Admissions & Certification

Admission Requirements

Upon application and admission to the CNPS Education and Training Program students must have the following:

• EEG candidates must have an Associate’s Degree in a healthcare related field or an Associate's Degree in a non-healthcare related field with 1+ current certification in a healthcare related field.
  • Cumulative college GPA requirement: 2.5 
• IONM candidates must have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a healthcare related field or a Bachelor's degree in a non-healthcare related field with 1+ of the following current certifications: R. EEG. T., R. EP. T. 
  • Cumulative college GPA requirement: 3.0 

*For further clarification on “healthcare related field” degrees, email the title and location of your degree program to cnpstrainingprogram@musc.edu. 

Certification

Upon completion of didactic training, students will continue obtaining clinical hours to sit for board examination. When ABRET board eligible, students will receive a Certificate of Completion from MUSC Health.

Board certification is obtained through ABRET. The CNPS Education and Training Program is an ABRET recognized program qualifying our students for the ABRET Formal Programs Pathway.

• EEG: Registered Electroencephalographic Technologist (R. EEG. T.)
  • EEG Pathway II
• IONM: Certification in Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring (CNIM)
  • CNIM Pathway III