Checking date: 01/02/2024


Course: 2023/2024

Diagnostic in Neurology
(19793)
Bachelor in Neuroscience (Plan: 517 - Estudio: 389)


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Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. Knowledge of the patient. Neurological examination techniques. Neurological case histories. 2. Measurement of electrophysiological activity. Electroencephalogram, evoked responses, electromyography, nerve conduction studies. 3. Neuroimaging techniques. MRI, CT, PET, SPECT, angiography, neuroecography, Echo Doppler. 4. Molecular biomarkers of the alteration and deterioration of the nervous system. 5. Invasive intervention techniques (lumbar puncture, biopsy).
Learning activities and methodology
Classroom lectures. Face-to-face classes: reduced (workshops, seminars, case studies). Student individual work. Laboratory session. Final exam. Seminars and lectures supported by computer and audiovisual aids. Practical learning based on cases and problems, and exercise resolution. Individual and group or cooperative work with the option of oral or written presentation. Individual and group tutorials to resolve doubts and queries about the subject. Internships and directed laboratory activities.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.