Internal Medicine — R1 Academic Day

Approach to headache

Teaching

Competencies covered in this activity

1. Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise
1.4. Apply knowledge of the following systems, clinical scenarios, conditions, diseases and therapies applicable to Internal Medicine, including the manifestations, investigation, and management
1.4.6. Endocrine and metabolic
1.4.6.3. Disorders
1.4.6.3.9. Pituitary masses
1.4.7. Neurological
1.4.7.1. Symptoms
1.4.7.1.1. Acute and chronic headache
1.4.7.2. Findings and investigations
1.4.7.2.3. Increased intracranial pressure
1.4.7.3. Disorders
1.4.7.3.3. Cerebral vascular disease: stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
1.4.7.3.6. Meningitis and encephalitis
1.4.7.3.12. Brain neoplasms
2. Perform a patient-centred clinical assessment and establish a management plan
2.2. Elicit a history, perform a physical exam, select appropriate investigations, and interpret their results for the purpose of diagnosis and management, disease prevention, and health promotion
2.2.12. Interpret reports of medical imaging and pathology in the context of the patient