A file with results of the neurology retake exam  is at the bottom of this page

NEUROLOGY 2016/2017

AIM OF THE COURSE:                                                                 

The aim of the training consists in preparing medical students to work as general practitioner (family doctor) and giving them information about advances in neurology.

NUMBER OF TEACHING HOURS:

Duration of the course: 3 weeks = 100 hours of instructions divided as below :
                                                        seminars – 36 hrs; practical training - 64hrs.                         

TOPICS OF SEMINARS:

1. Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
2. Hemorrhagic stroke
3. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
4. Ischemic stroke
5. Management of stroke
6. Doppler ultrasonography in cerebrovascular diseases
7. Motor neuron disease  and other diseases of the spinal cord 
8. Muscle diseases 
9. Disorders of the neuromuscular junction
10. Electromyography as a diagnostic tool in neuromuscular disorders
11. Peripheral neuropathies
12. Demyelinating diseases 
13. Tumors of the nervous system
14.  Autonomic system disorders in neurology
15.  Vertigo
16. Traumatic lesions of the CNS
17. Neurocritical care and brain death
18. Neuropediatrics
19. Headache
20. Back pain
21. Epilepsy
22. Dementia
23. Neuroinfections
24. Neurogenetics
25. Neurological signs and symptoms in systemic diseases
26. How to choose diagnostic tools in neurology
27. Emergency in neurology
28. Brain autopsy

PRACTICAL CLASSES: 

Practical training involves teaching of physical neurological examination, interpretation of diagnostic tests, and algorithms of diagnostic procedures as well as  demonstration of patients with selected neurologic diseases. 

ASSESMENT OF STUDENT  PERFORMANCE: 

On completion of the course students are expected to take a  coloquium (a test with 50 open and multiple choice questions). A minimum of 30 correct answers is needed to pass the test. Retake of  the coloquium can be taken only twicely. If  results of retake tests are negative student must repeat the neurology course.

After passing the colloquium students  are expected to take a final exam during summer exam session.Final exam lasts 2 hours and is a MCQ test composed of 100 questions. 

BASIC TEXBOOKS: 

1. "Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated”  K.W.Lindsay, I.Bone. Churchill Livingstone 2010

COMPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS: 

1. "Meritt’s Texbook of Neurology".L.P. Rowland ; Williams Wilkins 2005,
2. "Adam's and Victor's Principles of Neurology". A Ropper, R Brown; McGrow-Hill 2005,
3. "Mosby’s Color Atlas and Text of Neurology". Perkin DG; Times Mirrors Int. Publishers Ltd 1998

EXAM

Neurology exam is in the summer exam session. It lasts 2 hours, has a MCQ form and is composed of 100 questions.