Curriculum Block

Objectives

• List some of the common causes of weakness (e.g., muscle problem (e.g., myopathy, myositis), brain problem (e.g., stroke, trauma), etc.).
• Describe the features on history and physical exam that suggest a particular cause for weakness (i.e., help to localize the lesion).
• Discuss your approach to a patient presenting with weakness.
• Explain the utility of some of the tests used to assess muscle disorders (e.g., EMG/NCS, muscle biopsy).
• Differentiate between mononeuropathies, radiculopathies, and polyneuropathies based on clinical signs and symptoms.
• List disorders that commonly cause neuropathies.
• Explain your approach to a patient with sensory/motor problems secondary to nerve dysfunction.

Assessments

• Neurology Week 3

Tags

Diagnosis Physiology Prognosis Medical Foundation 4 Neuroscience Part 4 Week 3 Part 4 Week 7 Neurology 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 Demyelinating Diseases [C10.314] Muscle Weakness [C05.651.515] Muscle Weakness [C10.597.613.593] Muscle Weakness [C23.888.592.608.593] Peripheral Nerves [A08.800.800] Peripheral Nervous System Diseases [C10.668.829] Peripheral Nervous System [A08.800] Polyneuropathies [C10.668.829.800] Radiculopathy [C10.668.829.820]