Intended learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students): 

• Understanding the consequences of psychiatric illnesses at the personal, interpersonal and society level 
• Initiating psychopharmacological and behavioural based treatment plans 
• Clinical assessment of the ear, nose and throat 
• Clinical assessment of the eye 
• To evaluate visual acuity and diagnostic refraction 
• To recognize and detect eye abnormalities 
• To examine the fundus of the eye by means of ophthalmoscopy 
• Neurological assessment 
• Assessing signs and symptoms of psychiatric problems, especially training in the Mental State Examination and History taking 
• Communication skills with disabled and complex or mentally ill patient. 

Syllabus: 

Key disciplines: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Audiology, Speech Therapy, Vestibular Medicine, Mouth Diseases, Oral and Facial Surgery, Anatomy, Skillslab, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Clinical Genetics, Internal Medicine, General Practice, Paediatric Neurology, Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Psychiatry, Neuropsychology/Psychobiology, Medical Psychology, Medical Ethics. 

• Anatomy and physiology of the head and neck area: ear, nose, mouth, throat, disorders, facial nerve problems and the vestibular system 
• Defects and related complaints in the head and neck area 
• Common neurologic complaints/problems 
• Common ophthalmologic complaints/problems