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Czech Neurology Board Examination study plan

Czech Neurology Board Examination · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Neurological examination, semiology and topographic diagnosis & Neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and basic neurosciences

  • Draw from memory the topographic map of the neuraxis and label the tracts, nuclei and cranial nerve exits that explain each major neurological syndrome

  • Perform and describe a full 12-step neurological examination sequence aloud, timing it to under 20 minutes

  • Convert 15 short clinical vignettes into a lesion localization statement plus a ranked differential of three items

  • Build a one-page personal checklist of red-flag findings that mandate urgent imaging or admission

Your checkpoint

A 20-page handwritten localization atlas plus a timed video or peer-observed run-through of the complete examination

Week 2

Cerebrovascular diseases and neurointensive care

  • Classify acute stroke by TOAST criteria and match each subtype to its evidence-based secondary prevention regimen

  • Apply NIHSS and mRS scoring to five written cases and justify thrombolysis or thrombectomy decisions against current time windows and contraindications

  • Outline the first-hour management of intracerebral haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebral venous thrombosis including blood-pressure targets and reversal agents

  • Interpret ten arterial-territory patterns on written CT and MRI descriptions and state the culprit vessel

Your checkpoint

A decision-tree flowchart for acute stroke triage and a table of ten cases with final aetiology, treatment and score justification

Week 3

Neuromuscular disorders, peripheral neuropathy and myology

  • Localize lesions to root, plexus, nerve, neuromuscular junction or muscle using pattern-recognition of weakness distribution and reflex changes

  • Read ten EMG/NCS reports and state whether the pattern is axonal, demyelinating or myopathic, naming the likely diagnosis

  • Compare Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis and inflammatory myopathy on onset, investigations and first-line treatment

  • List the genetic and acquired causes of a distal symmetric polyneuropathy workup and justify each test ordered

Your checkpoint

A one-page EMG/NCS interpretation algorithm with ten worked reports annotated

Week 4

Movement disorders and neurodegenerative diseases & Epileptology and sleep disorders

  • Distinguish Parkinson disease from atypical parkinsonism using five discriminating clinical features and their imaging correlates

  • Select and titrate dopaminergic therapy for early versus advanced Parkinson disease, naming device-aided options and their indications

  • Classify seizures and epilepsies per current ILAE terminology and choose first-line antiseizure medication by seizure type and comorbidity

  • Interpret ten short EEG descriptions, identifying normal variants, focal slowing and epileptiform discharges

  • Differentiate the main parasomnias from nocturnal seizures and outline a basic insomnia and sleep-apnoea workup

Your checkpoint

A comparison matrix of parkinsonian syndromes plus a seizure-type-to-drug table with ten EEG descriptions interpreted

Milestones

Week 2: Complete a 60-item timed mock on domains 1-3 scoring at least 70 percent, with every missed item rewritten as a one-line teaching point

Week 4: Complete a 60-item timed mock on domains 4 and 7 plus cumulative review scoring at least 70 percent, and demonstrate a full examination under 20 minutes