Education - Department of Neurology

GM Neurology I.-II.

Year, Semester: 5^th year/1^st and 2^nd semester.

Number of teaching hours

• 1^st semester: lecture: 15, practical: 10.
• 2^nd semester: lecture: 10, practical: 10.

Credit: 4+2

Educational Advisor:

• Associate Professor Ms. Tünde Csépány M.D., Ph.D.
• deputy: Assistant Lecturer Ms. Krisztina Csapó M.D.

Material for students: available at elearning.med.unideb.hu (Department of Neurology / Neurology General Medicine / Neurology GM).

Requirements:

• According to the actual state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the requirements can be changed! The students are informed about the changes of the requirements, which are mentioned with green colour. Please check the e-learning also.
• Lectures: There are 15 lectures in the 1st semester (90-minute lectures/week for 5 weeks, 45-minute lectures/week also for 5 weeks) and 10 lectures in the 2nd semester (45-minute lectures/week for 10 weeks). Attending lectures is recommended.
• Practices: There are 90-minute-long practices in both semester (1 practice/week/group). The purpose of these practices is to learn the neurological examination. Please arrive at the practices on time and bring lab coat. Participation at the practices is obligatory. 1 absence out of the 5 occasions is accepted, but the student must make up the abscence. In the case of timetable conflict, the student must make up the practice at other class in the same week. At the same time maximum 3 students are allowed to join to one group in order to make up the practice. Making up the practice should be certified by a signed and stamped document from the tutor of the group. All students must attend the practice in their own group, making up at a different group is allowed only once, in case of a certified absence. In case that the student has COVID-19 symptoms, the student must stay home! If the participation in 5 practices is not achieved, the lecture book will not be signed, he/she must repeat the semester regardless of the reason of the absence. Participation at the practice is verified by the tutor of the group.
• If a student wants to change a group he/she has to submit a written application to the Head of the Department not later than the first week of the semester. The student can change the group only with written permission of the Head. If somebody changes group without permission, his/her lecture book will not be signed even if he/she participated in all practices.
• During the whole course of the practices, the students must wear a face masque covering the nose and the mouse. We ask every student to bring their own masque to the lectures and the practices. Students without masque are not allowed to participate. We ask the students to pay attention to wash and disinfect the hands regularly.
• Please consider the dignity of the patients when visiting the wards, laboratories and outpatient units. Inappropriate behaviour (laughing, phoning etc.) during patient demonstration is not allowed. All patient data must be treated confidentially. The patient's chart is a legal document which may be used only on the ward. The patient's chart may not be photographed, copied or removed. If you make notes for yourself, please use only the patients' initials.
• Practical exam: at the last practice, there’s a practical exam about the neurological physical examination. The result is part of the final grade. In case of failing, the next chance should be arranged with the tutor of the group.

Exam

• Teaching materials presented at the lectures and practices are asked at the exams.
• Grade offering test: If the actual state of the pandemic allows, a grade offering test is organised at the last week of the semester. Participation at the test is not considered as an 'A' chance exam. If the grade offered is accepted, it should be indicated in the Neptun system.
• Exam: Those students who did not participate at the grade offering test, or grade was not offered or the grade offered was not accepted in the Neptun system, has to take the exam. Places for exams are opened in the Neptun system before the exam period. Students have to register in Neptun for the exam. Without registration the exam cannot be taken. The first exam is the 'A' chance, the second exam is the 'B' chance, both of them are written (test) exams.
• ’C’ Chance: If somebody failed both 'A' and 'B' chances, the third possibility is the 'C' chance, which is an oral exam in front of an examination committee. In case of C exam the student has to visit our Secretary in office hours in order to make an appointment with the examiners.
• Grade improvement: If the student wishes to improve the grade, it is possible once in the exam period after registration in the Neptun for a free exam place. Grade improvement will not be considered as 'B' chance. Please note that the result of the grade improvement exam is the final grade.
• Apart from some exceptions students are not allowed to take exams during their block practice period. Students who are allowed to complete the block practice abroad after the end of the semester can start their exams earlier, including even the block practice period (depending on the decision of Registrars Department).
• The 6th academic year may not be started without signatures for both the first and second semesters of the 5th year.

List of textbooks

• Baehr, Frotscher: Duus's Topical diagnosis in Neurology. 5^th edition.2012. ISBN: 978-3-13-612805-3.
• Misulis, Head: Netter's Concise Neurology. Elsevier Saunders, 2007.
• Mária Tünde Magyar and László Csiba: Selected Topics in Neurology. Debrecen University Press , 2015. ISBN: 9789633183182.
• Laszlo Csiba: Questions and Answers (Neurology). Debrecen University Press, 2013. ISBN: 9789633180372.
• Ropper, Samuels, Klein: Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology. 10^th edition. Mc Graw Hill Education, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-07-179479-4.
• Lindsay, Bone, Fuller: Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated. 5^th edition. Churchill Livingstone, ELSEVIER, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-443-06957-4.