MD2005:03
Neuroscience
Townsville
Prerequisites: Level 1 Medicine subjects
13 lectures, 39 hours guided learning sessions, 13 hours synthesising sessions. Full year.
Available to level 2 students enrolled in the MBBS program.
Staff: Assoc. Professor R Vink.
This subject offers a comprehensive approach to the study of the nervous system integrating the closely related aspects of neuroscience and pharmacology. It aims to provide a sound scientific basis for the understanding of disorders of the nervous system using a variety of clinically based example cases. A broad spectrum of approaches to nervous system function will be used beginning with basic cellular neurobiology and progressing to neurological and behavioural views of the whole person.
Learning Objectives:
- knowledge of normal and abnormal structure and function relevant to the nervous system;
- identify treatment strategies associated with the common abnormalities of nervous system structure and function;
- understand fundamentals of neuropharmacology and its limitations;
- familiarity with fundamentals of neurologic examination and assessment;
- recognise the aspects of nervous system function which determine “quality of life”;
- empathy with the consequences of CNS trauma, stroke, pain and general neurologic disability.
Assessment by end-of-year integrated examination which will consist of a written component (67%) and a practical component (33%). Students will also be required to undertake informal on-course assessment tasks.