18th Annual Penn Neurology Board Review Course 2021 (Videos)

Course Overview

Target Audience:

• Neurological Surgery
• Neurology
• Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Objectives:

• Prepare for the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (ABPN) Board Examination in Neurology or Recertification Examination.
• Enhance understanding of neurology basic science, including neuroanatomy, neuropathology, and neurochemistry.
• Develop proficiency in discussing common and emerging topics in clinical adult neurology, such as neurovascular disorders, movement disorders, sleep disorders, headache syndromes, epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, neuro-immunology, neuro-infectious diseases, and behavioral neurology.
• Acquire expertise in reviewing the diagnostic criteria for chronic migraine and the available treatment options.
• Gain insights into the diagnostic criteria for relapsing remitting and primary progressive multiple sclerosis and the available treatment modalities.

Course Content:

Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology:

• Afferent Neuro-ophthalmology
• Brainstem and Cranial Nerves
• Cerebellum
• Cerebral Cortex
• EEG
• Efferent Neuro-ophthalmology
• Embryology
• EMG
• Evoked Potentials
• Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuroanatomy
• Nerve Conduction Studies
• Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases
• Neurophysiology EMG VEP BAERS Through Clinical Cases
• Peripheral Nerve Function
• Principles Guiding Brain and Spinal Imaging Interpretation
• Spinal Cord
• Spinal Roots
• Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuroanatomy

Neurochemistry and Neuropathology:

• Antianxiety Agents
• Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers
• Antipsychotics
• Neurochemistry
• Neuropathology Through Clinical Cases
• Pathology of Central Nervous System Infections
• Pathology of Central Nervous System Tumors
• Pathology of Congenital and Developmental Malformations
• Pathology of Disorders of Myelin
• Pathology of Neurodegenerative Disease
• Pathology of the Peripheral Nervous System
• Pathology of Toxic-Metabolic Diseases
• Pathology of Vascular Disease and Trauma

Clinical Neurology:

• Alcoholism
• Altered States of Consciousness
• Anticonvulsants
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Basal Ganglia and Thalamus
• Behavioral Neurology Through Clinical Cases
• Brain Death Criteria
• CNS and Infections Virology, Fungi, and Opportunistic Infections
• CNS and Systemic Infections Bacteria, Atypical Bacteria, Spirochetes
• CNS and Systemic Infections Virology Psychiatric Neurologic Problems Associated with Medical Disease Through Clinical Cases
• CNS Infections Prion Diseases and Travel Neurology
• Clinical Pediatric Neurology
• CNS Infections Vaccines and Antimicrobial Side Effects
• Differential Diagnosis of Brain and Spinal Mass Lesions
• Disorders of Basic Molecule Metabolism
• Disorders of Complex Molecule Metabolism
• Disorders of Energy Metabolism
• Disorders of Neuromuscular Junction Transmission
• DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Anxiety and Somatiform Disorders
• DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Mood Disorders
• DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Personality Disorders and Psychodynamic Considerations
• DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Psychotic Disorders
• Epilepsy
• Epilepsy and EEG Through Clinical Cases
• Headache Through Clinical Cases
• Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
• Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
• Imaging of Neuroinflammatory and Neuroinfectious Diseases
• Imaging of Neurovascular Diseases
• Imaging of Pediatric Diseases
• Imaging of Traumatic, Toxic-Metabolic, and Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Marijuana, Ecstasy, PCP and Other Drugs of Abuse
• Mendelian-inherited Neurogenetic Disease
• Migraines
• Mitochondrial Disorders and Trinucleotide Repeat
• Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis and Pathogenesis
• Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
• Movement Disorders Through Clinical Cases
• Muscle Contraction
• Myopathies
• Neuroendocrinology
• Neuroimmunology Through Clinical Cases
• Neurology and Systemic Disease Metabolic Derangements, Renal, GI, Dermatology, and Neuro-inflammatory Disease
• Neurology and Systemic Disease Neurohematology and Neurocardiology
• Neuromuscular Diseases Through Clinical Cases
• Neuromuscular Junction Disease Through Clinical Cases
• Neuromuscular Junction
• Neuro-oncology
• Neuroophthalmology Through Clinical Cases
• Neuropathies
• Neurophysiological Testing
• Neurovascular Syndromes
• Neurovascular Through Clinical Cases
• Nicotine, Cocaine, Benzodiazepine, and Opiate Abuse
• Normal Development and Other Pediatric Considerations
• Normal Nerve and Muscle Histology
• Normal Sleep Physiology
• Phakomatoses
• Principles of Different Imaging Modalities
• Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Through Clinical Cases
• Secondary Headaches
• Sleep Disorders
• Sleep Through Clinical Cases
• Tension Headaches and Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
• Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
• Treatment of Neuromuscular Junction Disorders