The OSLER Neurology 2020 Online Review is designed to help you pass your Neurology board exams as well as to update your clinical knowledge base. Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care, incorporating new concepts and treatments. The course includes lectures that review the entire field of Neurology. As a result, it provides a good review for the ABPN written exams or for physicians in practice wanting a thorough update. The course includes didactic lectures, discussion of clinical vignettes, embedded questions for discussion at the end of each topic, and dedicated question and answer sessions. Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care incorporating new concepts, guidelines, and treatments.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course participants should be able to:
- Identify and discuss clinically relevant aspects of neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropharmacology
- Interpret neuroimaging studies
- Recognize and describe all major neurological disorders and important variants
- Discuss developmental disorders and scientific underpinnings
- Distinguish abnormal behavioral and personality changes
- Describe the use of appropriate psychopharmacology agents for all major neurologic disorders and important interactions
- Identify and plan treatment for alcoholism and substance abuse
- Identify and distinguish between altered states of consciousness and memory disorders
- Implement appropriate primary and secondary stroke prevention strategies
