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| NERF0130-1 | Multidisciplinary approach to the nervous system  | |||||
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| Duration : | 16h Th, 20h Pr, 4h QA Sess., 36h APP | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Jacques Boniver, Jean‑Pierre Bourguignon, Vincent Bours, Alain Carlier, Patrick De Mol, Thierry Grisar, Ernst Heinen, Maurice Lamy, Raymond Limet, Jean‑Pierre Schaaps, André Scheen, Jean Schoenen, Vincent Seutin | |||||
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| Course contents : | The module aims at supporting 3rd-year Medicine students for the acquisition of fundamental, clinically relevant notions on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system and sense organs. Based on Problem-Solving Learning (PSL), clinical vignettes with common neurological syndromes were selected to contextualize information search and make knowledge acquisition more attractive. | |||||
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| Course objective : | The course mainly aims at demonstrating that nerve functions are controlled (physiology) by determined nervous structures (anatomy, histology) and that disorders caused by functional (physiopathology) or structural (anatomopathology) lesions bring about neurological signs and symptoms (neurological semiology). Such knowledge will prepare students for the first neurological diagnostic step, i.e. localization: where is the lesion causing the neurological sign or symptom? When necessary, the approach will be completed with additional neurophysiological (EEG, evoked potentials) and radiological (X-Ray scan, MRI) examinations, which document functional disorders and anatomical locations and will be part of some clinical vignettes. The second diagnostic step, i.e. the ethiopathogenic step (the lesions nature and cause), will be dealt with in later study years. As such, it will only be outlined in Term 6 PSL sessions based on common nervous lesions and mechanisms. The same is true of the therapeutic step (pharmacology), which will mainly be sketched out to emphasize the significance of neurochemical knowledge in pharmacotherapy. Lastly, the knowledge of nervous development (embryology) must be not ignored as it helps to understand nervous malformations and plasticity. | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | All physiological, biochemical, anatomical, histological and neuroanatomical aspects. | |||||
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| Workshops : | Besides histology practicals, a brain dissection session, an analysis workshop for major nerve tracks and an electrophysiological demonstration workshop (from neuronal and muscular potential to cortical evoked potential) will be organized. | |||||
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| Organization : | Introduction course, practicals, 11 PSL sessions and a revision session (with quizz). | |||||
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| Written notes : | Reference books:
-Syllabus de Neuroanatomie (Neuroanatomy Course Book), J. Schoenen, 2003 version, AREM (Medicine Students Association). -Neurosciences, 2nd edition, Bear, Connors and Paradiso, Pradel 2002. -Atlas de Poche dAnatomie, nr. 3: Système nerveux et organes des sens. Kahle, Médecine-Sciences, Flammarion. -Clinical Neuroanatomy, Waxman, Twenty-fifth edition, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2003. -Eléments de biochimie humaine normale et pathologique (Physiologie et physiopathologie à léchelle moléculaire). Th. Grisar Chapter VIII: Système nerveux (course notes). | |||||
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| Assessment : | 1st and 2nd exam periods:
- written exam with 2 open questions, 8 short open questions, 60 multiple-choice questions with general implicit solutions and certainty indexes. - integrative oral exam (skills test). All students are tested by a jury with 5 lecturers. Each jury has a question database (PSL type). Students draw lots for a question, then have 45 minutes for preparation and are tested for 20 minutes. - Multidisciplinary practical exam for Anatomy, Histology and Anatomopathology (same week, group alternation). | |||||
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| Contacts : | Jean SCHOENEN, Professor Neuroscience Center CNCM CHU Sart Tilman. Tour 4(+1) B36 B-4000 LIEGE Secrétary : Ms Jessica THYS, Tel.: 04/366.51.91; Fax : 04/366.51.99 Email: jschoenen@ulg.ac.be | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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