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Neurology
I
Name of module: Neurology
I
Semester: II
Credits: 5 ECTS
Total learning hours: 125 hours
Contact hours: Approximately 40 hours
Academic level: Foundation (basic level for first
year undergraduate students)
(Level: relative difficulty, complexity, depth of study and autonomy
required of a learner).
Aims of the
module:
To provide Chiropractic students in their first year of study with that knowledge of the gross anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system to enable them to understand the neurological elements within their subsequent clinical practice.
Time commitment
(academic session 2009/10):
- approximately
3 hours teaching per week (over 13 weeks)
- office
hours for students 1 hours per week (over 13 weeks)
- preparation
in advance of teaching sessions
- preparation
of draft assessments and marking
- attendance
at Exam Committees and staff-development sessions (approximately 20 hours
in the year)
- Educated
at degree level in a relevant field of study (ideally chiropractic).
- Has
a strong interest in chiropractic. It is essential that the neurology
teacher is willing to teach/develop this module in close collaboration
with the chiropractic department.
- It
will be essential that the teacher for Neurology I can also teach the
module Neurology II offered in the second year of the programme of study
(15 ECTS).
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