LF:aVLNE9X1c Neurology - practice

aVLNE9X1c Neurology - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/6/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

doc. MUDr. Eva Vlčková, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: First Department of Neurology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine (40,00 %), Department of Neurology – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine (40,00 %), Department of Pediatric Neurology – Institutions shared with the Faculty Hospital Brno (paediatric medicine) – Faculty of Medicine (20,00 %)

Prerequisites

aVLFA0822c Pharmacology II -pr. && aVLCH0832c Surgery II - practice && aVLOL7X1c Ophthalmology - practice && aVLDI7X1c Diagn.imaging methods- pr.
Pre-reading is required before starting the course and is available in the interactive syllabus (in the Neurology lecture). The syllabus also includes information on which pre-readings are required and which are optional.
The general neurology pre-readings focused on the (1) Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Background of Motor Control, (2) Sensory system and (3) Cranial nerves (and the quizzes available at the end of each lecture) must be completed before the start of the neurology block.
Prior to the SIMU teaching blocks, the following lectures are required:
Day 1: Cerebrovascular Disease
Day 2: Cerebrospinal Fluid (furthermore, Cognitive Disorders, Neuromuscular Diseases, Multiple Sclerosis, Spine and Spinal Cord Diseases are also recommended but not obligatory, especially if you have not attended a seminar on a relevant topic yet).
Day 3: Spine and Spinal Cord Diseases

Viewing of the mandatory pre-learning materials will be checked and failure to meet this requirement will result in you not being allowed to attend the class.

The use of all other pre-learning sessions is also highly recommended: To get the most out of the course, we recommend that you view all of the general neurology pre-learning sessions before the first day of the course, and then view the topic corresponding to the scheduled seminar on a given day as scheduled later in the course. This approach will increase the information yield of each teaching topic, ensure that they are more readable, and increase the scope for clinical and practical skills practice within the teaching (but will not be systematically monitored). Knowledge of the information presented in this interactive syllabus is, of course, highly recommended for exam purposes.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

General Medicine (programme LF, M-GM)
General Medicine (eng.) (programme LF, M-VL)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of - The basic principles of the clinical neurological examination - The main neurological symptoms and syndromes - Current neurological diagnosis and differential diagnosis in the main neurological diagnostic units; - Indication of the most commonly used diagnostic tests (imaging, laboratory, electrophysiology, etc.) in neurological patients and interpretation of their main results.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand and explain the fundamentals and principles of neurology;
- Work with information from the history and neurological examination to identify symptoms/signs and syndromes of neurological disorders;
- Make reasoned decisions about the current diagnosis and differential diagnosis based on symptomatology;
- Make deductions on the basis of acquired knowledge in the field of neurology;
- Identify and interpret basic imaging, laboratory and electrophysiological tests used in neurological patients.

Syllabus

Clinical neurological examination, neurological propedeutics, semiology and syndromology. The following topics are covered:
- Taking the neurological history;
- Reflexology, paralysis, pyramidal signs;
- Examination of the cranial nerves;
- Sensory examination;
- extrapyramidal and cerebellar signs;
- Examination of the spine and spinal cord;
- Stance and gait disorders;
- Meningeal syndrome, intracranial hypo- and hypertension;
- Unconsciousness;
- Developmental neurology, neurological examination of paediatric patients.

Literature

required literature

RŮŽIČKA, Evžen, Karel ŠONKA, Petr MARUSIČ and Robert RUSINA. Neurologie. 1. vydání. Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton, 2019, xxxix, 541. ISBN 9788075536815. info
ŠPINAR, Jindřich and Ondřej LUDKA. Propedeutika a vyšetřovací metody vnitřních nemocí. 2., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013, 336 s. ISBN 9788024743561. info

