Teaching

Dear students,

Due to the enormous clinical and scientific progress in diagnostics and treatment and the increasing ageing of the population, modern neurology is a subject of the future. The clinical spectrum of neurology ranges from outpatient care to acute intensive care complex treatment.

As part of your studies in Human Medicine, we look forward to introducing you to the theoretical contexts and practical examination and treatment options in neurology.

Your contact persons are:

• Clinical traineeships: Prof. Dr. med. A. Haghikia, Office of the Director, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Email
• Practical Year: For MHH students, registration and allocation of the PJ tertials is carried out via the Student Secretariat (Tel.: 0511 532-6016)
• Students from other university hospitals can register for a PJ tertial in our Clinical Department via the following link via the Office of Academic Affairs register
• The registration "Blockpraktikum MHH" in Neurology is done via ILIAS and Ms. Seibt in the Office of Academic Affairs (5th year supervisor. E-mail

Responsible for student teaching:

• Prof. Dr. med. Kurt-Wolfram Sühs, lecturer.
• PD. Dr. med. Martin Klietz, deputy lecturer
• PD. Dr. med. Hans Worthmann, deputy lecturer
  

Students

Diagnostic methods: "Tapping course" - 2nd year of study

In the 2nd year of study, you will learn specific anamnesis and clinical examination of the various organ systems in the Diagnostic Methods module(cross-year internal medicine curriculum). In lectures and practical exercises, you will also learn the basics of neurological examination techniques and syndromal classification. In small groups, you will have the opportunity to practice and deepen the neurological examination under the supervision of an experienced physician in neurology by examining each other. The content of the entire Diagnostic Methods curriculum will be examined as part of an OSCE (structured oral practical examination = objective structured clinical examination).

Neurology module - 4th year of study

As part of the two-week neurology module in the 4th year of study(neurology curriculum), you will learn about the main diseases of neurology and neurosurgery. The most important topics include cerebral infarctions and cerebral hemorrhages, meningitis and encephalitis, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, brain tumors, traumatic brain injuries, neuropathies and neuromuscular diseases. The aim of the curriculum is not only to impart theoretical knowledge about neurological diseases in lectures, but above all to get to know the diseases in everyday clinical practice through internships on the ward, in our outpatient clinic with the various special outpatient clinics and in the emergency room, as well as in seminars with patient presentations. The close link between theoretical and practical content is intended to facilitate symptom-related learning with the aim of being able to formulate differential diagnostic considerations from a clinical symptom constellation.

In small groups, you will have the opportunity to anamnestize and neurologically examine patients with different neurological and neurosurgical clinical pictures. The skills acquired in the Diagnostic Methods curriculum in the 2nd year of study can be refreshed and applied. Individual clinical pictures and their differential diagnoses can be deepened and discussed in the context of patient presentations under the guidance of a lecturer. Through internships in various functions, you will also gain initial knowledge of the essential diagnostic methods of neurology, such as imaging procedures, cerebrospinal fluid diagnostics, electrophysiology and neurosonography.

The final examination at the end of the tertial is a written examination with 30 MC questions.

In ILIAS you will find learning objectives and hand-outs for the lectures as well as the current tertial lists.

Clinical traineeship and practical year

A clinical traineeship or practical year in neurology is not only useful for students with a special interest in the various neurological subjects. Knowledge of neurological examination techniques and the most common neurological clinical pictures is also of fundamental importance for all other clinical disciplines and serves to acquire theoretical knowledge and deepen practical skills.

Clinical traineeship

During a clinical traineeship of several weeks (minimum 2 weeks) in our Department, you can gain initial insights into the differential diagnosis and therapy of important neurological clinical pictures. You will get to know the work of a neurologist on the normal ward and we also offer you the opportunity to get to know the acute care of stroke patients on the stroke unit.

If you are interested, you can also complete an internship in our neurological outpatient clinic. Here, neurological patients with various clinical pictures receive outpatient care. Our special outpatient clinics for movement disorders (e.g. Parkinson's disease), neuroimmunological diseases (e.g. multiple sclerosis) and motor neuron diseases (e.g. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) offer a particular focus.

Please send applications for a clinical traineeship to the Neurology office:

Hannover Medical School

Clinical Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology

Prof. Dr. med. A. Haghikia, Director's office

Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1

30625 Hanover

Email

Practical year

As the neurology department of a university hospital and a maximum care facility, our department offers a broad clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic spectrum of all neurological diseases. This includes 81 beds (including 12 beds in the nationally certified stroke unit and 3 beds as intermediate care (IMC) beds), outpatient care in the outpatient clinic and special outpatient clinics, electrophysiological and ultrasound diagnostics in neurophysiology and neurochemical diagnostics in the cerebrospinal fluid laboratory.

During the PJ, we offer you the opportunity to care for patients independently from admission to discharge under specialist supervision. You will also learn how to draw up a diagnostic and treatment plan, conduct ward rounds and consult with relatives and write a medical report. At the end of the PJ, you will be able to perform lumbar punctures independently and interpret the cerebrospinal fluid findings. There is a fixed rotation plan which can be adapted to your particular areas of interest. Rotation in our functional areas will provide you with a sound grounding in neurophysiological diagnostics and you will receive a good overview of the various neuroradiological examination methods and the imaging differential diagnostics of neurological clinical pictures at the daily neurological-neuroradiological conference. There is a weekly PJ training course and the opportunity to take part in the weekly assistant training course. In addition, there are regular training courses on various neurological topics given by recognized national and international experts in the respective field.

You can find more information about the Practical Year in our Clinical Department in our PJ guide.

The PJ is currently remunerated with 550€ per month. In accordance with the MHH PJ regulations, the weekly working hours are 40 hours and you will be given sufficient opportunity to study literature for independent follow-up work on clinical issues.

Since March 2013, the new licensing regulations also require you to keep a PJ logbook. You can obtain the PJ logbook from the Office of Academic Affairs. It provides you with detailed information about the learning objectives of your PJ tertial in neurology and makes it easier for you to document your personal learning progress.