At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain modern diagnosis and treatment of different neurological conditions. work with information on special neurology to make correct diagnosis; create differential diagnosis; make reasoned decisions about diagnosis and treatment plans; make deductions based on acquired knowledge in the field of neurology.

Syllabus

Oral lectures on different and updated topics in neurology: Neurological complications of spondylosis Epilepsy Subarachnoid hemorrhage Behavioral Neurology Stroke Parkinsons disease Migraine Myasthenia gravis Autoimmune neuropathies Multiple sclerosis Developmental Neurology Dementia Brain Tumors Pain

Literature

Dětská neurologie :vybrané kapitoly. Edited by Vladimír Komárek - Alena Zumrová. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2000. 195 s. : i. ISBN 80-7262-081-9. info
Dětská mozková obrna. Edited by Josef Kraus. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005. 344 s. ISBN 80-247-1018-8. info
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
BEDNAŘÍK, Josef, Milan BRÁZDIL, Zdeněk KADAŇKA, Petr KAŇOVSKÝ, Robert KUBA, Michal PELLAR, Ivan REKTOR, Irena REKTOROVÁ, Radomír ŠLAPAL, Pavel ŠTOURAČ, Stanislav VOHÁŇKA and Miroslav MORAŇ. Učebnice speciální neurologie (Textbook ov Neurology). 2. přepracované vydání. Brno: Masarykova universita, 1999. 285 pp. ISBN 80-210-2125-X. info
Epileptické záchvaty a syndromy. Edited by Vladimír Komárek. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 1997. 183 s. ISBN 80-85824-56-6. info
Neurologie. Edited by Soňa Nevšímalová - Evžen Růžička - Jiří Tichý. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2002. xiv, 367 s. ISBN 80-7262-160-2. info
REKTOROVÁ, Irena, Robert RUSINA, Jakub HORT and Radoslav MATĚJ. The Degenerative Dementias (The Degenerative Dementias). In Lisak RP, Truong DD, Carroll WM, Bhidayasiri R (eds.). International neurology: A clinical approach. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2009. p. 126-136, 11 pp. Neurology, Nervous system - Diseases. ISBN 978-1-4051-5738-4. info
Swainman, K.F.: Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Mosby, St. Louis, 1994
HOFFMANN, Georg Friedrich. Dědičné metabolické poruchy. Translated by Sylvie Šťastná. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006. 414 s. ISBN 80-247-0831-0. info
Aicardi J.: Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood, 2nd ed., Mac Keith Press, Cambridge University Press, London 1998
Child neurology. Edited by John H. Menkes - Harvey B. Sarnat - Bernard L. Maria. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. xiii, 1186. ISBN 0-7817-5104-7. info
Child neurology. Edited by John H. Menkes - Harvey B. Sarnat - Bernard L. Maria. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. xiii, 1186. ISBN 0-7817-5104-7. info
KAŇOVSKÝ, Petr, Martin BAREŠ, Jaroslav DUFEK and Jan POUL. Spasticita - mechanismy, diagnostika a léčba. Na Šejdru 247/6a,142 00 Praha 4: MAXDORF (Redakce odborné literatury, 2004. ISBN 80-7345-042-9. info
Základy dětské neurologie. Edited by Suresh Kotagal, Translated by Jan Hadač. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Triton, 1996. 205 s., ob. ISBN 80-85875-06-3. info
Nevšímalová,S.Růžička E., Tichý J.: Neurologie.Galén, Praha 2005

Teaching methods

Oral lectures on different and updated topics in neurology. Presentations by professionals in neurology

Assessment methods

Graded credit. Ongoing written tests. The course is finished by oral examination.

Further comments (probably available only v češtině)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jenom v podzimním semestru.
The course is taught: every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses