CODE 67493 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 5 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA (LM-41) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/26 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 1° Semester SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni: A B MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: NEUROLOGY OVERVIEW The course is focused on Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Neurorehabilitation. The main goal is to give the knowledge to the students of the most relevant neurological disorders AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO) The main goal of the course is to offer to the students the knowledge of the physiopathological and clinical manifestations of the more relevant neurological disorders. The student has to learn the clinical aspects of neurological diseases, to arrive to the diagnosis and prognosis and therapy. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons and practical activities with patients concerning neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and rehabilitation SYLLABUS/CONTENT First are described the anatomy and physiology of the motor functions, sensations, sensorial system, cognitive functions. Then are described the most important neurological disorders, of inflammatory origin, degenerative diseases, trauma, tumors, infective disturbances. Then the laboratory examens in order to arrive to a diagnosis, especially neuroradiology, are presented and discussed. Finally the most recent advances in the treatment are presented. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Neurologia, by Fazio, Loeb Neurology in Harrison’s Test Book Slides presentation of the teaching staff TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD CARLO GANDOLFO Ricevimento: The teachers receive the students upon telephonic of electronic mail appointment in the working days, in the afternoon. Prof. Carlo Gandolfo, tel. (+39) 0103537040, cell. (+39) 3472281179, mail: gandcaci@unige.it or cgandolfo@neurologia.unige.it LEONARDO COCITO ANTONIO UCCELLI LUCIO MARINELLI Ricevimento: Please contact prof. Marinelli by email: lucio.marinelli@unige.it to schedule a meeting MASSIMO TABATON CARLO SERRATI CLAUDIO ALBANO Exam Board GIOVANNI ABBRUZZESE (President) LAURA BONZANO (President) CARLO GANDOLFO (President) ROBERTO PISANI (President) ANGELO SCHENONE (President) GIANLUIGI ZONA (President) CLAUDIO ALBANO LEONARDO COCITO LUCIO MARINELLI ELISA PELOSIN CARLO SERRATI MASSIMO TABATON ANTONIO UCCELLI LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION An oral evaluation carried out directly by the coordinator of the first and second Neurological Course. ASSESSMENT METHODS The student reads a clinical history of the patient affected by a neurological disease and discuss and comment with the teacher upon the physiology, the clinical aspects of the disorder, the laboratory examens and the possible therapeutic strategies
