Primary Care Lunch and Learn: Headache Tools for Primary Care and Headache Q&A

Objectives (Educational Content) :

1. Analyze 3 tools that exist to aid with the evaluation and management of headache in the primary care setting. 2. Identify where to access these resources. 3. Describe types of migraine aura and how the management of these differs from that of migraine without aura.

Target Audience:

General pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, psychologists, and nurses.

Identified Gap:

Primary care providers frequently encounter patients with headaches in the outpatient clinic. Many providers are unfamiliar with diagnosing different types of headaches and their treatment options, especially migraines with and without aura.

Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity:

1 hour(s)

Expiration Date for CE/CME Credit:

02-12-2026

Method of Participation in the Learning Process:

The learner will view the presentation, successfully complete a post-test and complete an activity evaluation.

Evaluation Methods:

All learners must successfully complete a post-test, as well as an activity evaluation, to claim CE/CME credit.

Disclosure:

The following presenter has indicated that no financial relationship with an ineligible company: Kelsey Merison, MD. The following planning committee member has indicated that a financial relationship with an ineligible company: All relationships have been mitigated. The remaining planning committee/CME committee members have indicated that they have no financial relationships with any ineligible companies.

Accreditation Statement:

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron is accredited by the Ohio State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CHMCA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Bibliography:

1. Arathi Nandyala, Rebecca Burch, Rashmi Halker Singh, Migraine in women, Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 10.1111/head.14783, 64, 8, (909-911), (2024).

2. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000143223.25843.36

3. The International Classification of Headache Disorders - ICHD-3