
Class of 2023
Go Back | Session Title: | Headaches in Children | | Teaching Hours: | Teaching and Learning Methods | Total Scheduled Hours = 1 Lecture = 1 | Description: | | Headache(Peds); Scope: a) Migraine with and without aura, b) Tension-type headache, c) Raised intracranial pressure, d) Meningitis, e) Sinusitis, f) Brain neoplasms, g) Cervical lymphadenitis | Keywords: |
Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives | 8061 | Classify and list the criteria for the major headache syndromes | 8062 | Apply the principles of history taking, examination and investigations of children with headaches, including:
a) onset with reference to the time of the day
b) location
c) quality and intensity
d) aggravating and/or relieving factors
e) frequency
f) associated features
h) treatments used | 8063 | Outline the principles of appropriate investigations of children with headaches, including CT head scan and spinal tap | 8064 | Outline the principles and management of migraine and tension type headache, including acute treatment and prophylactic treatments | 8065 | Describe the impact of migraine headaches and its treatment on the patient and their families and the patient’s response to the illness | | |
Blueprint ID | Course Goals | 9893 | Identify and diagnose key clinical problems Linked Program Competencies To This Course Goal: me-1 me-2 me-3 me-4 me-5 me-6 | me-1 | Medical Expert Perform a complete and accurate patient-centred history appropriate to the patient’s presentation. | me-2 | Medical Expert Perform a complete and accurate physical examination appropriate to the patient’s presentation. | me-3 | Medical Expert Formulate an initial plan of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures relevant to the patient’s presentation. | me-4 | Medical Expert Develop a differential diagnosis and key clinical problem list following assessment of a patient. | me-5 | Medical Expert Develop a management plan for key clinical problems following assessment of a patient. | me-6 | Medical Expert Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem. |
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