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Table of contents
Clinical Assessment...................................................................................................................................................................................2

Neurological Issues in General Medicine and Surgery.................................................................................................................3

Surgical Principles and Techniques....................................................................................................................................................4

Core Radiology...........................................................................................................................................................................................6

Headache and Facial Pain.......................................................................................................................................................................7

Ischaemic Vascular Disease....................................................................................................................................................................8

Haemorrhagic Vascular Disease...........................................................................................................................................................9

Head Injury...............................................................................................................................................................................................10

Transient Loss of Consciousness and Epilepsy............................................................................................................................11

Neurological Infections........................................................................................................................................................................13

Neuro-inflammatory Diseases...........................................................................................................................................................14

Neurodegeneration...............................................................................................................................................................................15

Movement Disorders............................................................................................................................................................................16

Neuromuscular Diseases.....................................................................................................................................................................17

Coma and Sleep......................................................................................................................................................................................18

Neuro-opthalmology............................................................................................................................................................................19

Neuro-otology.........................................................................................................................................................................................20

Diseases of the Autonomic Nervous System................................................................................................................................21

Elective Spinal Disease.........................................................................................................................................................................22

Spinal Tumours........................................................................................................................................................................................23

Spinal Trauma...........................................................................................................................................................................................24

Tumours and Cysts.................................................................................................................................................................................25

Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathologies...............................................................................................................28

Neuro-rehabilitation and Spinal Injury Rehabilitation..............................................................................................................29

Neuropsychiatry......................................................................................................................................................................................30

Neuropsychology....................................................................................................................................................................................31

Neuropaediatrics.....................................................................................................................................................................................32

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Clinical Assessment

Sessions:

An Approach to the Cognitively Impaired Adult

An Introduction to Neurological Assessment

Common Neurological Symptoms: Behavioural and Organic Mental Symptoms

Common Neurological Symptoms: Language Problems

Common Neurological Symptoms: Twitching or Muscle Fasciculations

Examination of the Limbs

Examining Patients in Coma

History and Examination of the Spine

Lumbar Puncture and Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid

Neurological Assessment: Movement Disorders

Neurological Assessment: Weakness and Sensory Loss

Neurological Examination: Cranial Nerves

Neurological Examination: Gait

Neurological Examination: Speech

Neurological Examination: Visual Function

Neurological History: General Approach and Common Pitfalls

Neuromuscular Assessment

Principles of Neurological Investigation

Quantitative Assessment of Pain

The Mental Status Examination in Neurology

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Neurological Issues in General Medicine and Surgery
Sessions:

Common Neurological Symptoms: Delirium

Common Neurological Symptoms: Headache

Common Neurological Symptoms: Movement Disorders

Common Neurological Symptoms: Post-traumatic

Common Neurological Symptoms: Seizures

Common Neurological Symptoms: Swallowing Disorders

Neurological Complications of Alcohol Misuse

Neurological Complications of Cardiac Disease

Neurological Complications of Endocrine Disease

Neurological Complications of Gastrointestinal Disease

Neurological Complications of Haematological Disease

Neurological Complications of Liver Disease

Neurological Complications of Renal Disease

Neurological Complications of Vitamin and Other Deficiency Diseases

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 Surgical Principles and Techniques

Sessions:

Advanced Microsurgical Skills

Anterior Approach to the Lower Lumbar Spine

Application of a Halo or Traction to the Cervical Spine

Closing a Neonatal Myelomeningocoele

Diagnosis and Management of Post-operative Haematoma

Fusing C1 to C2

How to do an Image-Guided Biopsy

How to do an Image-Guided Craniotomy

How to do an Interhemispheric Approach for a Colloid Cyst

Image-guided Neurosurgery

Inserting or Revising a Syringopleural Shunt

Inserting Pedicle Screws

Intraoperative Imaging Techniques

Intraoperative Neurosurgical Electrophysiological Monitoring

Minimal Invasive Neurosurgery

Minimally Invasive Surgical (MIS) Approaches to the Posterior Thoraco-lumbar Spine

