NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY
cod. 08440

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Neurologia (MED/26)
Field
Scienze della fisioterapia
Type of training activity
Characterising
21 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY

Learning objectives

(a) to acquire skills in the identification and treatment of nervous system injuries, (b)acquire knowledges in the clinical and rehabilitative management of traumas and of their most common complications,
(c) pursue the educational goal of the rehabilitative approach to central and peripheral traumas

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course is focused on providing cognitive elements on the pathophysiology, clinical findings and rehabilitation of injuries of nervous system. Particular emphasis is laid on: (a)illustration of short, medium and long-term complication of traumas of nervous system either central or peripherical, (b)organisation of modern services dedicated to specialist trauma treatment, (c)basic knowledge of the rehabilitative approach to nervous system injuries

Full programme

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Bibliography

a) L'assistenza al traumatizzato cranico - L.Rasero, E.Lumini,G.Senes
Editor: Carrocci, 2002,
b)Excerpts from lessons

Teaching methods

classroom lectures with the help of audiovisual and computer aids

Assessment methods and criteria

conclusive assessment is based on administering multiple-choice question supplemented by oral exam

Other information

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