TRM6005 · Clinical and translational neuroscience

Overview

In this unit, you will develop and demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the molecular, cellular and pathophysiological pathways involved in neuroscience as they relate to a broad range of neurological disorders. Discipline-specific topics relating to neurological disorders will include epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other neuroinflammatory conditions, neuroophthalmology, headache and pain, neuroimaging, neuromuscular disorders, Parkinson’s Disease, dementing disorders, neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders, brain tumours, stroke and traumatic brain injury/spinal cord injury. By developing a fundamental understanding of the pathogenic molecular and cellular changes in specific neurological disorders you will develop a contextual basis from which to identify patient outcomes, justify the use of appropriate technologies to answer patient-specific neurological disorders and evaluate pathways to translate neuroscience research findings into clinical practice. This unit will consist of online specialist lectures delivered by researchers and clinicians actively working in the neuroscience discipline, and eLearning resources. You will review and evaluate clinical and scientific literature in neurological disorders with a focus on clinical and translational medicine perspectives, and present this information in written form, and via oral presentations. This unit will provide you with an in-depth clinical and translational research knowledge base to generate cutting-edge research questions, and to develop the ability to undertake inquiry-based research.

Areas of study: TRNSNLP01 - Translational research PhD program

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify pathogenic genetic and molecular mechanisms involved in specific neurological/ neuropsychiatric disorders.
2. Evaluate appropriate tools and techniques to investigate specific neurological/ neuropsychiatric disorders and diagnose and predict patient treatment outcomes
3. Critically appraise the key concepts and conclusions from translational neuroscience research literature
4. Develop a specific research question grounded in a critical review of the clinical and scientific literature of neurological/ neuropsychiatric disorders
5. Communicate critical arguments pertaining to a neurological/ neuropsychiatric disorder research question to a professional audience

Workload

12 hours study per week distributed as: • Teacher-directed learning delivered via online lectures, discussion groups and pre and post-learning modules (6 hours per week) • Self-directed learning including private study, reading published studies, reference material and textbooks (6 hours per week)

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.