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Class of 2023
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Session Title:
Anatomy and Function of the Brain 1
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning MethodsTotal Scheduled Hours = 2
Lecture = 2
Description:
Neuro
Keywords:
Teaching and Learning Methods
Lecture 2 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID Learning Objectives
8365 Describe the major brain regions including the limbic system
8366 Describe the role of the limbic system in mediating emotions, mood, motivation, memory and executive function (planning, decision making)
8367 Know the major phylogenetic types of cerebral cortex and the parts of the cortex each comprise.
8368 Describe the basic cytoarchitecture of neocortex: # of layers, main cell types, types of outputs and inputs. Explain the significance of long association bundles.
8369 Explain what columnar organization of the cortex means.
8370 Identify and understand functions/lesions of somatosensory association cortex, temporal lobe, frontal lobe (motor, premotor, prefrontal).
8371 Explain the concept of cerebral dominance and what we have learned from people with "2 brains".

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID Course Goals
7416 Integrate basic and clinical sciences as they relate to common clinical encounters and patient symptoms
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
me-6
Linked Program Competencies To Course Goal(s)
me-6 Medical Expert
Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem.

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives
(058-1) COMA
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(058-3) MAJOR/MILD NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS (DEMENTIA)
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(109-10) HEAD TRAUMA / BRAIN DEATH / TRANSPLANT DONATIONS
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(039) HEADACHE
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(041) CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT AND TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (STROKE)
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(117) WEAKNESS (not caused by Cerebrovascular Accident)
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