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BLOCK 6

COGNITION, SENSATION AND MOVEMENT

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MONDAY OCTOBER 22 , 2007 4 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2008

WEEK 1	WEEK 2	WEEK 3	WEEK 4	WEEK 5	WEEK 6

WEEK 7	WEEK 8	WEEK 9	WEEK 10	WEEK 11	WEEK 12

WEEK 1

INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	OCTOBER 22	OCTOBER 23	OCTOBER 24	OCTOBER 25	OCTOBER 26
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Intro to Neuroanatomy 9-10 am Intro to Neuroscience	Structure: GAR \| Reflex Activity in the Spinal Cord; Brainstem - Originating Pathways; Other Pathways	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Spinal Cord Lesion Localization 9-10 am Neuromuscular Junction	Block 6 Intro to Neuroscience Review	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Synaptic Transmission 9-10 am Research & Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #1 Case #2	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #1 Case #2	Structure: GAR LAB \| Anatomy of the Skull & Cranial Cavity (NEW MATERIAL)	IQ Groups: Case #1 Case #2
Noon - 12:30 pm	Block 6 Introduction
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 2

SENSORY MOTOR SYSTEMS

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	OCTOBER 29	OCTOBER 30	OCTOBER 31	NOVEMBER 1	NOVEMBER 2
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Vestibular Physiology & Hearing 9-10 am Oculomotor Systems	Structure: HP \| Nerve, Bone, & Muscle Histology	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Visual Pathways 9-10 am Basal Ganglia & Cerebellum	Block 6 Sensory Motor Systems Review	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am MSG: Cranial Nerve 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #3 Case #4	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #3 Case #4	Structure: GAR LAB II \| Anatomy of the Orbit & Ear (NEW MATERIAL)	IQ Groups: Case #3 Case #4
Lunch
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class / Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 3

BLOOD SUPPLY AND STROKE

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	NOVEMBER 5	NOVEMBER 6	NOVEMBER 7	NOVEMBER 8	NOVEMBER 9
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Cerebral Ischemia & Cerebral Blood Flow 9-10 am MSG: Cerebrovascular Disease	Structure: GAR LAB III \| Anatomy of the Superficial & Deep Face	Interactive Sessions: MSG: Brainstem Nuclei2	Block 6 Review: Review of the Basal Ganglia, Cerebellum & Visual Systems	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am States of Consciousness: Reticular Formation, Sleep, Coma 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #5 Case #6	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #5 Case #6	Structure: GAR LAB IV \| Anatomy of the Pharynx, Larynx (NEW MATERIAL)	IQ Groups: Case #5 Case #6
Lunch
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 4

DEVELOPMENT & MOVEMENT

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	NOVEMBER 12	NOVEMBER 13	NOVEMBER 14	NOVEMBER 15	NOVEMBER 16
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-8:20 am “The Basics” on the Development of the Musculoskeletal System 8:30-8:55 am Growth Plate Development & Articular Cartilage Physiology 9-9:30 am Bone Metabolism & Homeostasis 9:30-10 am Bone Structure, Biomechanics & Repair	Structure: HP \| Joint & Metabolic Bone Disease	Interactive Sessions: 8-8:30 am How Do Joints Move? Joint Composition & Joint Types 8:30-9 am Role of Ligaments, Tendons & Menisci 9-9:30 am Muscular Control & the Neuromuscular Junction 9:30-10 am Role of the Spine and Spinal Cord	8-9 am Block 6 Musculoskeletal Section Review: Review of Developmental Disorders & Growth Disturbances 9-10 am Review of Metabolic Bone Disease; Focus on Osteoporosis	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am MSG: Clinical Vignettes - "the not-so- good, the bad & the ugly joints" 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #7 Case #8	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #7 Case #8	Structure: HP REVIEW \| Bone & Joint Diseases	IQ Groups: Case #7 Case #8
Lunch	Neuro: Noon Review on "Cerebellum" VIDEOSTREAM	Neuro: Noon Review on "Vestibular System " VIDEOSTREAM
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 5

INJURY

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	NOVEMBER 26	NOVEMBER 27	NOVEMBER 28	NOVEMBER 29	NOVEMBER 30
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Epilepsy 1 9-10 am Anti-Eplileptic Drugs	Structure: GAR LAB V \| Nose, Palate & Oral Cavity	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Muscle Diseases 9-10 am Peripheral Neuropathy	8-9 am Block 6 Review: Musculoskeletal Review: Bone Biomechanics, Fracture Nomenclature & Fracture Repair 9-10 am NEURO - MCQs Questions / Answers	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Orthopaedic Emergencies: (Case Presentations): Growth Plate Fracture, Open Fractures, Hip Dislocation, Compartment Syndrome, Cervical Facet Dislocation, Cauda Equina Syndrome 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #9 Case #10	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #9 Case #10	Structure: GAR REVIEW \| Week 5 Anatomy Review	IQ Groups: Case #9 Case #10
Lunch		Noon Review: Brainstem Nuclei Part 1
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 6

TUMORS AND INFECTIONS

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	DECEMBER 3	DECEMBER 4	DECEMBER 5	DECEMBER 6	DECEMBER 7
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: "Lumps & Bumps" Benign & Malignant Bone Tumors - Team Teaching	Structure: GAR \| Clinical Scenarios Related to the Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves	Interactive Sessions: 8-9:15 am Tumors of Central Nervous System (CNS) 9:15-10 am Musculoskeletal Infections	Block 6 Review \| Review of Bone Tumors	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Infections of CNS 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #11 Case #12	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #11 Case #12	Structure: GAR REVIEW \| Gross Anatomy & Neuroanatomy Review	IQ Groups: Case #11 Case #12
Lunch
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 7