recommended literature

VIVEKANANDA, Umesh. Crash Course Neurology. Edited by Philip Xiu - Shreelata Datta. 5th edition. [Edinburgh?]: Elsevier, 2019. xi, 278. ISBN 9780702073854.
Greenberg DA, Aminoff MJ, Simon RP. Lange Clinical Neurology, 11th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2020. xiii, 464. ISBN-10: 1260458350, ISBN-13: ‎978-1260458350
ŠTOURAČ, Pavel, Josef BEDNAŘÍK, Milan BRÁZDIL, Zdeněk KADAŇKA, Petr KAŇOVSKÝ, Marek MECHL, Jiří PRÁŠEK, Ivan REKTOR, Irena REKTOROVÁ and Radomír ŠLAPAL. Učebnice obecné neurologie (Textbook of General Neurology). 2., přepracované. Brno: Masarykova universita v Brně, 2003, 197 pp. ISBN 80-210-3309-6. info
Učebnice speciální neurologie. Edited by Zdeněk Kadaňka. 3., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 302 s. ISBN 9788021053205. info
Učebnice speciální dětské neurologie : pro studenty 4. a 5. ročníku LF MU s rozšířenou výukou pediatrie (Special Pediatric Neurology for students of the 4th and 5th years, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, with extended education in pediatrics). Edited by Hana Ošlejšková. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 123 s. ISBN 9788021056596. info
AULICKÁ, Štefánia, Hana OŠLEJŠKOVÁ, Katarína ČESKÁ, Michaela HABALOVÁ, Klára ŠPANĚLOVÁ and Petra HANÁKOVÁ. Základy vývojové neurologie (Principles of developmental neurology). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020. ISBN 978-80-210-9621-9. info
International Neurology: A clinical approach: by Robert P. LIsak, Daniel D Truong, William M Carroll, Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010, ISBN 9781444317008
Merritt’s Neurology, 13th Edition is edited by by Elan D. Louis MD MS (Author), Stephan A. Mayer MD (Author), Lewis P. Rowland MD (Author) ISBN-13: 978-1451193367, ISBN-10: 145119336X
John Morris, Joseph Jankovic: Neurological Clinical Examination, Hodler Arnold Co, 2012

Teaching methods

Practical training + workshops: Practical teaching is provided by the inpatient and outpatient parts of the neurology department (including the neurological intensive care unit and stroke unit) and specialised laboratories (ultrasound, clinical neurophysiology, i.e. EMG, EEG, evoked potentials), combined with a comprehensive range of simulation teaching methods on different fidelity simulators, trainers and virtual patients. Simulation is followed by debriefing (feedback to the student). Learning is problem-based (students learn by solving the problem presented) and team-based (small groups of students discuss and choose a solution to the problem). Special emphasis is placed on developing soft skills, including the so-called "21st Century Skills", in particular communication, decision-making, critical thinking, crisis communication and teamwork.

Assessment methods

- Pre-reading is required before starting the course and is available in the interactive syllabus (in the Neurology lecture). The syllabus also includes information on which pre-readings are required and which are optional (for more details, please see the Prerequisites).
ADMISSION TEST in Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology (to be given on the 1st or 2nd day of the course) This will be a test of pre-clinical knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- Intermediate assessment of clinical skills and knowledge of neurological propedeutics, clinical neurological assessment, paraclinical diagnostic methods in neurology and the ability to make syndrological, topical and differential diagnoses - the teacher provides objective, specific and targeted feedback to each student. - During the last week of the course (usually on Wednesday or Friday, i.e. on the 13th or 15th day of the course), there is an intermediate written test on Neurological Propedeutics, Clinical Neurological Assessment, Paraclinical Diagnostic Methods in Neurology.
- CLASSIFIED CREDIT (practical examination as an integral part of the Final Exam in Neurology) - during the last day of the course, consisting of
1. Clinical examination of the patient (including medical history), syndromological diagnosis, local diagnosis and differential diagnosis;
2. An oral practical examination with emphasis on neurological pre-requisites, clinical neurological examination and the indication and interpretation of basic paraclinical tests neurological patients.
- FINAL ORAL EXAM: one question on general neurology, two questions on special neurology.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 90.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

aVLNR09X Neurosurgery
aVLCH0832c || aVLNE9X1c

Teacher's information

The course takes place in one of the following neurological clinics according to the timetable:

- Neurological Clinic of the University Hospital in Brno (FN Brno)

- 1st Clinic of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital (FN USA)

- Paediatric Neurology Clinic (FDN)

The course starts every day at 8 am and ends at 1 pm. At the beginning of the first day of the course, students report to the secretariat of the respective department:

