10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021807FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Clinical sciences
Educational team
Veronique Bissay
Guy Nagels
Miguel D'Haeseleer
Anja Flamez
Jan Versijpt
Sylvie De Raedt
Sebastiaan Engelborghs (course titular)
Nina Vanden Driessche
Activities and contact hours
80 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
200 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

  • Autonomously handle, diagnose and treat the most common diseases/syndromes and/or situations in the clinical practice.  

  • Acquire advanced knowledge in performing and assessing neurophysiological investigations: EEG, EMG, evoked potentials, central motoric conduction, doppler investigation neck- and cranial blood vessels.  

  • Use of botulinum toxin in the neurological practice 

  • Autonomously operate in the stroke unit 

  • Palliative policy and terminal care 

  • Autonomously consult at the various departments 

  • Guide the students of physician-specialist level 1 

  • Targeted participation in scientific research as part of the Master’s thesis 

  • Knowledge and insights in the evaluation of own performance as a neurologist in training 

  • Improve the performance and efficiency of own handling (as a specialist in training) within the department 

  • Focus on domains of attention within the department 

Course material
Practical course material (Recommended) : Internationale neurologische tijdschriften
Digital course material (Recommended) : Wetenschappelijke literatuur via Pubmed
Practical course material (Recommended) : clinical guidelines
Digital course material (Recommended) : uptodate.com
Additional info

WORKING METHODS 

  • Theme-bound cursory education (1x/2 months): study material concerning the abovementioned syndromes, followed by interactive discussions that are reviewed by the supervisor or responsible staff member 

  • Interactive neuroradiology-neurology-neurosurgery discussions (1x/week) 

  • Seminars (1x/week) 

  • Daily patient discussions 

  • Neurophysiological courses (1x/week) 

  • Neuropathological confrontations (1x/week) 

Learning Outcomes

Insight

OLR 1: Has acquired profound medical knowledge and insights in the specialism.  

Attitudes

OLR 2: Has acquired the skills, inherent to the specialism, and applies these correctly. 

OLR 19: Satisfies the general and specific final objectives, inherent to the specialism, concerning diagnostics and syndromes/diseases.  

Skills

OLR 17: Keeps further developing and improving own skills. 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Portfolio with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: portfolio met functioneringsgesprekken en evaluatiegesprek aan het einde van het niveau expert plus (100%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

Portfolio with performance interviews and assessment interview at the end, level expert plus (100%).  

PASS/FAIL 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Specialist Medicine: Neurology (only offered in Dutch)