Performing a Convexity Craniotomy

Performing a Craniotomy Convexity Meningioma

Performing a Far Lateral Craniotomy

Performing a Lumbar Laminectomy

Performing a Lumbar Microdiscectomy

Performing a Midline Posterior Fossa Craniotomy

Performing a Midline Supratentorial Craniotomy

Performing a Posterior Cervical Fusion

Performing a Pterional Craniotomy

Performing a Retrosigmoid Craniotomy

Performing a Subfrontal Craniotomy

Performing a Trans-sphenoidal Approach to the Sellar

Performing an Anterior Cervical Discectomy

Performing an Eye Brow Craniotomy

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 Performing Burr Holes

Performing Posterior Cervical Decompression Procedures

Posterior thoracic approaches

Preparing the Operative Site

Principles of Awake Craniotomy

Principles of Surgical Scoliosis Correction

Prions and Neurosurgery

Surgery in Children

Surgical Approaches to Tumours of the Ventricle

The Modern Theatre Environment

The Operating Microscope

The Translabyrinthine Approach to the Cerebellopontine Angle

Use of an Endoscope

Use of Standard Neurological Equipment

Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

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Core Radiology
Sessions:
CT Based Imaging Techniques

Digital Subtraction Angiography

MR Based Imaging Techniques

Normal Cranial Radiological Neuroanatomy

Normal Spinal Radiological Neuroanatomy

Normal Vascular Radiological Neuroanatomy

Nuclear Medicine Based Imaging Techniques

Spinal Myelography

Ultrasound and Doppler Imaging

X-ray Development, Physics, Uses, Risks and Regulation

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Headache and Pain
Sessions:

Acute Management Prevention of Migraine

Cluster Headache Acute and Prophylactic Treatments

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Diagnosis and Management of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cranial Arteritis

Diagnosis and Treatment of Episodic Tension Type Headache

Diagnosis and Treatment of Migraine

Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-dental Facial Pain

Diagnosis and Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Differential Diagnosis of Headache

Head Pain: Epidemiology and General Considerations

Headache in Children and Adolescents

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Low CSF Pressure Headache

Neuropathic Pain

Other Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

Overview of Chronic Headache

Pain Related Anatomical Pathways and Physiology

Performing a MicroVascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Performing a Percutaneous Trigeminal Rhizotomy

Psychological Management in Chronic Headache

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Ischaemic Vascular Disease

Sessions:
A Structured Approach to the Investigation and Evaluation of the Cause of Stroke

Acute Stroke Treatment

Basic Principles of CT Interpretation for Acute Stroke

Cardioembolic Stroke

Impact of Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack on Individuals

Ischaemic Stroke: Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissection

Neuroradiological Interventions in Carotid or Vertebral Artery Stenosis

Overview of the NIHR Stroke Research Network

Paediatric Stroke

Performing a Carotid Endarterectomy

Providing Advice to a Person With Stroke and Their Carer

Stroke Aetiology

Stroke Clinical Features Classification

Stroke Mimics

Stroke: Palliative Care

Surgical Management of Carotid Stenosis

The Impact of Stroke Upon Populations

The Pathology of CNS Ischaemia and Infarction

The Secondary Prevention of Stroke

TIA Clinical Features and Referral Pathways and Investigations

Vasculitis

Venous Stroke

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Haemorrhagic Vascular Disease

Sessions:

Aetiology and Pathophysiology of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage

Aetiology and Pathophysiology of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Assessment and Emergency Management of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Cerebral Revascularisation

Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae

Definitive Management of the Aneurysm: Radiology

Definitive Management of an Aneurysm: Surgery

Embolisation for Arteriovenous Malformations

Familial Intracranial Aneurysms

Infantile Intraventricular Haemorrhage

Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage

Management of Vein of Galen Malformations

Medical Management of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Paediatric Vascular Neurosurgery

Principles in Managing Cavernomas

Radiological Investigation of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Spinal Vascular Malformations

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations

Surgery for Arteriovenous Malformations

The Diagnosis and Management of Spontaneous Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

