03668 - Neurology (LZ-A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the essentials:

-to identify the main diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, through proper history taking and appropriate clinical reasoning;

-to differentiate abnormal from normal objective signs of the nervous system, to identify the anatomical site of the lesion and make a diagnosis of the disease;

-to indicate the appropriate diagnostic investigations to confirm the initial diagnostic hypothesis and assess their limits of reliability and invasiveness;

-to know and apply the main therapies, pharmacological and nonpharmacological, of neurological diseases.

Course contents

cranial nerves

EEG and polysomnography

sleep disorders

 

transient loss of consciousness

comas

epileptic syndromes

sleep disorders

Readings/Bibliography

Blumenfeld Hal. Neuroanatomy through clinical cases — 2nd ed.Sinauer Associates, Inc.

Teaching methods

Lectures with slides. At the end of each lecture a pdf with the powerpoint presentation will be distributed to students. Pdfs with the powerpoint presentations of the lectures will be the material to be reviewed for the written exam at the end of the course.

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.

Absences may be authorized 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

The test will be oral. The student's ability to apply his or her notional background and make the necessary logical-deductive connections will be collegially tested.
Final grade grading:

Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to analyze emerging only with the help of the lecturer, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to analyze independently only on purely executive issues, expression in correct language → 20-24;
Preparation on a large number of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially comprehensive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis and linking, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

Video and instrumental diagnostic materials (e.g., EEG, MRI) of illustrative clinical cases.

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Bisulli