Postgraduate Course: Managing Children and Adolescents with Headache (PAMA11049)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This module examines the most common types of headache seen in children and adolescents. It highlights the characteristic symptoms, investigation, and management headaches in the young. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
| Students will be expected to fully understand the following: Diagnostic criteria for the most common headache diagnoses and differences in presentation between children, adolescents and adults; Therapeutic options in children and adolescents with primary headache disorders.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
None |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Christopher Mckenzie
Tel: 0131 242 6130
Email: Christopher.McKenzie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Paul Gladwell
Tel: 0131 242 6460
Email: Paul.Gladwell@ed.ac.uk |
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