Neurology and Neurosurgery

Code:

MI403

Acronym:

MI403

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2014/2015 - SP

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Departamento de Neurociências Clínicas e Saúde Mental
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	305	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina 2007	4	-	5	54	135
		Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	5	54	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide competence in the execution neurological examination and in the understanding of the clinical picture of patients with Nervous System and Muscle disorders leading to the recognition the neurological syndromes that, together with clinical history, provides skills for an appropriate diagnosis
To provide the knowledge about the most frequent disorders of the Nervous System in the general population (based on international guidelines).

Knowledge about less frequent disorders deserving recognition in order to provide an appropriate orientation

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Evaluation of patients througth medical history, general and neurological examination.

Summary of the most relevant data in order to set the neurological syndrome and to propose an etiologic diagnosis based  on obtained data and on the knowledge about the most important diseases of nervous system and muscle.

Neurological Syndromes

Stroke

Epilepsy

Headache

Coma and Dementia

Disorders of rachis

Cranioencephalic trauma

Neuromuscular disorders

Inflammatory and demyelinating disorders

Brain tumors

Pediatric neurosusgery 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Knowledge about neuroanatomy and about general semiology and minimal neurological examination.

Program

Review of signs and symptoms of the nervous system diseases and most important neurological syndromes: Hemispheric, Brainstem, Cranial nerves Spinal cord. Movement disorders, Neuromuscular disorders (with an reference to electromyography and and most important disorders), coma, delirium, dementia. headaches.

Common disorders: Cerebrovascular disorders (seminar), Spine disorders (seminar), Epilepsy with special reference to electroencephalography and evoked potentials (seminar) and craniocerebral trauma (integrated module of lectures and clinical practice)

Less common disorders requiring an immediate treatment:intracranial hypertension and brain tumor, acute inflammatory polyneuropathy and myastenia gravis)

Less common disorders but important in particular ages and requiring an appropiate orientation: Demyeilinating disorders (multiple sclerosis as the most common neurological disorders of the young adults, particular reference to lumbar puncture), and lateral amyotrophic sclerosis

Knowledge about Pediatric Neurosurgery

Mandatory literature

www.alert-student.com
Roger P. Simon, David A. Greenberg, Michael J. Aminoff; Clinical Neurology, McGrau-Hill Companies , Inc, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-07-175905-2 (Is a little book with essential approaches in diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Updated.)
Mark S. Greenberg, M.D.; Handbook of Neurosurgery, Theme eds , 2010. ISBN: 9781604063264

Complementary Bibliography

Allan Ropper, Martin Samuels, Martin A. Samuels ; ;Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, McGrau-Hill Companies , Inc, 2009. ISBN: 9780071499927 (A big textbook important for consult)
Jose Biller, Gregory Gruener, Paul Brazis; DeMyer's Technique of the Neurologic Examination, McGraw-Hill, 2011. ISBN: 9780071716758 (Excelent book to whom wants to learn the neurological examination)
Daroff & Fenichel & Jankovic & Mazziotta ; Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice, Saunders, 2012. ISBN: 9781437704341

Comments from the literature

Neurology is a clinical domain with many disease common in general population and in area of Knowlegde in permanent evolution

Teaching methods and learning activities

Forty five hours of contact during 3 weeks, distributed as follows: lectures and seminar with interactive discussion nearly 70% ; practical sessions in the ward, out-clinic consultation and emergency service (nearly 30%).

keywords

Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neurology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	90,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

Two thirth of presence in the classes,

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment by the teacher during practical sessions (active participation, skill on the patients observation, accomplishment of neurological examination, namely in those included in the geature sheet, and in the interpatation of data obtained)- 0-4 values.

Theoretical multiple choice test at the end of each block- 0-16 values

Final grade- Continous assessment+Medical report+multiple choice test (4+16=20 values)        .                                                                           

                                   

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As used in the institution.

Classification improvement

In the apropriated timing used in the institution.