Neuroscience

Educational Process

International European University, Poland uses a blend of learning and teaching approaches. In-person teaching includes lectures, tutorials, discussion groups, workshops, and laboratory work. It is blended with digital teaching using IEU, Poland’s virtual learning environment. At the International European University, Poland students find electronic resources, including a digital library, laboratory simulations, discussion boards, supplementary reading, and reference material. The importance of research underpins all years of study on the program. Students are taught by academic staff who are actively involved in internationally recognized research. The balance between teacher-directed learning and independent personal study is an important element of student learning.

After graduating students are able:

• To describe the structure and function of the brain at the sub-cellular and systems level of analysis, and explain how molecular and electrical activity in the nervous system contributes to sensation, movement, cognition, and some diseases of the nervous system;
• To describe the structure and function of the brain at the behavioral level of analysis and explain how synaptic and systems-level events contribute to our understanding of attention, learning, memory, drugs, drug abuse, and some behavioral/neurobiological disorders;
• To conduct, interpret, and report the results of a research project using up-to-date sub-cellular and systems neuroscience techniques;
• To conduct, interpret, and report the results of a research project using up-to-date behavioral neuroscience techniques;
• To read, understand, evaluate, and draw appropriate conclusions from the primary literature (i.e., journal articles) in sub-cellular and systems neuroscience;
• To read, understand, evaluate, and draw appropriate conclusions from the primary literature (i.e., journal articles) in behavioral neuroscience;
• To communicate effectively their results and that of others;
• To relate the normal structure of the central nervous system including the spinal cord, brain stem, cerebellum, basal ganglia, and cerebrum with sensory, motor, and higher mental functions;
• To relate the normal structure and embryological development of the central nervous system including the spinal cord, brain stem, cerebellum, basal ganglia, and cerebrum with lesions of sensory and motor pathways and diseases of the nervous system;
• To describe the risk factors, epidemiology, signs and symptoms, and pathophysiology of common neurological diseases including peripheral neuropathies, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, CNS tumors, degenerative diseases, and demyelinating diseases;
• To describe the mode of action, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and side effects of the drugs used in common neurological/psychiatric disorders including analgesics, anesthetics, antiepileptics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, sedative & anxiolytics, and drugs used in degenerative disorders and migraine;
• To describe the risk factors, epidemiology, signs and symptoms, and pathophysiology of common psychiatric diseases including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, sleep disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse, and other forms of psychosis;
• To describe the risk factors, epidemiology, signs and symptoms, and pathophysiology of common types and CNS infections;
• To relate the normal structure of neurons and glial cells with cellular neurophysiology and disease process;
• To demonstrate how to record the conduction velocity of a peripheral nerve;
• To demonstrate how to record an electromyogram (EMG) from an antagonistic pair of muscles;
• To demonstrate how to record basic frontal-occipital brain waves;
• To demonstrate/Identification of gross structural organization of components of the brain and spinal cord using cadaveric dissections, models, plastinated specimens, and images e.g. X-rays, CT-Scan, etc;
• To identify and describe the microscopic appearance of important pathogens causing meningitis;
• To interpret CSF analysis report for acute and chronic meningitis;
• To identify and describe the microscopic appearance of parts of the central nervous system;
• To perform hypothetical deductive reasoning using PBL cases to diagnose common neurological and psychiatric diseases;
• To perform hypothetical deductive reasoning using PBL cases to interpret clinical data and develop appropriate first-line management.