Results of the Neurology Exam are included in a file on the bootom 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:
- Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Ischemic stroke
- Management of stroke
- Doppler ultrasonography in cerebrovascular diseases
- Motor neuron disease and other diseases of the spinal cord
- Muscle diseases
- Disorders of the neuromuscular junction
- Electromyography as a diagnostic tool in neuromuscular disorders
- Peripheral neuropathies
- Demyelinating diseases
- Tumors of the nervous system
- Autonomic system disorders in neurology
- Vertigo
- Traumatic lesions of the CNS
- Neurocritical care and brain death
- Neuropediatrics
- Headache
- Back pain
- Epilepsy
- Dementia
- Neuroinfections
- Neurogenetics
- Neurological signs and symptoms in systemic diseases
- How to choose diagnostic tools in neurology
- Emergency in neurology
- 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:
- "Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated” K.W.Lindsay, I.Bone. Churchill Livingstone 2010
COMPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOKS:
- "Meritt’s Texbook of Neurology".L.P. Rowland ; Williams Wilkins 2005,
- "Adam's and Victor's Principles of Neurology". A Ropper, R Brown; McGrow-Hill 2005,
- "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.
