03668 - Neurology (A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will know the essential elements: - to identify the main diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, through correct medical history taking and appropriate clinical reasoning; - to differentiate abnormal objective signs from normal ones in the nervous system, to identify the anatomical location of the lesion and make a diagnosis of the disease; - to indicate the appropriate diagnostic tests to confirm the initial diagnostic hypothesis and assess their limits of reliability and invasiveness; - to know and apply the main pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies for neurological diseases.

Course contents

Topics covered:

• headaches
• transient loss of consciousness
• motor neuron diseases
• EMG - inflammatory muscle diseases
• degenerative muscle diseases
  
• myasthenia and myasthenic syndromes
• prion diseases
• prion diseases and rapidly progressive diseases

Readings/Bibliography

Core Curriculum Malattie del Sistema Nervoso. Ferrarese Carlo, Mac Graw Hill web site. 431 pag. Edizione 2011
- Neurologia. Gian Camillo Manzoni e Paola Torelli. Esculapio. Formato 19×26,5 in brossura Pag. 496 ISBN: 9788874884346 - Febbraio 2012.
- Fondamenti delle neuroscienze e del comportamento, E.R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz, T.M. Jessel - CEA Fundamental Neuroscience, L.R. Squire, D. Berg, F.E. Bloom et al. - ELSEVIER, 3a ed., 2008

- 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

- Neurologia clinica. Barone-Bonuccelli. Idelson Gnocchi 2021

Teaching methods

Lectures presenting the specific clinical characteristics of various diseases and an overview of treatment options.

Discussion of illustrative clinical cases.

Assessment methods

The exam will be oral. Students' ability to apply their knowledge and make the necessary logical and deductive connections will be assessed.
The marks obtained in the individual modules will contribute to the final mark for the integrated course in proportion to the teaching load expressed in CFU.
Final grade scale:
Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expression in generally correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and independent analytical skills only on purely executive issues, expression in correct language → 20-24;
Preparation on a wide range of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent critical analysis choices, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make independent critical analysis and connection choices, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.
Students with learning difficulties and temporary or permanent disabilities are invited to contact the dedicated office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it/per-studenti) as soon as possible so that appropriate compensatory measures can be agreed upon. The request must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the measures, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Presented slides will be available to students within one week of the end of the lesson to which they refer.
The lecturer will always be available, by appointment, for individual clarification and further information throughout the entire course.

Office hours

See the website of Sabina Capellari