Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Understand the pathophysiology of craniofacial pain.
• Discern between primary and secondary headaches.
• Learn to identify and treat migraines, tension-type headaches, and cluster headaches.
• Develop a differential diagnosis for thunderclap headaches.
• Explore the features of common secondary headache etiologies.
• Learn about the risks of lumbar punctures and the analysis of CSF.
• Recognize the clinical presentations of common seizure types.
• Explore the management algorithm in status epilepticus.
• Differentiate between the typical causes of transient neurological symptoms.
• Understand the pathophysiology behind reduced level of consciousness.
• Develop an approach to the comatose patient.

Assessments

• Neurology Week 3

Tags

Diagnosis Physiology Prognosis Medical Foundation 4 Neuroscience Part 4 Week 3 Part 4 Week 7 Neurology Coma 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 Coma [C10.597.606.358.800.200] Coma [C23.888.592.604.359.800.200] Headache Disorders [C10.228.140.546] Headache Disorders, Primary [C10.228.140.546.399] Headache [C10.597.617.470] Headache [C23.888.592.612.441] Headache [C23.888.646.487]