What will happen in the clinical neurophysiology department?
They will begin by taking some details of your medical history, particularly as it relates to the reason you have been sent for the test. He or she will then explain what is going to happen during the test, which will usually begin with small metal discs called electrodes being applied to the scalp. Once the test is finished, the technician will pass on the findings to the clinical neurophysiologist, who will examine the results and produce a report on them. This will then be sent to the doctor who referred you for the test – usually a specialist in one of the hospital outpatient clinics. A copy of the report is not normally sent to your GP unless they referred you for the tests directly. Instead, the specialist will write to the GP when he or she has the results of all of the tests that he or she has asked for, drawing a conclusion based on all of this information put together. If your test is nerve conduction it may be done by a technician, often with the doctor coming in to see you
