Neurophysiology – 2025 review results

View the outcomes of the 2025 curriculum content review for Neurophysiology.

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Programme Scientist Training Programme
Specialty Neurophysiology
Year of review 2025 – 2026
Curriculum Click link to access Neurophysiology curriculum
Specialty Lead Editor Rachel Hutchings

Current priority areas

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Stakeholder feedback

Feedback collecting through the Curriculum Library survey collected between January 2024 and November 2025. All stakeholder feedback is presented verbatim.

S-N-R1 Introduction to Neurophysiology

  • no feedback received

S-N-S1 Nerve Conduction Studies and Evoked Potentials 1

  • no feedback received

S-N-S2 Paediatric Neurophysiology

  • no feedback received

S-N-S3 Nerve Conduction Studies and Evoked Potentials 2

  • no feedback received

S-N-S4 EEG in the Intensive Care Setting

  • no feedback received

S-N-S5 Sleep and Long-term EEG monitoring

  • no feedback received

Changes made

Module level changes

Change ID M1
Module code S-N-R1
Module content Training Activity
Original 4: Follow two of the following patient pathways and reflect on the journey:

  • MS
  • Dementia
  • MND
  • Stroke
  • Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Change 4: Follow two of the following patient pathways and reflect on the journey:

  • Cerebral inflammatory process e.g. encephalitis
  • Scoliosis
  • MND
  • Stroke
  • Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Change category Minor
Implementation cohort 2026

 

Change ID M2
Module code S-N-S2
Module content DOPS
Original Record a resting EEG with additional polygraphy (EMG, OEG) etc.
Change Record a resting EEG with additional polygraphy (EMG. EOG) etc.
Change category Minor
Implementation cohort 2026

Programme level changes

  • no changes made
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Periodic review

This specialty curriculum requires significant change beyond the scope of an annual review.

Responseno

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Rationale

Please provide an overview of the rationale for why the proposed changes are needed or why changes were not needed, with reference to stakeholder feedback.

Response

Review of conditions wrt TA4 on rotational module: MS and dementia are rarely diagnosed by Neurophysiological investigations so therefore less likely for trainees to experience these patient pathways. Changed to conditions that are more likely to be seen to make the training activity more accessible.

Second change is a simple typo correction.

Reflective guidance is good. Just added a more simple word on a couple of occasions where the programme had taken the content rather too literally.

I confirm I have reviewed the Reflective Practice Guidance for ETAs and DTAs and have made any changes necessary.

Specialty Lead Editor signature: R Hutchings
Date: 3 December 2025

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Change control - completed by the school

Programme structure

Change ID Programme structure maintained Comments
M1 Yes
M2 Yes

Completed by: Chris Fisher
Date: 15 December 2025

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) mapping

  • no changes to learning outcomes, HCPC mapping maintained

Completed by: Chris Fisher
Date: 15 December 2025

Last updated on 27th January 2026