Neurology WMCM-LE-N-e
Seminar topics:
1. Revision of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system
2. Basics of neurological examination
3. Cerebral vascular diseases
4. Demyelinating diseases
5. Inflammatory diseases of the nervous system
6. Extrapyramidal system diseases
7. Skeletal muscle diseases
8. Neuromuscular junction disorders
9. Neuropathies
10. Motor neuron diseases
11. Epilepsy
12. Headaches and facial pain
13. Dizziness
14. Dementia syndromes and diseases
15. Spinal cord diseases and radicular syndromes
16. Qualitative and quantitative disorders of consciousness
17. Cranial and brain injuries and spinal cord injuries
18. Nervous system tumours
19. Intensive neurological care
20. Neurological disorders in diseases of other organs
21. Emergencies in neurology
Topics covered in practical classes:
1. physical examination of neurological patients
2. examination of the skull and cranial nerves
3. examination of the motor and sensory systems
4. examination of the balance and motor coordination systems and intellectual functions
5. examination of meningeal symptoms and assessment of the neurological condition of an unconscious patient
6. basics of cerebrospinal fluid test interpretation
7. basics of interpreting other additional tests, i.e.: EEG, EMG, carotid and vertebral
artery ultrasound, and evoked potentials
8. basics of interpreting neuroradiological tests and the role of histopathological tests in neurological diagnostics
9. discussion of basic disease entities:
a) headaches: migraine, tension headache and headache syndromes, and trigeminal neuralgia
b) cerebrovascular diseases, in particular stroke,
c) epilepsy,
d) infections of the nervous system, in particular meningitis, Lyme
disease, herpes encephalitis,
e) dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease, frontal dementia, vascular dementia and other dementia syndromes,
f) extrapyramidal diseases, in particular Parkinson's disease,
g) demyelinating diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis,
h) neuromuscular diseases, in particular amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, neuropathies,
i) cranial and cerebral injuries
j) spinal pain syndromes
k) life-threatening conditions in neurology
Test and examination
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
After completing the training cycle, the student will know:
- basic neurological symptom complexes;
- the causes, symptoms, principles of diagnosis and therapeutic management of the most common diseases of the nervous system, including:
1) headaches: migraine, tension headache and headache syndromes,
and trigeminal neuralgia,
2) cerebrovascular diseases, in particular stroke,
3) epilepsy,
4) infections of the nervous system, in particular meningitis, Lyme
disease, herpes encephalitis, neurotransmission diseases,
5) dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal
dementia, vascular dementia and other dementia syndromes,
6) basal ganglia diseases, in particular Parkinson's
disease,
7) demyelinating diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis,
8) neuromuscular diseases, in particular amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis and sciatica,
9) cranial and cerebral injuries, in particular concussion;
- causes, symptoms, principles of diagnosis and therapeutic management of the
most common diseases of the central nervous system in the field of:
1) cerebral oedema and its consequences, with particular emphasis on
emergency situations,
2) other forms of intracranial pressure with their consequences,
3) cranial and cerebral injuries,
4) vascular defects of the central nervous system,
5) neoplastic tumours of the central nervous system,
6) diseases of the spine and spinal cord;
- methodology of neurological examination.
- indications for additional tests and, in basic terms, is able to draw conclusions from the results
Assessment criteria
After completing the exercise cycle, the student takes an oral practical test in which they perform a neurological examination and basic
interpretation of disease symptoms, planning additional tests and therapy.
Participation in exercises and seminars is compulsory.
Absences may only be excused on the basis of a medical certificate or other circumstances provided for in the study regulations and require make-
up work in a form agreed with the lecturer.
Unexcused and unmade-up absences will result in exclusion from the examination. After completing
the exercise cycle, an oral examination is held.
Additional information
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