TIP502

School of Medicine \ Medicine

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5

Compulsory

Turkish

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Bachelor's and Master’s

This internship includes theoretical lessons on the recognition and treatment of common neurological diseases that require urgent intervention, bedside education, taking anamnesis of patients who apply to the neurology clinic or are admitted to the ward, performing neurological examinations, communicating with patients and assessing their mental status, preparing patient files and discussing cases. They also monitor the tests performed in the neurophysiology laboratory (Electroencephalography, Electromyography and Evoked Responses) under the supervision of a faculty member.

1. Nöroloji Temel Kitabı, Birinci Baskı, Editör: Emre M. Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, 2013
2. Uptodate
3. Dejong Nörolojik Muayene, Yedinci Baskı, William W. Campbell (Çeviri editörü: Prof. Dr. Levent Ertuğrul İnan). Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, 2018
4. Current Nöroloji Tanı ve Tedavi. İkinci Baskı, John C. M. Brust (Çeviri editörü: Prof. Dr. Candan GÜRSES), Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, 2016
5. Neurology e-textbook (http://www. itfnoroloji. org/ekitap. htm). Authors: Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Academic Staff.

The purpose of this internship is to provide the skills and attitudes determined for recognizing the symptoms and findings of neurological diseases frequently encountered in society and evaluating the necessary laboratory examinations, recognizing urgent neurological diseases and being able to apply first-line treatment approaches, recognizing diseases/conditions requiring surgical or interventional treatment, directing them, performing the first intervention and referring them under appropriate conditions, being able to monitor some chronic neurological diseases under first-line conditions and applying protective measures.

1. Ability to apply neurological examination and history-taking related to diseases in a certain order and in a short time with skill
2. Describes the use of laboratory in the diagnosis and follow-up of neurological diseases frequently seen in society.
3. Lists the signs and symptoms of neurological diseases frequently seen in the society, describes their clinical appearances, makes preliminary diagnoses, performs first-line treatments, performs the necessary preliminary procedures of patients and directs them to a specialist, can perform long-term follow-up and monitoring in first-line conditions and list protective measures.
4. Lists the agents used in treatment.
5. Ability to perform mental status assessment of patients and examination of patients in coma quickly and skillfully
6. Describes and can apply the knowledge that will completely apply the basic approach principles to neurological emergencies.
7. Describes neurological history and examination findings and lesion localization.
8. Describe the areas of use, contraindications, and basic principles of interpreting the results of neurological examinations (lumbar puncture, electroencephalography, electromyography, neuroradiological examinations).

Week 1: Introduction to Neurology Internship, General Concepts and Terminology,
Week 2: Functional anatomy of brain lobes, Neurological Examination,
Week 3: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, Higher cerebral functions (Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia),
Week 4: Cranial nerves and their diseases-1, Cranial nerves and their diseases-2,
Week 5: Epilepsy diagnosis, treatment and differential diagnosis-1, Epilepsy diagnosis, treatment and differential diagnosis-2, Ischemic Cerebrovascular Diseases diagnosis and treatment, Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular Diseases diagnosis and treatment
Week 6: APPLICATION: Polyclinic bedside practice, Patient visit, Approach to the patient with impaired consciousness and coma,
Week 7: Spinal Medulla and its Diseases, Headache diagnosis and treatment, Cerebellum and its diseases, Parkinson's disease,
Week 8: Tremor and other hyperkinetic diseases, Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases, Cognitive disorders-1, Cognitive disorders-2, Guillain-Barre syndrome and other peripheral neuropathies
Week 9: APPLICATION: Outpatient bedside application, Patient visit, Consciousness assessment,
Week 10: Glasgow coma scale assessment, Mental status assessment, EEG, EMG, EP monitoring, Case discussion.
Week 11: THEORETICAL: Myasthenia Gravis, Muscle diseases, Neuropathic pain, -
Week 12: APPLICATION: Outpatient bedside application, Patient visit, Case presentation and discussion, EVALUATION: Written and oral exam, Evaluation of internship reports

• Internship Report Card: 10 %
• Written Exam: 50 %
• Oral Exam: 40 %