CODE 66864 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 3 ASSISTENZA SANITARIA 9299 (L/SNT4) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/26 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: APPLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES TO HEALT PROMOTION OVERVIEW The Neurology teaching module is focused on the description of the clinical, epidemiological, diagnostic and prognostic features of the most frequent neurological conditions. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES For the neurology module the main learning outcome is the knowledge of the key features of the most frequent and most relevant neurological pathologies. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The main learning outcome of this module is the acquisition of the key facets of the most relevant neurological pathologies, as well as of some basic knowledge of the clinical method in neurology. At the end of the course the student will need to show knowledge and understanding of the key epidemiological, diagnostic and prognostic features of the prototypical neurological conditions as well as adequate communication skills. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons supported by power point presentations SYLLABUS/CONTENT Key neurological symptoms Cognitive decline, dementia. Alzheimer's Disease. Peripheral Nervous system diseases ALS Epilepsy Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders. Multiple Sclerosis RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Loeb, Favale: Neurologia di Fazio Loeb, SEU 2003 Cambier: Neurologia, Masson 2010 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MATTEO PARDINI Ricevimento: Students can book an appointment with Dr. Pardini via email: matteo.pardini@unige.it Exam Board MATTEO PARDINI (President) PIETRO AMERI MICHELE BAROFFIO MASSIMO NICOLO' STEFANO OTTOBONI ALESSANDRA RUBAGOTTI GIUSEPPE MURDACA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS LESSONS START please refer to the official timetable Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral or Written ASSESSMENT METHODS Discussion of the key facets of some of the neurological conditions included in the syllabus Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 15/01/2018 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 12/02/2018 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 11/06/2018 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 09/07/2018 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 10/09/2018 14:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale FURTHER INFORMATION please refer to the degree study guide.