[Being a GP] [The GP consultation] [Clinical Ethics and Values] [Evidence based health care] [Clinical Governance] [Equality and diversity]

[Management in primary care] [Information technology] [Research and academic activity]     

[Patient Safety Management] [Healthy living] [Genetics] [Acutely ill People] [Children & Young People] [Older Adults] [Women's health] [Men's health]

[Sexual Health] [Cancer & Palliative Care] [Mental Health Problems] [Drugs and Alcohol] [Learning Disabilities] [Respiratory] [Cardiovascular] [Gastroenterology] [Ophthalmology] [Neurology] [ENT & Facial] [Rheumatology and Trauma] [Dermatology] [Metabolic]                    

[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]

Neurology Direct link to the Neurology curriculum

Material specific for the Nottingham VTS

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Relevant texts and resources

• BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. The British National Formulary London: BMJ Books, updated annually

• BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN,ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. The Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group BNF for Children London: BMA, 2005

• MURTAGH J, RIDSDALE L, HART Y, et al. Neurological problems, Section 11. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass DA, Grol R, Mant D, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, Vol. 2: clinical management Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 1043–80

• THE NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE. Levelling up: standards of care for people with a neurological condition London: The Neurological Alliance, 2002

• THE NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE. Getting the Best from Neurological Services London: The Neurological Alliance, 2003

• RIDSDALE L, DOWSON A, ROGERS G. Neurology. Chapter 12. In: Lakhani M and Charlton R (eds). Royal College of General Practitioners Handbook: recent advances in primary care London: RCGP, 2006

• WOLFE C AND RUDD AG. Stroke and transient ischaemia, Chapter 1.7. In: Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass DA, Grol R, Mant D, et al. (eds). Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, Vol 2: clinical management Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 640–4

Web resources

• DVLA guidelines for doctors regarding driving licences for patients with neurological disorders. www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/medical/aagv1.pdf

• National clinical guidelines for stroke published by the Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit of the Royal College of Physicians, in collaboration with the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party. www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/stroke/index.htm

• National Electronic Library for Health and National Electronic Library for Public Health  www.nelh.nhs.uk/new_users.asp  and www.phel.gov.uk/ 

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) www.nice.org.uk 

• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was established in 1993 by the medical Royal Colleges to develop evidence-based national guidelines for NHS Scotland. www.sign.ac.uk

Interesting papers

• FULLER G. How to perform a neurological examination Medicine 2004; 32: 27–30

• MARKUS HS. Stroke: causes and clinical features Medicine 2004; 32: 57–61

• O’BRIEN MD. Taking a neurological history Medicine 2004; 32: 1–6

• PEATFIELD R. Headache and facial pain Medicine 2004; 32: 10–14

• PENDLEBURY ST AND ROTHWELL PM. Stroke: management and prevention Medicine 2004; 32: 62–8

• SISODIYA SM AND DUNCAN J. Epilepsy: epidemiology, clinical assessment, investigation and natural history Medicine 2004; 32: 47–51

• SISODIYA SM AND SANDER JW. Epilepsy: management Medicine 2004; 32: 52–6

References

• CHARLES PD, SCHEROKMAN B, JOZEFOWICZ RF. How much neurology should a medical student learn? A position statement of the AAN Undergraduate Education Subcommittee Acad Med 1999; 74: 23–6

• MORROW JI AND PATTERSON VH. The neurological practice of a district general hospital J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987; 50: 1397–401

• MENKEN M. Demystifying neurology BMJ 2002; 324: 1469–70

• ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH NEUROLOGISTS. Acute Neurological Emergencies in Adults London: ABN, 2002

• ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH NEUROLOGISTS. UK Neurology – the next ten years London: ABN, 2003

• ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, THE OFFICE OF POPULATION CENSUSES AND SURVEYS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Morbidity Statistics from General Practice Fourth National Study 1991–1992 London: HMSO, 1995

• WILES CM AND LINDSAY M. General practice referrals to a department of neurology J R Coll Physicians Lond 1996; 30: 426–31

• RIDSDALE L, ROBINS D, FITZGERALD A, et al. Epilepsy monitoring and advice recorded: general practitioners’ views, current practice and patients’ preferences Br J Gen Pract 1996; 46: 11–14

• HANNA NJ, BLACK M, SANDER JW, et al. The National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy Related Death: epilepsy – death in the shadows London: HMSO, 2002