Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Reflect on how the acuity/duration of symptoms influences the differential diagnosis of weakness and numbness.
• Learn to differentiate between the features of upper and lower motor neuron lesions.
• Learn to differentiate between upper motor neuron weakness due to lesions in the cortex vs brainstem vs spinal cord.
• Learn to differentiate between lower motor neuron weakness due to pathology in nerve roots vs peripheral nerves vs NMJ vs muscles.
• Identify features of neuromuscular junction disorders vs myopathies.
• Develop an approach to the localization of sensory deficits.

Assessments

• Neurology Week 1

Tags

Medical Foundation 4 Neuroscience Part 4 Week 1 Part 4 Week 5 Neurology Spinal Trauma Traumatic brain injury Weakness (not caused by Cerebrovascular Accident) 1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 3.1 Solicit and respond to feedback from peers, teachers, supervisors, patients, families, and members of health care teams regarding one’s knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional behaviours 3.2 Integrate feedback, external measures of performance and reflective practices to identify strengths, deficiencies, and limits in one’s knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional behaviours Cervical Vertebrae [A02.835.232.834.151] Motor Neurons [A08.663.655.500] Nervous System Diseases [C10] Nervous System [A08] Neuromuscular Diseases [C10.668] Spinal Cord Diseases [C10.228.854] Spinal Cord [A08.186.854] Spine [A02.835.232.834] Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]