Neurology

Course Information
TitleΝΕΥΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ Η / Neurology
CodeΙΑ0302
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolMedicine
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorMarianthi Arnaoutoglou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID200000300

Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours5
Class ID
600220732
SectionInstructors
1. Α΄ΝΕΥΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ
2. Β΄ΝΕΥΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ
3. Γ΄ΝΕΥΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • For students in exchange programs language is English
Learning Outcomes
After the completion of lectures and clinical training students are expected to hav a good deal of ability in: - eliciting a focused neuroogical history - performing an accurate neurological examination - localizing a lesion and identifying the significance of neurological findings on examination - developing a practical approach for the evaluation, differential diagnosis and management of a neurological disease
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The syllabus provides an intergrated knowledge of the nervous system in physiological and pathological conditions. This knowledge derives from the study of anatomy and physiolgy of the nervous system asa well as from the understanding of the pathophysilogical mechanisms of disease and their diagnosis and treatment. Lectures in the amphitheater include: introduction to Neurosciences (neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neu-rophysiology),localisation in central and peripheral nervous system,introduction to diagnostic tools (electrophysiology,neuroimaging,CSF analysis)and diseases of the nervous system (stroke,epilepsy,degenerative diseases,demyelinating disorders, infections,tumors,diseases of muscles and nerves and neurological manifestations in systemic diseases).Clinical courses in the teaching room(theory) and practical training in the clinical wards (practice)include : history taking, understanding and performing a neurological examination and have a clinical to several neurological diseases.
Keywords
Neurology, Neurological examination, Diseases of the nervous system
Educational Material Types
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Electronic equipment is used for all teaching purposes. Students communicate with the secretariat and the staff either personally or on line.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.5
Clinical Practice261
Total652.5
Student Assessment
Description
The students take both writing and oral examinations. In the writing exams the students have to answer 50 multiple choice questions. The oral exams include neurological examination of a patient and questions relevant to the patient's pathology.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Clinical Examination of Patient (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Βιβλίο 22768737: Νευρολογία, Karl F Masuhr. Βιβλίο 17420: Νευρολογία Λογοθέτη, Λογοθέτης Ι,Μυλωνάς Ι. Βιβλιο 17419: Νευρολογία, Τάσκος Ν. Βιβλίο 13255867:NETTER'S Σύνοψη Νευρολογίας, Misulis Head
Additional bibliography for study
Oxford Handbook of Neurology, Eds.Manji H et al,2007. Neurology and Neurosurgery illustrated, Eds.Lindsay K, Bone I,2010. Clinical Neurology, Eds. Hankey G,Wardlaw J,2002.
Last Update
26-07-2023