Vasospasm

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Head Injury

Sessions:

Cerebral Protection Strategies in Head Injury

Complications of Head Injury: Cranial Nerve and Vascular Complications

Complications of Head Injury: CSF Leak and Intracranial infection

Complications of Head Injury: Hydrocephalus, Seizures and Pituitary Dysfunction

Early Phase Care of the Moderate and Severely Head Injured Patient

Epidemiology of Head Injury

Evacuation of a Chronic Subdural Haematoma

Head Injuries in Children

Imaging in Head Injury

Inflicted Head Injury in Childhood: Non-accidental

Insertion of an Intracranial Pressure Monitor

Management of Depressed Skull Fractures

Management of the Head Injured Patient

Neuropathology of Head Injury

Neuropsychology and Brain Injury

Nutrition and Fluid Balance in the Head Injured Patient

Outcome After Head Injury

Overview of the Surgical Management of Head Injuries

Performing a Cranioplasty

Performing a Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury

Performing a Trauma Craniotomy

Safe Transfer of the Ventilated Head Injured Patient

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Transient Loss of Consciousness and Epilepsy

Sessions:

Acute Symptomatic Seizures

Assessment and Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy

Assessment of Patients Presenting with Blackouts

Brain Imaging in Seizures and Epilepsy

Cardiac Syncope

Causes of Epilepsy: Symptomatic

Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Choosing Antiepileptic Drugs For Focal Epilepsy

Choosing Antiepileptic Drugs For Generalised Epilepsy

Convulsive Status Epilepticus

Diagnosis of Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

Diagnosis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Differential Diagnosis of Blackouts and Epilepsy

Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability

Epilepsy in Adolescence

Epileptic Seizures and Syndromes in Neonates and Infants

Idiopathic (genetic) Epilepsy

Interactions of Antiepileptic Drugs

Management of Epilepsy in Remission

Management of Epilepsy in the Elderly

Management of Women with Epilepsy: Reproductive Issues

Memory and Epilepsy

Monitoring Drug Therapy

Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus

Occipital and Parietal Lobe Epilepsies

Other Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes

Palliative Surgical Treatments for Epilepsy

Pregnancy and Epilepsy

Role of EEG in Assessment for Epilepsy Surgery

Role of EEG in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy

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 Social Consequences of Epilepsy

Starting Epilepsy Treatment

Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy Workup and Outcome

Temporal Lobe Surgery for Epilepsy

The Causes of Epilepsy: Idiopathic Epilepsy

The Classification of Seizures and the Epilepsies

The Diagnosis of Non-epileptic Seizures

The Diagnosis of Vasovagal Syncope

The Management of Non Epileptic Seizures

Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Refractory Epilepsy

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Neurological Infections

Sessions:

Acute Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Meningitis

Aseptic Meningitis

Autoimmune Encephalitis

Botulisum

Cerebral Malaria

Congenital Cytomegalovirus

Cryptococcal Meningitis

Diagnosing and Managing Patients with Tubercular Meningitis

Discitis Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess

Encephalitis

Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis

HIV Encephalopathy

HIV Neuropathy

Human Prion Diseases

Imaging Features of Bacterial Brain Infection

Introduction to Neurological Infectious Diseases

Listeria Monocytogenes Meningitis

Lyme Borreliosis

Nervous System Manifestations of Varicella Zoster Infection

Syphilis

Tetanus

The Diagnosis and Management of Brain Abscesses

The Neurology of HTLV

Toxoplasmosis

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Neuro-inflammatory Diseases

Sessions:

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Autoimmune Encephalopathies

Disease Modifying Treatments in Multiple Sclerosis: Interferons and Glatiramer Acetate

Multiple Sclerosis: Assessment and Diagnosis

Multiple Sclerosis: Basic Epidemiology and Pathophysiology

Multiple Sclerosis: Management of Relapses

Multiple Sclerosis: Other Disease Modifying Treatments

Neuro-Behcets

Neurological Manifestations of Lupus and the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD)

Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Multiple Sclerosis and White Matter Disorders

Neurosarcoidosis

Rheumatoid Sjogrens and Other Autoimmune Disorders Affecting the CNS

Symptomatic Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis

Transverse Myelitis: Causes Assessment and Management

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Neurodegeneration

Sessions:

Alzheimer's Disease: Current and Future Treatments

Alzheimer's Disease: Genetics and Current Hypotheses

Caring For Patients With Dementia

Clinical Aspects of Alzheimers Disease

Degenerative Dementias: Current Concepts and Overview

Dementia With Lewy Bodies: Basic Science and Pathology

Dementia With Lewy Bodies: Clinical Aspects

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Basic Science

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Clinical Syndromes

Huntington's Disease

Investigation of Dementia

Prion Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical Aspects

Prion Disease: Pathogenesis and Genetics

Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Current Concepts

Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Rare and Unusual Causes

Young Onset and 'treatable' Dementias

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Movement Disorders

Sessions:

Acquired Cerebellar and Spinocerebellar Ataxias

Classification and Epidemiology of Movement Disorders

Clinical Aspects of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Corticobasal Degeneration and the Corticobasal Syndrome

Diagnosis and Treatment of Essential Tremor

Drug-induced Movement Disorders

Dystonia: Classification and Genetics

Dystonias: Secondary Causes and Investigations

Features and Treatment of Parkinsonian Tremor

Features Causes and Treatment of Cerebellar Tremor Ataxia

Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxia

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Multiple System Atrophy

Myoclonus

Parkinson's Disease Management of Motor Symptoms

Parkinson's Disease: Cognitive and Psychiatric Features

Parkinson's Disease: Surgical Treatment

Parkinson's Disease: Definition Pathogenesis and Pathology

Rare Causes of Tremor

Restless Legs Syndrome

Stiff Person Syndrome

The Genetics of Parkinsonis

The Primary Focal Dystonias

Tourettes Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders

Tremor Classification and Management

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Neuromuscular Diseases
Sessions:

Acquired Muscle Disease

Acquired Peripheral Neuropathies

Clinical Introduction to Neuromuscular Diseases

Clinical Neurophysiology of Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

Clinical Neurophysiology of Skeletal Muscle Diseases including ion channelopathies

Genetic Muscle Disease

Hereditary Neuropathies

Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

The Diagnostic Pathology of Neuromuscular Disease

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Coma and Sleep

Sessions:

The Assessment of Patients in Coma

Causes and Clinical Assessment of Coma

General Medical Care on Neurological Intensive Care Unit

EEG in Sleep Disorders and the MSLT

EEG in the Diagnosis of Coma

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

Hypoxic-ischaemic Brain Injury

Narcolepsy

Neurological Complications of Critical Illness

Normal Sleep Architecture

Raised ICP, Herniation and Management

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Neuro-ophthalmology
Sessions:

Assessment of Double Vision

Assessment of Ptosis

Assessment of Visual Failure

Central Disorders of Saccadic and Pursuit Eye Movements

Chiasmal Disorders

Heredo-familial Optic Neuropathies

Ischaemic Optic Neuropathies

Nystagmus

Ocular Myopathies

Oculomotor Disorders

Optic Nerve Tumours

Optic Neuritis

Orbital and Cavernous Sinus Disorders

Papilloedema and Related Optic Disc Disorders

Pupil Abnormalities

Retinal Disorders in Neurological Disease

Retrochiasmal Disorders

Toxic Nutritional Optic Neuropathy

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Neuro-otology

Sessions:

Acute Vertigo and Dizziness

Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Dizziness and Vertigo

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Central Causes of Vestibular Disturbance

Central Disorders of Hearing

Chronic Dizziness - Clinical Presentation and Management

Diagnostic Approach of Dizziness and Vertigo

Falls in the Elderly: Assessment and Management

Hearing and Balance Tests

Hearing Disorders and Tinnitus

Meniere's Disease and Migraine Associated Dizziness

Peripheral Causes Vestibular Disorders Sensory Mismatch Syndromes

Principles of Vestibular Rehabilitation

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Diseases of the Autonomic Nervous System
Sessions:

