- Docente: Giuseppe Plazzi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/26
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Describe the basic elements of the physical examination and instrument-assisted evaluation, and recognize normal results.
Course contents
Diagnosis of Neurological Disease
Episodic Impairment of Consciousness
Falls and Drop Attacks
Delirium, Stupor and Coma
Intellectual and Memory Impairments
Depression and Psychosis in Neurological Practice
Limb Apraxias and Related Disorders
Agnosias
Aphasia and Aphasic Syndromes
Dysarthria and Apraxia of Speech
Visual Loss
Pupillary and Eyelid Abnormalities
Disturbances of Smell and Taste
Cranial Nerves
Pain
Ataxia
Movement Disorders
Gait Disorders
Proximal, Distal, and Generalized Weakness
Readings/Bibliography
Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice, 2-Vol Set, 7th Edition
Teaching methods
Lectures with extensive use of images and videos
Assessment methods
The exam for the IC Nervous System and Sensory Organs will consist in a multiple questions with single right answer test. The number of questions will be: 20 for Anatomy, 10 for Physiology and 3 for Semeiotics. Each right answer scores 1 point and each wrong answer score -0.3 points.
Teaching tools
slides
Office hours
See the website of Giuseppe Plazzi