ILOs
- Describe the different domains of cognitive function.
- Describe the main clinical features of dementia and delirium, including an appreciation of the common types of dementia and how they present.
- Recognise key aspects of differential diagnosis in relation to these conditions.
- Identify the epidemiology and aetiology of dementia and delirium.
- What is cognition?
- What is attention?
- How do we test for attention deficits?
- What are the two diseases of episodic memory?
- Which areas of the brain are involved in memory?
- Brain scan showing hippocampal atrophy
- What do the frontal lobes do?
- Outline disorders of language
- Outline disorders of calculation
- What are deficits in praxis?
- A diagram showing the link between the visual cortex and different lobes
- What sort of visuospatial deficits can happen?
- Outline the general clinical features of dementia
- A schematic showing the spectrum of cognitive impairment