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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - GMS6707
Tracking Number - 813
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Current Status:
Approved, Permanent Archive - 2012-01-20
Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: to GC for review 9/12/11; Abb. Title updated 10/11/11; to GC 11/3/11. Approved. To USF System 11/28/11. to SCNS 12/6/11. Apprd eff 1/1/12
Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2011-08-10
- Department:
- College: MD
- Budget Account Number: 614500020
- Contact Person: Ingrid Bahner
- Phone: 8139743454
- Email: ibahner@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: GMS
- Number: 6707
- Full Title: Medical Neuroscience
- Credit Hours: 3-7
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: Y
- Are the credit hours variable?: Y
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Med Neuroscience
- Course Online?: C -
Face-to-face (0% online)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: GMS 6xxx Core Principles and the Musculoskeletal System
- Corequisites:
- Course Description: Emphasized in this course are those aspects of the nervous systems that have immediate relevance for clinical medicine.
This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Masters of Science with a concentration in interdisciplinary medical sciences
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Needed for program/concentration/certificate change
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? 10-15 students
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? No
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.)
- Objectives: The overall objectives of this course are to provide the students with a fundamental understanding of anatomical, biological and behavioral principles basic to human function; to explain mechanisms that underlie clinical disorders; and to understand, synthesize, and incorporate the fundamental principles learned as they apply to medicine.
- Learning Outcomes: Acquiring a fundamental understanding of medical principles that will permit life-long learning.
- Major Topics: Week 1
Introduction and Overview of the CNS
Cell Biology of Neurons
Initiation of Action Potentials
Propagation of Action Potentials
Presynaptic Events
Imaging the Nervous System I
Meninges, CNS and the Ventricular System
Lab Preview + Brain Lab - remove brain; meninges; brain and brainstem; cranial nerves
Neuromuscular Junction
E-C Coupling
Post Synapic Events
Neurohistology
Neurohistology
Week 2
Autonomic and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Integration and the Autonomic Nervous System
Cranial Nerves
Cranial Nerves
Brain Lab - brain and brainstem; cranial nerves
AL: Cranial Nerves
Forebrain
Ventricular System and CSF
Diencephalon
AL: Thalamus
Brain Lab - Cerebral Cortex, Diencephalon and Ventricular System
Cell Biology of Glia
Development of the Nervous System
Spinal Cord Reflexes and Muscle Tone
AL: Clinical Evaluation of Cranial Nerves
Week 3
Diseases of Lower Motor Neurons
Control of Lower Motor Neurons
Brainstem Control of Lower Motor Neurons
Imaging the Nervous System II
Lab Preview + Cervical and Brachial Plexus Lab
Primary and Supplemental Motor Cortex and Movement
AL
Week 4
Basal Ganglia
Cerebellum
Lab Preview + Brachial Plexus Lab
Eye and Ear
Ear
Movement Disorders
Lab Preview + Lumbosacral Plexus Lab
Eye and Orbit
CNS Control of Extraocular Movement
Clinical Evaluation of Extraocular Movement
Week 5
Development of the Eye and Ear
The Visual System Retinal Processing
Smell
Lab Preview + Eye and Ear Lab
Week 6
The Visual System Central Processing
Somatosensory Transduction
Taste
Lab Preview + Eye and Ear Lab
Auditory System
Vestibular System
Medial Lemniscus
Anterolateral System
Pain
AL: Somatosensory Disorders
Week 7
Week 8
Reticular Formation and the Reticular Activating System
Hypothalamus
Nuerochemical Pathways
The Limbic System
Models of Learning
Memory
Amygdala
Fear and Emotion
Blood Supply to the Brain
Week 9
Addiction
Language
Personality Development I
Personality Development II
Executive Function
Aphasias
Apraxias and Agnosias
Consciousness, Brain Death and Anesthesia
Family Communication Patterns
Sleep
AL
Week 10
Unexplained Neurological Symptoms
Brain, Mind, Default Mode Network and the Sense of Self
Medical Humanities
- Textbooks: Neuroscience, Dale Purves, et al. eds., 4th edition , Sinauer Associates, Inc. 2008
Histology, A text and Atlas, Michael H. Ross, Wojciech Pawlina, 5th edition, 2005.
Gray’s Anatomy for Students, Richard Drake, 2nd edition, Elsevier, 2009
Atlas of Human Anatomy, Frank Netter, 4th edition, Saunders.; or Atlas of Anatomy, A. Gilroy, et al, 1st edition, Thieme.
The Developing Human, Keith Moore & T.V.N. Persaud, 8th edition, 2006.
Behavior Science in Medicine by Barabra Fadem
Physiology, 6th Edition, Berne & Levy, Koeppen and Stanton, Elsevier/Mosby (2008).
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases:
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Test scores 96%
Written, Computer Based (84%)
Laboratory Practical (16%)
Participation in Active Learning 3%
Completing Peer Assessment 1%
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: TEST 1 week 3: Monday 8:00am
TEST 2 week 5: Monday 8:00am
Anatomy Lab Practical week 7: Monday 8:00am
TEST 3 week 7: Wednesday 8:00am
TEST 4 week 10: Friday 8:00am
- Attendance Policy: Course Attendance at First Class Meeting – Policy for Graduate Students: For structured courses, 6000 and above, the College/Campus Dean will set the first-day class attendance requirement. Check with the College for specific information. This policy is not applicable to courses in the following categories: Educational Outreach, Open University (TV), FEEDS Program, Community Experiential Learning (CEL), Cooperative Education Training, and courses that do not have regularly scheduled meeting days/times (such as, directed reading/research or study, individual research, thesis, dissertation, internship, practica, etc.). Students are responsible for dropping undesired courses in these categories by the 5th day of classes to avoid fee liability and academic penalty. (See USF Regulation – Registration - 4.0101,
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/ogc%20web/currentreg.htm)
Attendance Policy for the Observance of Religious Days by Students: In accordance with Sections 1006.53 and 1001.74(10)(g) Florida Statutes and Board of Governors Regulation 6C-6.0115, the University of South Florida (University/USF) has established the following policy regarding religious observances: (http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/gc_pp/acadaf/gc10-045.htm)
In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It’s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.
- Policy on Make-up Work: Students who miss an examination for any reason are required to contact the Office of Educational Affairs (974-2435) prior to returning to class to determine the date and time of the make-up examination. Dates and times of make-up examinations are determined by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education in consultation with Course Directors. In general, make-up examinations must be taken within 48 hours of the original examination date.
- Program This Course Supports: Masters of Science with a concentration in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences
- Course Concurrence Information:
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.