Curriculum Block

Objectives

• List some of the conditions that can commonly cause gait problems.
• Describe how different gait patterns can help localize the potential cause of abnormal gait.
• Differentiate between complex and simple febrile seizures.
• Classify common movement disorders (bradykinetic/akinetic vs. hyperkinetic).
• Describe your approach to evaluating a patient with a movement disorder.
• Discuss your approach to a patient presenting with abnormal gait.
• Describe the pathophysiology of febrile seizures.

Assessments

• Neurology Week 4

Tags

Medical Foundation 4 Neuroscience Part 4 Week 4 Part 4 Week 8 Neurology Ataxia (Gait) Movement Disorders, Involuntary / Tic Disorders Seizures / Epilepsy 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 Gait Disorders, Neurologic [C10.597.404] Movement Disorders [C10.228.662] Seizures, Febrile [C23.888.592.742.571]