, community mental health settings, or private practice

Read the entire page →

From page 524...

... • Mental health counselors promote • National Rehabilitation optimum mental health related Association or unrelated to a diagnosed • National Society of Genetic psychological disorder or Counselors condition, including addiction • Many states also have state or substance abuse; family, associations for a variety of parenting, or marital problems; or counseling specialties other concerns associated with mental and emotional health, which may include comorbid conditions of epilepsy • Rehabilitation counselors work with people with disabilities to help achieve personal, social, psychological, and vocational goals and assist with psychosocial adjustment and coping, benefits planning, and educational and vocational planning and services Direct care • Provision of assistance with daily • National Alliance for Direct workersa living activities, including bathing, Support Professionals dressing, eating, and moving • National Association of patients Health Care Assistants • Possible assistance with • Many states have direct household activities, including care worker associations cleaning, laundry, and meal and associations for nursing preparation aides • Possible assistance with medication management • Possible employment in group homes, private homes, long term care, and nursing home settings; direct care workers may encounter people with epilepsy and their families in those settings

Read the entire page →

From page 525...

... may be part of epilepsy diagnosis Technologists and assessment • American Clinical • Preparation of relevant Neurophysiology Society information for physician • American Society of interpretation Electroneurodiagnostic • Employment in a variety of Technologists, Inc. settings, including hospitals, • Committee on intensive care units, clinics, Accreditation for Education research facilities, operating in Electroneurodiagnostic rooms, and epilepsy monitoring Technology units Emergency medical • Profession includes a range • International Association of services (EMS)

Read the entire page →

From page 526...

... 526 EPILEPSY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Neuropsychologists • Assessment of cognitive • American Board of Clinical impairments; diagnosis Neuropsychology of neuropsychological • American Psychological conditions; and administration Association, Division of and interpretation of Clinical Neuropyschology neuropsychological tests, brain • Association of Postdoctoral mapping, and Wada testing, Programs in Clinical which may be part of diagnosis Neuropsychology and assessment for people with • Counsel of Specialties in epilepsy Professional Psychology • Assistance in rehabilitation and • National Academy of the development and provision Neuropsychology of cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial interventions, which may be connected to comorbidities of epilepsy • Possible provision of care in comprehensive epilepsy centers, hospitals and clinics, community mental health settings, or private practice Pharmacists • Dispensing of seizure medications • American Association of and other medications Colleges of Pharmacy • Identification and prevention of • American Epilepsy Society medication errors • American Pharmacists • Provision of advice to patients Association about possible side effects, • American Society of Health adverse reactions, and drug System Pharmacists interactions, as well as specific • National Association of information and considerations Boards of Pharmacy for subpopulations such as older • National Community adults, children, and women Pharmacists Association

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From page 527...

... 527 APPENDIX D Relevant Certifying Possible Roles in Caring for Boards and Professional Profession People with Epilepsy Organizations Physician assistants • Profession works under the • Accreditation Review supervision of physicians to Commission on Education provide a range of medical for the Physician Assistant services including physical • American Academy of examinations, diagnosis, Physician Assistants assessment, treatment, and • Association of Family management of a variety of acute Practice Physician and chronic conditions, such as Assistants epilepsy • National Commission on • Physician assistants often serve Certification of Physician in a primary care capacity, but Assistants also may specialize and work • Physician Assistant with medical specialists, such Education Association as surgeons, neurologists, and • Many states have obstetrician-gynecologists who associations for physician work with people with epilepsy assistants • Scopes of practice and specific practice roles and responsibilities vary by state and clinical setting • Patient and family education and counseling • Referrals to specialists and other health and human services Rehabilitation • Application of psychological • American Board of psychologists knowledge and skills to the care Professional Psychology of individuals with disabilities • American Board of and chronic conditions, such as Rehabilitation Psychology epilepsy • American Psychological • Possible provision of care in Association, Division of comprehensive epilepsy centers, Rehabilitation Psychology hospitals and clinics, community • Counsel of Specialties in mental health settings, or private Professional Psychology practice

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From page 528...

... 2008. Retooling for an aging America: Building the health care workforce.

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Appendix D: Health Professionals Who Care for People with Epilepsy: Possible Roles and Relevant Boards and Organizations Pages 517-528

Appendix D: Health Professionals Who Care for People with Epilepsy: Possible Roles and Relevant Boards and Organizations
Pages 517-528