Autonomic Failure Primary and Secondary

Functional Anatomy of the Autonomic Nervous System

Investigation and Management of Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

Investigation and Management of Neurogenic Sexual Dysfunction

Neural Control of the Bladder

Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction

Neurological Control of Sexual Function

Parkinson Disease: Parkinsonism, Bladder, Bowel and Sexual Dysfunction

Pelvic Organ Dysfunction Following Cauda Equina Damage

Peripheral Nerve Disorders Bladder, Bowel and Sexual Dysfunction

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Elective Spinal Disease

Sessions:
Cervical Disease

Atlanto-axial Subluxation

Managing Cervical Degenerative Disease

Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Spine

Torticollis

Deformity

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Congenital Scoliosis

Degenerative Scoliosis
Early Onset Scoliosis

Kyphosis
Management of Pectus Excavatum

Neuromuscular Scoliosis

Dysraphism

Spinal Dysraphism

Thoracolumbar Disease

Coccydynia

Diagnosis and Treatment of Back Pain

Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathy

Management of Lumbar Disc Prolapse and Cauda Equina Syndrome

Osteoporosis

Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Spondylolisthesis

Spondylolysis

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Thoracic disc prolapse

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Spinal Tumours

Sessions:

Imaging Features of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours

Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours

Radiology of Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Tumours

Principles in Managing Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Tumours

Surgical Treatment of Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Tumours

Malignant Spinal Cord Compression

Primary Bone Tumours of the Spine

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Spinal Trauma
Sessions:

Anatomy of the spinal column and spinal stability

Atlanto-axial Cervical Spine Fractures

Fractures of the Spine

Initial Management of Spinal Injury and Spinal Shock

Pre-operative Assessment and Anaesthetic Management of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Principles of Surgical Treatment of Spinal Injuries

Sacral Fractures

Spinal Injuries in Children

Subaxial Cervical Spine Fractures

Thoraco-lumbar Trauma

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Tumours and Cysts

Sessions:

Cranial Cysts

Pathology and Management of Dermoids and Epidermoids

Pathophysiology and Management of Arachnoid Cysts

Pathophysiology and Management of Colloid Cysts

Radiology of CNS Cysts

Radiology of Dermoids and Epidermoids

Glial Tumours

Emerging Treatments for Gliomas

Histology and molecular pathology of IDH wild type gliomas

Molecular Pathology and Histology of Ependymal Tumours (Ependymomas)

Molecular Pathology and Histology of IDH Mutant Gliomas

Non-surgical Management of Low Grade Gliomas

Pathology of Pilocytic Astrocytomas

Surgical Management of High Grade Gliomas

Surgical Management of Low Grade Gliomas

The Treatment of High Grade Gliomas

Tumours of the Brainstem

Lymphomas

Aetiology and Pathogenesis of Embryonal Tumours of the CNS

Histopathology of CNS Lymphomas

Imaging Features of Central Nervous System Lymphomas

Management of Primary CNS Lymphomas

Meningiomas

Aetiology and Pathophysiology of Intracranial Meningiomas

Characteristic Appearances and Differential Diagnosis of Meningiomas

Histopathology of Meningiomas

Management of Meningiomas

Metastases and Skull Lesions

Intracranial Metastases Imaging and Differential Diagnoses

Malignant Meningitis

Management Principles for Metastases

Skull Lesions

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Nerve Sheath and Skull Base Tumours

Histopathology of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumours and Schwannomas

Management of Cerebellopontine Angle Tumours

Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumours

Special Considerations for Skull Base Tumours

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Acoustic Schwannoma

Principles

Anaesthetic Management of Supratentorial Tumours

Assessment of the Patient With a Brain Tumour

Clinical Presentation of Patients with Brain Tumours

Diagnostic Imaging in Brain Tumours

Histological and Molecular Diagnostics of Brain Tumours

Intraoperative Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy

Intr

Intraoperative Surgical Adjuncts

Long-term Complications of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for CNS Disease

