30908 - Neurology

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Docente: Fabio Pizza
  • Credits: 1
  • SSD: MED/26
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8474)

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to know the principles of clinical neurology. He/she will be informed on the basis of neuroanatomy, of neurology semeiotics, and on the main/common neurological disorders.

Course contents

Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system

Nervous system pathophysiology: motion, sensation and coordination

Approach to the neurological patient

Central nervous system disorders: multiple sclerosis, vascular disorders, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders

Peripheral nervous system disorders: motor neuron disorders, neuropathies, myopathies, miastenic syndromes

Readings/Bibliography

Clinica Neurologica, Paolo Pazzaglia, Esculapio

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson

Assessment methods

Multiple choice test

Teaching tools

Powerpoint

Office hours

See the website of Fabio Pizza

SDGs

Good health and well-being

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.