Course structure

Courses

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Acquired brain injury

• 5 days
• November
• Daily (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

What is it about?

This course covers the major cognitive, emotional, behavioural and broader psychosocial consequences of acquired brain injury.  Cognitive disorders addressed include attention, memory, and executive functioning.  In each cognitive domain, theoretical issues are discussed along with approaches to clinical assessment and rehabilitation.  Impairments of insight and awareness after brain injury are also examined.

Who is it for?

The course is for:

• clinical psychologists
• psychiatrists
• rehabilitation physicians
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists working with people with acquired brain injury. 

Why should you undertake it?

This course will provide participants with ways of understanding how brain injury may impair cognition, emotion and behaviour.  Participants will learn about methods of assessment and approaches to rehabilitation which will be applicable to their own work with people who have suffered a brain injury.

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Degenerative conditions

• 5 days
• November
• Daily (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

What is it about?

Degenerative neurological conditions are common and cause very significant levels of disability.  This course will address the main psychological consequences of a wide range of degenerative neurological conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Semantic and Fronto-temporal dementias, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor-Neurone disease, CJD and HIV-Aids.  Pharmacological and cognitive rehabilitation approaches will be considered.

Who is it for?

The course is for:

• clinical psychologists
• psychiatrists
• rehabilitation physicians
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists working with people with degenerative neurological cognitions

Why should you undertake it?

This course will provide participants with ways of understanding how degenerative neurological diseases impair cognition, emotion and behaviour.  Participants will learn about methods of assessment and approaches to rehabilitation that will be applicable to their own work with people who suffer from these diseases.

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Epilepsy, seizure and sleep disorders

• 3 days
• January
• Daily (Wednesday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

What is it about?

This course provides an introduction to epilepsy, covering clinical assessment and diagnosis, treatment and management approaches.  The assessment of cognitive functions in epilepsy is discussed, including the use of pre-surgery cognitive assessment and WADA testing.  The assessment of patients with non-epileptic seizure disorders is also addressed.  The second part of the course covers sleep disorders, including the neuropsychological consequences of sleep related breathing disorders, along with narcolepsy, cataplexy and neurological factors in sleep disorders.

Who is it for?

The course is for:

• clinical psychologists
• psychiatrists
• rehabilitation physicians
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists

Why should you undertake it?

You will develop specialist knowledge of the neuropsychology of epilepsy and sleep disorders.

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Neurosciences for Clinical Neuropsychology

• 7 days
• January
• Daily (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

What is it about?

This course provides a comprehensive grounding in neuroscience relevant to the understanding of neurological conditions.  Sessions include neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging (CT, MRI, fMRI, PET), neurosurgical techniques, neuropathology, the neurology of head injury, stroke, tumours, MS, Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, Huntingtons and the neuroscience of schizophrenia.

Who is it for?

The course is for:

• clinical psychologists
• psychiatrists
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists
• other relevant health professionals working with people with neurological disorders 

Why should you undertake it?

You will develop your knowledge of basic clinical neuroscience, neuroimaging and the underlying neuropathology associated with common neurological conditions.

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Paediatric neuropsychology

• 3 days
• March
• Daily (Wednesday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

What is it about?

This course provides an introduction to key topics in paediatric neuropsychology.  The course covers cognitive disorders including visuo-spatial problems, dyslexia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and childhood memory disorders.  The neuropsychological consequences of autism and autistic spectrum disorders, epilepsy, head injury, and infectious diseases will be discussed.  Approaches to rehabilitation for children will be considered.

Who is it for?

The course is for:

• clinical psychologists
• psychiatrists
• rehabilitation physicians
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists working with children with neurological disease or injury

Why should you undertake it?

You will develop a detailed understanding of the nature of common neuropsychological disorders that may arise from neurological injury or illness in children, how to assess the disorders and how you can improve your rehabilitation work with children.

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Stroke and disorders of language, communication, perception and praxis

• 7 days
• March
• Daily (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

What is it about?

This course covers the major cognitive and emotional consequences of Stroke.  Topics addressed include disorders of language and cognitive communication, object and face perception, unilateral neglect, topographic orientation and apraxia.  In each cognitive domain, theoretical issues are discussed along with approaches to clinical assessment and rehabilitation.  The use of cognitive-behaviour therapy in the context of stroke and other forms of acquired brain injury is discussed.

Who is it for?

The course is for:

• clinical psychologists
• psychiatrists
• rehabilitation physicians
• speech and language therapists
• occupational therapists working in stroke or acquired brain injury services

Why should you undertake it?

This course will provide participants with ways of understanding how stroke may impair cognition, and emotion.  Participants will learn about methods of assessment of cognitive functions and approaches to rehabilitation that will be applicable to their own work with people who have suffered a stroke.

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Course alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all courses as advertised. In exceptional circumstances, however, the University may withdraw or alter a course. For more information, please see: Student contract.