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 |