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CHaT Manchester
CANCELLED (was 19 June 2020)
Method of delivery: Face to faceCourse Duration: 1-day
Cost: GBP 210.00
Reduced Cost: GBP N/A
Total Course Places: 40 (40 standard places currently available; 0 reduced rate places available)
CPD Points: 6. You will be able to download a pdf of your CPD certificate following attendance at the course.
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VENUE
Novotel Manchester
21 Dickinson Street
Manchester
M1 4LX
Website: https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3145-novotel-manchester-centre/index.shtml
Telephone: 0161 235 2222
Car parking: The car park is a secured local Q-park Piazza situated onsight with over 220 spaces available. The hotel offers a 30% discount which will reduce the price to £15.40 per day. Car park link: https://www.q-park.co.uk/en-gb/cities/manchester/piazza/
Public transport: The closest train station is Piccadilly station which is about a 15 min walk away, St Peters Square Metro stop is a 5 min walk. Manchester airport is a 20-minute drive from the hotel.
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 with tea and coffee |
09.00-09.25 | Introduction and quiz (lecture) |
09.25-09.45 | Epidemiology and classification (lecture) |
09.45-10.25 | History and examination (lecture) |
10.25-10.45 | Tea and coffee break |
10.45-11.45 | Important secondary headaches and red flags (workshop) |
11.45-12.15 | Migraine - pathophysiology and classification (lecture) |
12.15-12.35 | Periodic syndromes (lecture) |
12.35-13.30 | Lunch |
13.30-14.30 | Management of migraine (workshop) |
14.30-14.55 | Tension-type and short duration headaches (lecture) |
14.55-15.15 | Tea and coffee break |
15.15-15.35 | Chronic daily headache (lecture) |
15.35-16.35 | Management of tension-type and other primary headaches (workshop) |
16.35-17.00 | Summing up and quiz (whole 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 eg psychologists
- 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 info@bpna.org.uk to discuss if you should attend this course.
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