Shaping tomorrow: how the STEP training course pioneered noninvasive brain stimulation training for psychiatry in France
Over the past three decades, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques have gained worldwide attention and demonstrated therapeutic potential in various medical fields, particularly psychiatry. The emergence of these novel techniques has led to an increased need for robust training programs to provide practitioners, whether clinicians or scientists, with the necessary skills and knowledge. In response, a comprehensive training curriculum for NIBS in psychiatry has been developed in France. This curriculum was developed by a group of researchers and psychiatrists interested in the clinical application of NIBS in psychiatry, called STEP - Stimulation Transcranienne en Psychiatrie, under the auspices of the French Association of Biological Psychiatry. This perspective outlines the development and implementation of this course, tracing its inception, the evolution of the program, and the challenges encountered along the way. The position of the course in the national and international environment and its future prospects are also discussed. Through this perspective, we aim to summarize the collaborative efforts to promote NIBS teaching and research in French psychiatry.
Authors
- Maxime Bubrovszky
- Anne Sauvaget (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-8535)
- David Szekely
- Jérôme Brunelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-5628)
- Emmanuel Poulet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-9038)
- Maud Rothärmel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-0403)
- Ghina Harika‐Germaneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1953-0509)
- Samuel Bulteau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-2173)
- Antoine Yrondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-6080)
- Charles Laidi
- Marion Plaze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-4945)
- Noomane Bouaziz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-4891)
- Anastasia Demina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-6618)
- Virginie Moulier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0402-0901)
- Arnaud Pouchon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-993X)
- Jean-Marie Batail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4522-2857)
- Ludovic C. Dormegny-Jeanjean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-2664)
- Marine Mondino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3175-8503)
- Cécilia Neige (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0652-6372)
- Dominique Januel
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (FR)
- Princess Grace Hospital Centre (MC)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (FR)
- Université de Poitiers (FR)
- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (FR)
- Fondation FondaMental (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur, de l'Informatique et de l'Imagerie (FR)
- Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage (FR)
- CHU Dijon Bourgogne (FR)
- CIC Rennes (FR)
- Hôpital de Ville-Évrard (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier du Rouvray (FR)
- Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri-Mondor (FR)
- Amer Sports (France) (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier (FR)
- Hôpital Purpan (FR)
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier (FR)
- Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes (FR)
- Université de Rennes (FR)
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
- Nantes Université (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1450351
- Primary Topic
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00