Molecular Biology of Brain Tumours

Palliative Care and End of Life in Brain Tumour Patients

Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders of the CNS and PNS

Principles of Brain Tumour Management in Children

Principles of Chemotherapy

Principles of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery

Referral and Management Guidelines of Tumour Patients

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumours

Aetiology and Pathogenesis of Embryonal Tumours of the CNS

Histopathology of Embryonal Tumours of the CNS

Imaging Features of Medulloblastoma and Other PNETs

Management of Medulloblastoma

Sella and Suprasellar Tumours

Aetiology and Pathophysiology of Pituitary Adenomas

Medical Management of Pituitary Adenomas

Pituitary Apoplexy

Management of Pituitary Adenomas for Surgeons

Tumours of the Central Nervous System: Craniopharyngioma

Management of Craniopharyngiomas

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Ventricular and Pineal Region Tumours

Histology and Molecular Pathology of LGG incl Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Glioneuronal Tumours

Histopathology of Pineal Region Tumours

Imaging Features of Pineal Region Tumours

The Histopathology of Choroid Plexus Neoplasms

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Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathologies
Sessions:

Aetiology and Pathophysiology of Hydrocephalus

Chiari Malformation

Cranial Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula

Disorders of the Foramen Magnum

Inserting a Ventricular Access Device or External Ventricular Drain

Investigation and Treatment of Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks

Management of Syringomyelia

Management Principles of Hydrocephalus

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Performing a Subtemporal Decompression

Performing an Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

Spinal Arachnoiditis

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Neuro-rehabilitation and Spinal Injury Rehabilitation

Sessions:
Aetiology and Management of Pressure Sores

Autonomic Dysfunction

Bladder Problems in Multiple Sclerosis

Bowel Problems in Multiple Sclerosis

Clinical Gait Analysis in Rehabilitation Medicine

Diagnosis and Management of Cognitive Functioning After Stroke

Early Supported Discharge for Stroke

Family Relationships and Supporting Carers

Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

History Taking and Examination in Complex Neurological Disability

Locked-in Syndrome

Low Awareness States

Management of Spasticity and Associated Features

Management of Spasticity in Children

Management of Spasticity in Post Stroke Syndrome

Managing Late Deterioration in Neurological Disability

Multiple Sclerosis: Maintaining Activities Daily Living

Orthotics and the Avoidance and Management of Contractures

Pain After Stroke

Pain in Multiple Sclerosis

Physical Therapies After Stroke

Rehabilitation After Stroke

Rehabilitation in Nursing Homes

Role of Occupational Therapy in Neurorehabilitation

Speech and Language Problems and Their Management

The Assessment and Management of Swallowing Disorders

The Management of Posture and Mobility in Multiple Sclerosis

Vocational Rehabilitation Following Neurological Trauma or Illness

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Neuropsychiatry
Sessions:

ASD and Aspergers Syndrome

Bulimia Nervosa Lessons from a Patient's Perspective

Epilepsy and Psychosis

Forensic Neuropsychiatry

Functional Neurological Symptoms: Assessment

Functional Neurological Symptoms: Treatment

Medical Complications and Re-feeding for Anorexia Nervosa

Memory Disorders

Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Dementia

Neuropsychiatry of Depression in Epilepsy

Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy

Performing a Neuropsychatric Examination

Principles of Developmental Neuropsychiatry in Children and Young People

Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures PNES

Psychopharmacology of Anxiety Disorders

The Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD in Adults

The Forensic Neuropsychiatry of Neurodegenerative Disorders

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Neuropsychology
Sessions:
Cognitive Assessment in Epilepsy

Cognitive Assessment in Stroke

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Disorders of Executive Function

Occipital Lobe Cognitive Deficits

Parietal Lobe Cognitive Deficits

Perceptual Disorders

Speech and Language Disorders

Social Cognition Disorders

Temporal Lobe Cognitive Deficits

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Neuropaediatrics
Sessions:

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children – an inflammatory CNS syndrome

Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Pediatric Stroke

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