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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY AND PEDOPSYCHIATRY - CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF MOTORY DISTURBANCES

CODE 68375
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 1 cfu during the 2nd year of 9287 TERAPIA DELLA NEURO E PSICOMOTRICITA' DELL'ETA' EVOL(L/SNT2) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/39
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The course includes 1 formative credit corresponding to 10 hours of frontal teaching. It allows the student to acquire the theoretical bases related to neurological semeiology with particular reference to the developmental age.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Know the main indications and techniques of child audiology. To know the main pathologies of the visual apparatus, in particular in relation to the subjects in the developmental age. To know the basic neuropsychiatric semeiotic in the developmental age and the classification of the principal disorders of the movement in the pediatric age, in relation to the possible pathological pictures. To know the main neurological diseases of the developmental age, in particular in relation to the subjects in the developmental age. Acquiring methods for defining, analyzing and framing psychic disabilities and psychic distress in its various forms; describe the treatment of discomfort and psychic disabilities and related psychopathologies through the multiple methodologies and techniques of clinical intervention. Acquire the elements for the management of an operator-user relationship, characterized by the encounter with an "other multi-problematic and different from

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    AIMS
    Acquisition of the theoretical bases related to neurological semeiology with particular reference to the developmental age.

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    At the end of the course the student will be able to recognize the theoretical bases related to neurological semeiology with particular reference to the

    TEACHING METHODS

    Lectures

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    General principles of neurological examination

    Specificity of neurological examination in developmental age

    Neurological evaluation of motor functions

    Neurological evaluation of sensitive functions

    Principal pathological neurological signs (muscular hypotonia, muscular hypertonia, coordination disorders, ......)

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Clinical pediatric neurology: a signs and symptoms approach Gerald M. Fenichel Elsevier Health Sciences; 6th edition

    • Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood Jean Aicardi Mac Keith Press; 3rd edition Child Neurology John H. Menkes Lippincott Williams &Wilkins; 7th edition
    • Lorenzo Pavone, Martino Ruggieri Neurologia pediatrica Elsevier, II edizione
    • Neuropsichiatria dell'età evolutiva M. De Negri Piccin

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    EUGENIA DUFOUR (President)

    ELISA DE GRANDIS

    LINO NOBILI

    STEFANO OTTOBONI

    GIORGIO PERETTI

    ALDO VAGGE

    CRISTINA VENTURINO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    october/november

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    oral

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The exam focuses on the topics covered during the lessons and consists in the evaluation of the acquisition of knowledge of the course topics, but also aims to assess the ability to deepen, the use of a correct terminology and the ability to expose the subject clearly and comprehensively.