- NK FN Brno, Jihlavská 20, 12th floor of the main building (L), Mrs. Saláková (53223 2503)

- NK FN USA, Pekařská 53, building C1, 6th floor, Mrs Aberlová (54318 2658)

- KDN, Černopolní 9, building G, 4th floor, Mrs Chalupová (53223 4919)

Students should bring their own white coats and neurological hammers. Neurological hammers are available in the medical bookshop in building A9, Bohunice campus (Kamenice 753/5, tel. 54949 3619). Students attending courses at NK FN Brno can borrow a hammer from the secretary's office against a signature.

The course requires basic knowledge of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology (motor pathway: pyramidal tracts, cerebellum, basal ganglia, sensory pathway, thalamus, visual pathway, cranial nerves, neurotransmitters). Before the start of each course, the selected pre-study material available in the interactive syllabus (in the Neurology lecture) should be viewed. Students are required to complete the selected lectures focusing on general neurology (and to complete the tests available at the end of each lecture) before starting their neurology block. Pre-lectures focused on specific topics of specialty neurology must be completed before the start of the SIMU lectures focused on that topic. For more details, see the Prerequisites section above and/or the commentary on the Interactive Syllabus (in Neurology Lecture).

Pre-clinical knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system will be tested later in the admission test, which will be taken under the supervision of the teacher no later than the second day of the course. A minimum of 80% correct answers is required to pass the test. Students who fail the admission test will have the opportunity to repeat it on the last day of the course (just before the practical exam in neurology).

During the first two days of the course, an introduction to neurological principles and the neurological examination is given and practised. Knowledge of clinical neurological examination and propedeutics will be tested by short oral exams during the second half of the course and by the written intermediate exam on neurological propedeutics, clinical neurological assessment, paraclinical diagnostic methods in neurology during the last week of the course (usually on Wednesday or Friday, i.e. 13th or 15th day of the course).

The other days of the course consist of a clinical part (provided by both the in-patient and out-patient parts of the Neurology Department and special laboratories, i.e. Ultrasound and Clinical Neurophysiology - EMG, EEG, Evoked Potentials, or by SIMU) and focused workshops with specialists in particular areas of neurology.

Students completing their training in one of the adult neurology departments spend two days of the course in the paediatric neurology department (Children's Hospital, Černopolní 9, building G, 4th floor) to learn the basics of paediatric neurology (developmental neurology, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disorders in childhood, paediatric epileptology). Students who complete their training in the paediatric neurology department spend two days of the course in one of the departments that provide neurological care for adult patients (Department of Neurology, FN Brno or FN USA) in order to learn the basics of adult neurology (stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, diseases of the spine and spinal cord). We strongly recommend that students replace one of their morning lectures with an afternoon lecture (e.g. from 11:00 to 16:00 - i.e. including the morning workshop) or alternatively attend an evening/night duty (based on an individual agreement with the teacher responsible for the particular course). In order to achieve the maximum practical effect of such a substitution, it is preferable to carry it out during the second or third week of the course.

On the last (15th) day of the course, the students will take the PRACTICAL EXAM (for credit), which is an integral part of the final exam in Neurology and consists of

a. Clinical examination of the patient (including history), syndromological, topical and differential diagnosis;

b. Oral examination focusing on the clinical neurological examination, neurological propedeutics and the indication and interpretation of basic paraclinical examinations used in neurological patients.

WE WISH TO REMIND STUDENTS THAT THE TIMETABLE OF THE COURSE CAN'T BE CHANGED (except for very serious reasons - stay abroad, long-term illness).

More detailed information (including the timetable of your course) can be found on the notice boards in the secretariats of each department. You can also contact the deputy head of the department for further information:

- In FN Brno: Associate Professor Eva Vlčková, MD, PhD (vlckova.eva@fnbrno.cz)

- In FN USA: Associate Professor Martin Pail, MD, PhD (martin.pail@fnusa.cz)

- In FDN: Associate Professor Hana Ošlejšková, MD, PhD (oslejskova.hana@fnbrno.cz)

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, autumn 2018, spring 2019, autumn 2019, spring 2020, autumn 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024.

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