VENUE
This CHaT course will be delivered online in a virtual environment via zoom. We will send registered attendees the link.
Telephone: 01204 526 002
Car parking: N/A
Public transport: N/A
OBJECTIVES
Children's Headache Training (CHaT) has been designed to improve knowledge and skills amongst health professionals who care for children and young people with headache. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Take a headache-focussed history and undertake a relevant examination
- Classify headache based on this information alone (reducing reliance on investigation)
- Learn about pathophysiology of headache
- Know which elements of the history / examination mandate brain imaging or other tests
- Diagnose and manage migraine, migraine variants and other primary headache types
- Diagnose secondary headaches and take initial steps in their management
PROGRAMME
| 08.30-09.00 |
Registration/arrival |
| 09.00-09.25 |
Introduction and quiz (large group) |
| 09.25-09.45 |
Epidemiology and classification (large group) |
| 09.45-10.25 |
History and examination (large group) |
| 10.25-10.45 |
Mid-morning break |
| 10.45-11.55 |
Important secondary headaches and red flags (small group) |
| 11.55-12.25 |
Migraine pathophysiology, classification and latest treatment (large group) |
| 12.25-12.50 |
Childhood migraine syndrome (large group) |
| 12.50-13.40 |
Lunch |
| 13.40-14.50 |
Migraine in practice (small group) |
| 14.50-15.30 |
Tension-type headache, post traumatic and short duration headaches (large group) |
| 15.30-15.50 |
Mid-afternoon break |
| 15.50-16.05 |
Chronic daily headache (large group) |
| 16.05-16.45 |
Management of daily headache (small group) |
| 16.45-17.00 |
Summing up and quiz (large group) |
| 17.00 |
Close and departure |
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
CHaT has been developed for:
- Consultant Paediatricians and paediatric trainees
- Consultants in paediatric emergency medicine & emergency medicine trainees
- General Practitioners and GP trainees
- Health professionals working within a pain service/headache service eg psychologists & nurses
- Consultant Paediatric Neurologists and Paediatric Neurology Trainees
If you are not currently a practising clinician or you hold a different job role to those listed above, please contact a member of the Short Course Team on +44(0) 1204 526 002 or email us at shortcourses@bpna.org.uk to discuss if you should attend this course.
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