Headache Diagnosis and Management

Tuition: $59
Hours: 2

Course Description

This two-hour distance-based course will provide the Doctor of Chiropractic with information and tools to improve their clinical differential diagnosis and management of patients presenting with headache disorders. Primary and secondary headache disorders will be discussed. Primary headache disorders covered include migraine, tension-type, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias e.g., cluster headaches, and those classified as other primary headache disorders, e.g., new daily persistent headache. Secondary headaches discussed include those classified as vascular, neoplastic, infectious, or those due to increased intracranial pressure/volume changes.  A third, often overlooked category, Painful Cranial Neuropathies and Other Facial Pains will also be considered. Providers successfully completing the course will improve their confidence in diagnosing and differentiating between those headache types appropriate to undergo a therapeutic trial of care versus those which require urgent or emergent, e.g., vascular event in progress, management approaches.  Applying the knowledge gained through successfully completing this course providers will be able to enhance patient safety and should experience improved clinical outcomes.

The content of this class is provided through videos.

Evaluation

The content of this course is provided through videos and minimal reading material in which the learner’s participation (time) is actively tracked and logged. A minimum of two hours is required. There will be at least three questions for every hour of the class. The learner must receive a score of 80% of the total possible points and log at least two hours to receive credit for the course. Learners not achieving the pass rate will be directed to additional study by the instructor and allowed to re-take the examination.

No textbooks required. Computer and Internet service required for completion of this course. Funding sources and potential conflicts of interest statement: No funds were received, underwritten or subsidized by any vendors of any goods including supplies or services for this course.

Objectives

Participants will understand the pathophysiology of head pain (Level II Understanding)

Participants will be able to ascertain an effective history of the headache complaint (Level III Applying)

Participants will be able to diagnosis and classify a patient’s complaint of headache pain by type and etiology (Level IV Analyzing)

Participants will be able to categorize headache presentations as appropriate for therapeutic trial of care, urgent, emergent, or worrisome (treatment with vigilant monitoring of response to care). (Level IV Analyzing)

Participants will be able to develop a management plan for patients presenting with headache pain syndromes (Level VI Creating)

Participants will be able to incorporate the use of referral and consultation to maximize patient outcomes and safety (Level VI Creating)

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