25 ECTS credits
750 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021810ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced 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
Alex Michotte
Veronique Bissay
Guy Nagels
Miguel D'Haeseleer
Anja Flamez
Jan Versijpt
Sylvie De Raedt
Laura Seynaeve
Sebastiaan Engelborghs (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
60 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
675 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

  1. Content “Case discussion” 

During these sessions, practical cases are presented and (interdisciplinary) discussed in team. Attention is paid to emergencies and diagnostic problems. The subjects that are covered are those from the internships and relate to the final objectives as defined under “physician” level expert.  

  1. “Patient care” 

The ASO is given the chance to practice a wide array of domains within the specialism during the education. During these internships, the ASO acquires specific knowledge and skills and applies these in practice.  

Preferential internships during the education of Neurology are: 

  • Admission department and stroke unit 

  • Consultative neurology, including emergency neurology and neuro-intensive care 

  • Polyclinic: general and specialist (headache, epilepsy, stroke, movement disorders, memory clinic, multiple sclerosis, neuro-oncology, neuromuscular syndromes) 

  • Neurophysiology: EEG, 24h EEG, EMG, evoked potentials, central motoric conduction, doppler investigation neck- and transcranial blood vessels 

Optional internships are the following: 

  • Child neurology 

  • Neurosurgery 

  • Neuropathology 

  • Neuroradiology 

  • Internal Medicine 

  • Psychiatry 

Course material
Practical course material (Recommended) : Interactieve gevalsbesprekingen (donderdagmiddag), seminaries (donderdagmiddag), cursorisch onderwijs (maandelijks, maandagavond).
Practical course material (Recommended) : Neuroradiologietoer (dinsdagmiddag), postgraduaat interne geneeskunde (woensdagmiddag), seminarie psychiatrie (woensdagmiddag), seminarie neurochirurgie (donderdagavond).
Practical course material (Recommended) : internationale neurologische tijdschriften
Digital course material (Recommended) : Wetenschappelijke literatuur via Pubmed
Digital course material (Recommended) : uptodate.com
Handbook (Recommended) : Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology
Additional info

WORKING METHODS 

The final objectives are met in practice with: 

  • Clinical meetings and protocol discussions (1-2h/week) 

  • Bedside teaching (1-2h/week) 

  • Problem-oriented patient discussion (1-2h/week) 

  • Room tours (daily) 

  • Supervised consultation (daily) 

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

OLR 1: Has acquired profound medical knowledge and insights in the specialism (M, W).  

Insight

OLR 3: Has further enhanced the problem-solving capacity and applies this in practice (M, W).  

OLR 15: Takes into account the economic aspects of medicine and uses the available resources accordingly, avoiding under- and overuse (M).  

OLR 18: Is capable of introducing “standards of care” and quality requirements with regard to the different aspects of formulating one’s own specialism (M, Ma).  

Attitudes

OLR 4: Can communicate correctly with a patient and his/her environment in a humane and empathic way, taking into account the ethical, social and multicultural aspects (diversity) and within the relevant legislation (C) 

OLR 16: Knows the principles of medical informatics for delivering optimal patient care and maintaining own expertise (M).  

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

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 (100%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

  • 9 KKB’s (3/year) in Medbook 

  • Portfolio with performance interviews and assessment interview at the end, level expert (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)