Once you've learned the pathways, your patient awaits. Interact with Lesion Larry, a virtual neurology patient who will show you the signs and symptoms of some of the most common strokes and neurological pathologies. Cases include epidural hematoma, diabetic neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, middle cerebral artery stroke, posterior cerebral aretry stroke, internal carotid artery dissection, lacunar strokes, subarachnoid hemorrhage, lateral medullary (Wallenberg) syndrome and basilar artery stroke.
Unlike many neurology patient videos that are scattered around the Internet, Larry can show you all the major symptoms you're likely to see in the hospital without shaky camera work, spotty lighting or spending hours searching for just the right one. The virtual patient can also show you things a real one can't such as side-by-side healthy vs.sick comparisons or even what visual deficits look like from the patient's point of view.
Nothing beats the immediacy and impact of visual learning when it comes to the complex, detail-oriented material you need to conquer neurological deficits. Forget about paging through 15-lb. textbooks to find the difference between "homonymous hemianopsia" and "contralateral hemiparesis," now you can see it up close and personal without actually getting up close and personal.
"Using Lesion Larry for review is so much easier than re-reading through a textbook a bunch of times, especially if you're cramming the night before an exam."
- David Ott, MD
University of Kentucky Medical Center