COGNITION AND HEADACHE

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	DECEMBER 10	DECEMBER 11	DECEMBER 12	DECEMBER 13	DECEMBER 14
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Hypothalamus 9-10 am Thalamus	Structure: GAR \| Forebrain Anatomy; Radiology of Head & Neck	Interactive Sessions: Neural Basis of Emotions (Limbic System) MSG: Cortical Lesions	Block 6 Review: "How to Localize the Lesions throughout the Neuro Axis?"	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Dementia3 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #13 Case #14	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #13 Case #14	Structure: GAR LAB REVIEW \| Neuroanatomy LAB III: Brain Slices, Brainstem Sections, & Neuroanatomy of Cranial Nerves	IQ Groups: Case #13 Case #14
Lunch		Neuro Noon Review: "Stroke & Vascular Anatomy"	Neuro Noon Review: "Pathophysiology of Epilepsy & Anti-epileptic Drugs"
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 8

DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	DECEMBER 17	DECEMBER 18	DECEMBER 19	DECEMBER 20	DECEMBER 21
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Child & Adolescent Development 9-10 am MSG: Child & Adolescent Psychopathology	Structure: HP \| Cerebrovascular Pathology	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Brain / Mind Interface & the Defense Mechanisms 9-10 am MSG: Personality Traits / Disorders	Block 6 Review \| Review of Development, Child Psychopathology & Personality	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Psychotherapies (50 min.) 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #15 Case #16	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #15 Case #16	Structure: 10-11 am HP REVIEW \| Nervous System Histology 11-12 noon HP REVIEW \| Nervous System Pathology	IQ Groups: Case #15 Case #16
Lunch
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 9

MOOD & ANXIETY DISORDERS

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	JANUARY 7	JANUARY 8	JANUARY 9	JANUARY 10	JANUARY 11
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am MSG: Mood & Anxiety: Depression 9-9:30 am MSG: Mood & Anxiety: Bipolar Disorder - Hypomania 9:30-10 am MSG: Mood & Anxiety:	Structure: HP \| Neurodegenerative Diseases	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am MSG: Suicide 9-10 am MSG: Somatizing Disorder	Block 6 Review on "Mood & Anxiety Disorders"	Interactive Sessions: 9-10 am Substance Use Disorders
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #17 Case #18	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #17 Case #18		IQ Groups: Case #17 Case #18
Lunch
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

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WEEK 10

PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUAL
AND THE COMMUNITY

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	JANUARY 14	JANUARY 15	JANUARY 16	JANUARY 17	JANUARY 18
8-10 AM	Interactive Sessions: Psychotic Disorders	Structure: HP \| Neurologic Tumor Pathology	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Sexuality 9-10 am Many Faces of Competence	Block 6 Q & A Experts: Dr. Delos Reyes & Dr. Jaskiw	Interactive Sessions: 8-9 am Response of Victims to Violence (50 min.) 9-10 am Research and Scholarship
10-12 Noon	IQ Groups: Case #19 Case #20	FCM - Foundations of Clinical Medicine	IQ Groups: Case #19 Case #20	Structure: HP REVIEW \| Week 10 Histopathology GAR REVIEW \| Practice Practical - Head & Neck Anatomy & Neuroanatomy	IQ Groups: Case #19 Case #20
Lunch
1-5 PM	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time	Self-Directed Learning Time	Clinical Skills 25% of Class/ Self-Directed Learning Time

** Psychopharm Problems to be included in Reflection/Integration Week

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WEEK 11

CLINICAL IMMERSION

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	JANUARY 21	JANUARY 22	JANUARY 23	JANUARY 24	JANUARY 25
8-10 AM	Martin Luther King Holiday	Schedules for Sim Center, Ortho Sites & Neuro Sites	Schedules for Sim Center, Ortho Sites & Neuro Sites	Schedules for Sim Center, Ortho Sites & Neuro Sites	Self-Directed (Students)
10-12 Noon	11-12 noon GAR REVIEW \| Head & Neck, Neuroanatomy				Self-Directed (Students)
Lunch					Lunch at Student Lounge
1-5 PM					Group PRESENTATIONS - DISCUSSION
Notes:

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WEEK 12

INTEGRATION AND REFLECTION

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Time	JANUARY 28	JANUARY 29	JANUARY 30	JANUARY 31	February 1
8-10 AM	9-10 am Experts Structure Review: "Bring Your Questions" Session	Practical Examination Gross Anatomy/ Neuroanatomy/ HistoPathology/ Radiology:	Experts Musculoskeletal Review:	SSEQ EXAM	NBME EXAM
10-12 Noon	Experts Neuro Review: Review All Neuro Weekly SEQs THEMES		Experts Mind Review A Series of Psycho- pharmacology Cases. Medium Size Group Format.	SSEQ EXAM	NBME EXAM
12-1 PM
1-5 PM
Notes:

Week 12 Possibilities: (1) Board Review Cases (15-20 cases/hour), (2) Panel: Integrative Case, (3) Medium Size Group: Psychopharm. problems, (3) Panel: Integrative Case.

1Supportive Materials: Epilepsy Videos
2Neuroanatomical Development
3Supportive Materials: Association Cortex

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