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Unit description
Introduces students to key concepts in Neuroscience and provides a neural basis for the understanding of the human nervous systems and how they function together in healthy and clinical context.
Unit content
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Overview of the nervous system
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The cerebral cortex and vascular supply
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The spinal cord, peripheral nerves and plexuses
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The motor systems
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The sensory systems
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The autonomic nervous system
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The cranial nerves and brainstem
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Higher order functions of the nervous system
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | analyse and compare the structural organisation of the human nervous system | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 2 | outline and compare selected functional components of the human nervous system | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 3 | explain the effects of damage to functional components of the human nervous system. | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- analyse and compare the structural organisation of the human nervous system
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- outline and compare selected functional components of the human nervous system
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- explain the effects of damage to functional components of the human nervous system.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- Blumenfeld, H, 2010, Neuroanatomy through clinical cases, 2nd edn, Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts. ISBN: 9780878936137.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.