Transition. When our epilepsy genetics program was formally approved in 2019, my former division chief asked me what I was most excited about. I spontaneously replied that we finally got a fellowship and training program. This year marks the fifth anniversary of our epilepsy genetics fellowship, and I am stepping down in my role as the inaugural fellowship director. I wanted to mark this transition by pointing out five principles for teaching epilepsy genetics that have become relevant in the last few years. Spoiler alert: they are not what you think they are.