7H007E - Neurology 01 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2033 | Version 0

Associated Module Information

Module Code: 7H007E
Module Title: Neurology
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: FLSE Faculty
Faculty Sub Group:
Module Leader: Karl New
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: MAR 2027 Final Year of Intake: 2032
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 15 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh:
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100258 - clinical physiology
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 0
Valid From 01 Mar 2027
Valid To 28 Feb 2033

Module Aims

  • To develop advanced knowledge of the diagnosis, investigation, and management of acute neurological emergencies and chronic neurological disease. 

  • To critically engage with current evidence of investigations, management of and ethical considerations relevant to neurological practice. 

  • To apply advanced clinical reasoning to the safe management of complex and time-critical neurological presentations within internal medicine. 

Content Summary

This module develops advanced knowledge and clinical reasoning across acute neurological emergencies and chronic neurological disease. Neurological presentations, from stroke and seizure to neurodegenerative and demyelinating disease, are among the most time-critical and diagnostically complex encountered in internal medicine, making this module essential to the programme's aim of developing safe, analytically rigorous clinical practice. 

The module places particular emphasis on the synthesis of investigation findings, clinical evidence, and ethical principles in the management of complex neurological conditions; skills that complement those developed across the wider programme. The ethical dimensions of neurological practice, including decision-making capacity and end-of-life considerations, directly inform the reflective professional reasoning that connects across all modules and builds towards the Capstone Project. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Formative Guided Academic Writing 12
Formative Critical Analysis 12
Formative self-test questions 10
Application of learning in context 21
Other elements 15
Summative Exam 40
Critical Analysis 40
Total Hours Selected 150

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically analyse and apply advanced evidence-based knowledge in the diagnosis, investigation, and management of acute and chronic neurological disease within internal medicine practice.
LO2 Synthesise pertinent investigations, ethical principles, and clinical evidence to justify management strategies for complex and time-critical neurological presentations.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Student Choice INDIVIDUAL, ONLINE 0 2250 50 No 40
Synchronous Online Assessment (Exam) Online Specialist Software Computer Based Examination INDIVIDUAL, ONLINE 90 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Student Choice
Online Specialist Software Computer Based Examination

Reading List

The module reading list is available to the students to access via electronic links on the learning platform (Moodle). 

In addition to the list below, each list is supplemented with up-to-date peer-reviewed journal articles and studies that are continually refreshed as guidelines change and new treatments and technologies emerge. 

Additional reading resources are also provided where relevant by the tutors during the running of the module in the discussion forum to keep the reading resources current and relevant. 

1.  Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook 

Howard R, Kullmann D, Werring D & Zandi M (eds.) — 3rd ed. (2024), Wiley-Blackwell 

2.  NICE NG128 — Stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management (2019, updated 2022) 

NICE — free online 

3.  Neurological Examination Made Easy 

Fuller G — 5th ed. (2013), Churchill Livingstone