2019-2020 / NEUR0190-1

Neurology

Duration

20h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in psychology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Certificat d'université en psychologie clinique à orientation neuropsychologie3 crédits 

Lecturer

Eric Salmon

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, examination in June

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

How to understand and use in your practice the anatomy and function of the Central Nervous system
Table of contents: see notes and powerpoints

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To acquire general knowledge about brain structure and function and their evaluation, allowing to understand and discuss the clinical, anatomical and functional caracteristics of most cerebral pathologies

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Discussion on neurological diseases during the last course

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Questions-answers before each course. One or two sessions per chapter. Quizz (true/wrong) on anatomical, functional, or clinical proposals.

Recommended or required readings

Revised every year; notes and powerpoint given one week before the course (see on "My ULg".

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral, end of session. A part of the exam consists in a presentation of a paper in neuroscience, chosen by the student, followed by 10 minutes of discussion on any chapter.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

eric.salmon@uliege.ac.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Courses are available on myULiege on powerpoint format with notes (;doc)

Assessment subjects

All chapters in the course may be evaluated

Assessment methods

A structured presentation of a scientific article in powerpoint format

Contacts

eric.salmon@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

All chapters of the course

Assessment methods

A structured presentation of a scientific article in powerpoint or pdf format plus a pdf of the article should be sent by mail.
For the second session, to be sure the article was weel understood, two (2) questions for specifying points regarding the article will be sent back by mail, that should be answerd in 48 hours

Contacts

eric.salmon@uliege.be

Items online

Examination: presenting a scientific report
Example of a structured presentation of a scientific article concerning neurosciences, with 3 links to the course

Traumatic Brain Injury
TBI

Extrapyramidal syndromes
Extrapyramidal pathology

Human neuroanatomy
Human neuroanatomy

Dementia
Dementia

Neurodevelopment
Development of the nervous system

Epilepsy
Epilepsy

Technical investigations in neurology
Technical investigations in neurology

Neurovascular disorders
Neurovascular disorders