Teaching Methodologies
The methodology adopted in theoretical component is expository active, using slides, videos and texts, which will be made available to students. In addition, is provided for the analysis of clinical cases based on program contents is developed in theoretical and presentation of group work. The evaluation will rely on a final written test and a group work. The evaluation procedures will comply with the determinations foreseen in the Academic regulation.
Learning Results
Must acquire knowledge of:
-Pathophysiology of central or peripheral neurological pathologies
-Pathophysiology and treatment of sleep disorders
Must acquire skills of:
-Recognize that the patient has a neurological problem
-Recognize the disturbances of the sleep-wake circadian rhythm
-Clinical and anatomical evaluation and correlation in the approach to clinical cases;
Must acquire skills of:
-Interpret a clinical history of a patient with neurological pathology
-Recognize the topographic semiology of lesions in the nervous system and the consequent understanding of the compromised functions
-Discuss the different sleep pathologies, their etiopathogenesis and differential diagnosis, clinical manifestations and treatment
-Analyze and classify the different polygraphic sleep studies
– Integrate sleep assessment methods and their conclusions in the clinical context, understanding the objective and specificity of each of them in different sleep pathologies.
Program
I. Neurological pathology
Symptoms, signs and basic investigations
Cerebrovascular diseases
Movement disorders
Epilepsy and associated diseases
Cognitive impairment and dementia
Nervous System Infections
Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases
Headache
Cranial nerve pathology
Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-Otology
Pathologies of the spinal cord
Cerebellar ataxias and associated diseases
Neurological rehabilitation
Consciousness disorders, neurological intensive care
Neurology and systemic pathologies
II. Sleep Pathology
Physiology and neurophysiological mechanisms that generate sleep
Hypersomnias
Sleep disorders associated with respiratory diseases
Sleep disorders associated with neurological and psychiatric disorders
Anxious disorders, panic disorders, psychoses, alcoholism and their impact on sleep
Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Sleep Movements
Particularities and characterization of sleep in pediatric age
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) in adults and children
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Adams and Victor’s principles of neurology. Allan H. Ropper, Martin A. Samuels, Joshua P. Klein. New York : McGraw-Hill Education, cop. 2014.
Bradley’s neurology in clinical practice [edited by] Robert B. Daroff … [et al.]. Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, cop. 2012.
Atlas of clinical sleep medicine. [edited by] Meir H. Kryger. Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, cop. 2010.
Principles and practice of sleep medicine. ed. Meir H. Kryger, Thomas Roth, William C. Dement. Philadelphia : Elsevier Saunders, 2005.