Appreciate the anatomical / physiological basis of the peripheral neurological examination
Level
This learning outcome is a primary level outcome.
The secondary outcomes associated with this are:
- How to gain consent to examine a person / patient’s peripheral neurological system
- Know how to position a patient / person correctly prior to examining their peripheral neurological nervous system, gait and cerebellar system.
- Be able to identify the common clinical signs that show a patient has neurological deficit and / or the patient is unwell.
- Appreciate how to systematically observe a patient from the end of the bed using the 'feet to face' principle, identifying some common abnormalities of peripheral neurological disease.
- Be able to demonstrate the appropriate techniques required to perform a systematic examination of a patient’s peripheral neurological system including gait and cerebellar disorders.
- Appreciate how to perform the associated clinical examination and investigations required to complete a neurological assessment.
- Appreciate how to complete the neurological assessment of a patient.
Sessions
This learning outcome is taught in the following sessions:
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Brain and Behaviour 2 (Year 2)
- Lecture: Clinical Skills Lecture - Neurological Examination of the Limbs
