Training Models (Structure & Credit Hours)

  • Objective: Deliver foundational knowledge in neurointervention through structured learning.

  • Total Duty Hours: 52 hours

  • Components:

    • Lectures & seminars across 8 modules

    • Journal clubs & case-based discussions

    • Expert-led interactive case reviews

    • Self-directed learning (reading, online modules, quizzes)

    • Pre- and post-module knowledge assessments

  • Objective: Provide clinical exposure in real patient settings under supervision.

  • Total Duty Hours: 276 hours

  • Components:

    • Inpatient stroke unit & neurocritical care participation

    • Outpatient evaluation and follow-up of neurovascular patients

    • Multidisciplinary rounds and emergency stroke responses

  • Objective: Develop procedural skills in a risk-free, controlled environment.

  • Total Duty Hours: 32 hours

  • Components:

    • Computer-Based Simulators (e.g., Mentis®):
      Practice catheter navigation, thrombectomy, coiling, embolization

    • 3D Physical Models & Flow Phantoms:
      Simulate AVM/aneurysm treatment strategies

  • Objective: Achieve procedural competence under progressive supervision.

  • Total Duty Hours: 342 hours

  • Progression Model:

    • Observation → Assistant operator → Primary operator (under direct supervision) → Independent with assistance → Fully independent

  • Scope:

    • Diagnostic angiography

    • Therapeutic procedures (e.g., stenting, coiling, embolization)

 
Training settings

According to the NEVID program, the training institutions must include:

  1. Stroke Units & Neurocritical Care Units

    • Including both adult and pediatric patients.

    • Facilities must either have dedicated neuro ICU beds or assigned beds within a general ICU.

  2. Neuroimaging & Neuroradiology Department

    • For diagnostic interpretation, angiography, and imaging-guided decision making.

  3. Outpatient Stroke Clinics

    • For evaluation, counseling, follow-up, and long-term patient management.

  4. Intervention Catheterization Lab (Cath Lab)

    • Equipped for neurovascular diagnostic and therapeutic endovascular procedures.

 
Curriculum:

Provides scientific foundations, clinical skills, and practical expertise for safe and effective neurovascular catheterization.

Faculty and Supervisors:

Delivered by leading professors of neurology, neurosurgery, and interventional radiology from both within GOTHI and external institutions.

Outcomes

Graduates will be qualified to safely and accurately perform neurovascular catheterization in line with the latest training methodologies and international guidelines.