This document outlines the neurosurgery syllabus for 5th year medical students at the University of Sulaimani. The course includes both theoretical and practical components. The theoretical component consists of weekly 1-hour lectures on Thursday mornings covering topics like head injuries, brain tumors, and spinal cord injuries. The practical component takes place on Mondays and involves hands-on experience in the neurosurgical department. Assessment includes midterm and final exams with multiple choice questions, short essays, and objective structured clinical exams evaluating students' neurological examination skills. The goal is for students to understand neurosurgical disorders and treatments.

1. Neurosurgery Syllabus for “5th” Year Medical Students
Course Title
Neurosurgery
Theoretical: (Every week: one Unit) Thursday: 8:00am-9:00am
Practical: (Every week: three units) Monday: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location
Theory: Lecture hall ( 3) in the College Of Medicine, University of Sulaimani
Practical: Neurosurgical Department, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital.
Head of Department: Dr.ari Sami Hussain Nadhim, Assist Professor.
Coordinator: Mazin Murad, senior lecturer.
Course Description
Neurosurgery (or Neurological Surgery) is the surgical specialty involved in the treatment of disorders
of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves.Neurosurgery is the branch of surgery that deals with the
diagnosis, assessment and surgical management of disorders of the nervous system. The specialty
developed in the first half of the twentieth century. Modern neurosurgery has benefited greatly from
advances in microsurgery, computer assisted imaging computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and the
development of stereotactic surgery. Some neurosurgical procedures even involve the use of MRI and
functional MRI intraoperatively
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Department of Surgery
Neurosurgery Unit
2009-2010/2010-2011
E-mail med@univsul.net
IRAQI KURDISTAN REGION
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES
UNIVERSITYOF SULAIMANI

2. Course Objectives
The course in Neurosurgery aims that the student should be able to:
1-corelates the theoretical information with the practical and clinical work in the ward, which includes:
Investigation in Neurosurgery.
Congenital CNS anomalies.
Head injury.
Intracranial hemorrhages.
Raised intracranial pressure.
CNS tumours.
CNS infections.
Diseases of spine and spinal cord.
2- Performing proper neurological examination.
3- Discussion of common neurosurgical operative techniques
Materials and Resources
Required Readings(Textbooks) Short practice of surgery
Essentials of neurosurgery
Recommended Readings 1-Principals of neurosurgery
2-Hand book of neurosurgery.
Related Resources WWW.Neurosurgeryonline.com
Attendance and behavior
Attendance
Students are expected to attend all classes and to complete all assignments for courses in which they
are enrolled. An absence does not relieve the student of the responsibility to complete all assignments.
If an absence is associated with a university-sanctioned activity, the instructor will provide an
opportunity for assignment make-up. However, it is the instructor’s decision to provide, or not to
provide, make-up work related to absences for any other reason.

3. Academic Honesty
Plagiarism. In speaking or writing, plagiarism is the act of passing someone else’s work off as one’s
own. In addition, plagiarism is defined as using the essential style and manner of expression of a source
as if it were one’s own. If there is any doubt, the student should consult his/her instructor or any
manual of term paper or report writing. Violations of academic honesty include:
1. Presenting the exact words of a source without quotation marks;
2. Using another student’s computer source code or algorithm or copying a laboratory report; or
3. Presenting information, judgments, ideas, or facts summarized from a source without giving credit.
Cheating. Cheating includes using or relying on the work of someone else in an inappropriate manner.
It includes, but is not limited to, those activities where a student:
1. Obtains or attempts to obtain unauthorized knowledge of an examination’s contents prior to the time
of that examination.
2. Copies another student’s work or intentionally allows others to copy assignments, examinations,
source codes or designs;
3. Works in a group when she/he has been told to work individually;
4. Uses unauthorized reference material during an examination; or
5. Have someone else take an examination or takes the examination for another
Instruction methodology:
1. INTERACTIVE TEACHING
2. DEMONSTRATIONS
3. USE OF MODELS
4. SMALL GROUP TEACHING
Theory:
Topics Lecturer
1. Introduction to Neurosurgery and investigation in Neurosurgery.
2. Congenital anomalies of the CNS.
3. Intracranial pressure.
4. Head injury and Traumatic CNS problems.
5. Assessment of head injured patients.
6. Complication of head injury.
7. Intracranial hemorrhages.
8. CNS infections and abscesses.
9. Brain tumors: introduction and clinical features.
10. Brain tumors: investigations and management.
11. Spine : trauma and diseases.
12. Spinal cord injury.
Dr. Ari Sami Hussain Nadhim
Dr. Ali Omer Saadon
Dr. Ali Omer Saadon
Dr. Ari Sami Hussain Nadhim
Dr. Ari Sami Hussain Nadhim
Dr. Ari Sami Hussain Nadhim
Dr. Ari Sami Hussain Nadhim
Dr. Ali Omer Saadon
Dr. Khalid Shukir
Dr. Khalid shukir
Dr. Mazin Murad
Dr. Mazin Murad
Clinical and practical topics:
1. History taking
2. Proper neurological examination.
3. Neuro-radiology and imaging.
4. Case discussion.
5. Management.
Grading Assessment methods

4. Theory:
MCQ & single choice question.
Short assy.
Practical:
OSCI
Grading scale:
90% to 100% = EXCELLENT
80% to 89% = VERY GOOD
70% to 79% = GOOD
60% to 69% = MEDIUM
50% to 59% = FAIR
< 50 % = FAIL
1-End course Theoretical paper based examination (100 mark)
MCQ and Single choice question 40%
Short essay questions 60%
2- End course practical based examination /OSCI (100 mark)
The semester final result will be from 50% which is the summation of 1 &2 (above) and the other
50%will be gain from the final written exam.