- Docente: Piero Parchi
- Credits: 4
- SSD: MED/26
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Piero Parchi (Modulo 1) Francesca Bisulli (Modulo 2) Fabio Pizza (Modulo 3) Giulia Pierangeli (Modulo 4)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3) Traditional lectures (Modulo 4)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5709)
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from Mar 12, 2024 to Apr 16, 2024
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from Mar 07, 2024 to Mar 27, 2024
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from Mar 21, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024
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from Mar 05, 2024 to May 14, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student knows the following essential elements: - to identify the main diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system through a correct anamnestic collection and appropriate clinical reasoning, also from a gender perspective; - to differentiate abnormal objective signs from normal signs of the nervous system, to identify the anatomical site of the lesion and to make a diagnosis of disease; - to indicate the appropriate diagnostic investigations to confirm the initial diagnostic hypothesis and evaluate its limits of reliability and invasiveness; - to know and apply the main therapies, pharmacological and non-pharmacological, of neurological diseases in a correct gender perspective.
Course contents
- Motor System and Motor Syndromes
- Sensory System and Sensory Syndromes
- Electroencephalogram
- Cranial nerves
- Mononeuropathies and polyneuropathies
- Balance and coordination system
- Polysomnography
- Electromyography
- Epileptic syndromes
- Transient loss of consciousness
- Coma
- Cerebrovascular disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Introduction to Neurodegenerative Diseases (Neurobiology and Molecular Pathology)
- CSF and biofluid diagnostics
- Pathology of Cognitive Functions
- Diseases associated with minor cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia
- Rapidly progressive dementias and encephalitis
- Parkinson's disease
- Parkinsonisms
- Neurological emergencies
- Demyelinating diseases
- Myasthenia and myastheniform syndromes
- Motor neuron diseases
- Movement disorders
- Headaches
- Degenerative muscle diseases
- Inflammatory muscle diseases
Readings/Bibliography
Berardelli A, Cruccu G. La Neurologia della Sapienza. Esculapio, Edizione 2019
Core Curriculum Malattie del Sistema Nervoso. Ferrarese Carlo, Mac Graw Hill web site. 431 pag. Edizione 2011
Clinica Neurologica. Pazzaglia. Esculapio Cod. 1029 VII Edizione Ott. 2008
Neurologia. J. Cambier, M. Masson, H. Dehen, C. Masson. Elsevier Cod: el3107. Edizione sett 2009
Bradley and Daroff's Neurology in Clinical Practice, 2-Volume Set, 8th Edition 2021
Teaching methods
Slide and video presentations
Assessment methods
The exam consists of an oral interview with at least two specific questions on distinct topics.
The oral exam aims to verify the degree of in-depth knowledge acquired and the student's ability to make the necessary logical-deductive connections.
Gradation of the final grade:
Preparation on a very limited number of topics addressed in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to analyze autonomously 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 autonomous choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make autonomous choices of critical analysis and connection, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.
Teaching tools
All slides used in class are made available to students.
Office hours
See the website of Piero Parchi
See the website of Francesca Bisulli
See the website of Fabio Pizza
See the website of Giulia Pierangeli