03668 - Neurology (LZ-A)

Learning outcomes

Upon conclusion of the course students will be able to:- recognize the main diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system through appropriate history collection and clinical evaluation-differentiate between normal and abnormal signs of the nervous system in order to identify the anatomical location of the lesion and make a diagnosis-select the appropriate diagnostic procedures to verify the initial diagnostic hypothesis and determine their reliability and invasiveness-understand the main pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for neurological diseases.

Course contents

- Motor system: signs and symptoms

- Sensory system: signs and symptoms

- EEG and polysomnography

- Epilepsy (seizures and syndromes)

- Transitory Loss of Consciousness

- Coma

Readings/Bibliography

Core Curriculum Malattie del Sistema Nervoso. Ferrarese Carlo, Mac Graw Hill

Neurologia. Gian Camillo Manzoni e Paola Torelli. Esculapio.

Clinica Neurologica. Pazzaglia. Esculapio

Neurologia. J. Cambier, M. Masson, H. Dehen, C. Masson. Elsevier Cod: el3107. Ed. sett 2009

Teaching methods

Lectures with extensive use of video, images and clinical pictures.

Attendance to learning activities is mandatory; the minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 66% of lessons. For Integrated Courses (IC), the 66% attendance requirement refers to the total amount of I.C. lessons. Students who fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement will not be admitted to the final exam of the course, and will have to attend relevant classes again during the next academic year.

Professors may authorise excused absences upon receipt of proper justifying documentation, in case of illness or serious reasons. Excused absences do not count against a student’s attendance record to determine their minimum attendance requirement.

Assessment methods

Neurology is a Module of Neurological, Psychiatric Diseases and Pain (I.C.)

For the Neurology module the final examination consists of an oral test in which the student will discuss mainly two different topics taken from the program. As part of the interview, questions will also be asked to evaluate the depth of the knowledge on the two topics and on other topics of the program, the critical thinking ability that links together different aspects of knowledge and the achievement of a comprehensive understanding of the topics addressed in class. The exam will be considered passed if the student has demonstrated sufficient knowledge in each topic. The student’s ability to move across the various topics of the Neurology program will be also evaluated. The student’s achievement of a comprehensive view of the topics addressed in class, together with their critical thought, the ability to make associations, the demonstration of rich and intelligible expression and use of specialist’s language will be evaluated with scores of excellence.

Teaching tools

Lectures, videos and clinical case discussion

Discussions among students will be encouraged through in class questions on the subject covered during the lectures.

The PDF files of each lecture will be available on VIRUALE after class. Students will have the chance of reviewing the material and ask the instructor to go over parts of the lecture that were unclear.

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Bisulli