Overview
This short course describes the neuropsychiatric aspects of brain injury. It includes lectures on the different causes of brain injury and their neurobehavioural consequences. It will address specifically the recognition and management of psychiatric syndromes (eg depression, abulia, irritability, psychosis, personality change) in the context of brain injury. There will also be sessions on interdisciplinary working, the management of brain-injured people and on the ethical and legal challenges. You will also be looking at service development in brain injury.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this short course you should be able to:
- Describe the basic physiology and epidemiology of brain injury;
- Describe and understand the mental health consequences of brain injury and their investigation and management;
- Legal and ethical issues in providing care for people with brain injury.
Credits
20 credits.
Attendance Required
10 sessions of 3 hours, on Thursdays.
Course dates
20, 27 March
3 April
8, 15, 22, 29 May
5 June
Assessment
One 3000 word essay.
Academics Leads
- Professor Hugh Rickards - Consultant in Neuropsychiatry and Programme Lead
- Dr Abbas Lohawala, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, BSMHFT
- Most lectures are from visiting consultants, professionals and researchers in the field.
More information
Please contact the Postgraduate Administrator, +44 (0)121 415 8118 or email clinicalneuro@contacts.bham.ac.uk
You can choose to study this course as either a microcredential or a non-credit CPD short course.
Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?
- Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the committment of a full-degree
- Usually taken from exisiting modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
- Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
- Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
- Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
- Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.
Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit shortcourse version.
Apply for the Microcredential
Non-credit short course
The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will recieve a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits.
Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered.
Apply for the non-credit CPD shortcourse