Brief semiological training improves neurology residents' ability to distinguish functional/dissociative seizures from epileptic seizures

A study of 45 neurology residents evaluated whether 15 minutes of training on clinical signs of functional/dissociative seizures (FDS) would improve their ability to differentiate FDS from epileptic seizures using video recordings. After training, diagnostic accuracy improved significantly from 77% to 89%, suggesting brief educational intervention on semiological features can effectively enhance clinical recognition of functional seizures.