Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Describe spinal cord anatomy.
• Describe the clinical presentation seen with different patterns of spinal cord lesions (e.g., complete transection, hemicord lesion, etc.).
• List the clinical signs and symptons that suggest spinal cord involvement.
• Relay how to clear a c-spine.
• Be aware of red flags when evaluating traumatic head injury.
• Understand the pathophysiology of concussion and its heterogenous presentation as it pertains to cortical function.
• Discuss the Return to Play guidelines.
• Develop an approach to localize the cause of neurologic weakness.
• Appreciate the role of cortical, brainstem, and spinal cord neuroanatomy in clinical localization.
• Appreciate the importance of left/right lateralization and UMN vs. LMN findings in localization.

Assessments

• Neurology Week 1

Tags

Medical Foundation 4 Neuroscience Part 4 Week 1 Part 4 Week 5 Neurology Head Trauma / Brain Death / Transplant Donations Spinal Trauma 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 Brain Concussion [C10.228.140.199.250] Brain Concussion [C10.900.300.087.125] Brain Concussion [C10.900.300.350.300] Cervical Vertebrae [A02.835.232.834.151] 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]