Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Differentiate between the different meanings of the term “dizziness” (e.g., vertigo vs. presyncope vs. unsteadiness).
• Differentiate central vs peripheral causes of vertigo.
• Discuss your approach to a patient with dizziness.
• Identify clinical and laboratory features that suggest meningitis.
• Discuss your approach to the initial management of meningitis.
• List the different types of headache commonly encountered.
• Provide a basic strategy for managing simple migraine headaches
• Appreciate the role of the brainstem as it pertains to “dizziness”, vertigo, syncope, unsteadiness.
• Interpret the CSF analysis of patients presenting with a differential diagnosis that includes meningitis.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of stroke
• Appreciate the initial management of stroke
• List the red flags that suggest a worrisome cause of headache.

Assessments

• Neurology Week 2

Tags

Anatomy Medical Foundation 4 Neuroscience Part 4 Week 2 Part 4 Week 6 Neurology Cerebrovascular Accident and Transient Ischemic Attack (Stroke) Dizziness, Vertigo Fever and Hyperthermia Headache 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 Dizziness [C10.597.751.237] Dizziness [C23.888.592.763.237] Headache [C10.597.617.470] Headache [C23.888.592.612.441] Headache [C23.888.646.487] Meningitis [C10.228.228.507] Meningitis [C10.228.566] Vertigo [C10.597.951]