Module introduction

Welcome to this CPD Online module, The Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury. We hope that you find it an enjoyable learning experience.
 

Learning outcomes

 

By the end of this module learners should be able to:

 

  • demonstrate understanding of the neuropathology of brain injury

 

  • preview brain scan images in order to identify sites and types of brain injury

 

  • classify injury severity, understand the direct effects of brain injury and estimate prognosis

 

  • understand the assessment of acute and chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae and the management of these.

 

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