84346 - Semeiotics of the Nervous System

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • 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