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Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Headache and Facial Pain
Develop your understanding of the epidemiology and global burden of headache as well as diagnosis and clinical features of headache disorders.
This course is a part of
The course will provide you with an introduction to headache as a collection of complex neurological disorders that impact significantly as a patient and societal burden.
Epidemiological studies will be selected for detailed methodological discussions and strengths and limitations will be emphasized.
The course will also cover the background for and the organization of the ICHD-3 classification system and its use and applicability in the clinical setting.
Headache in children, in the elderly and in relation to hormones and pregnancy will be covered as well as headache in the emergency room and the possible differential diagnosis and comorbidities. The complex headache patient will be discussed especially in relation to the variation of secondary headaches.
Topics
- Epidemiology and headache classification
- Clinical presentation, primary headache types and painful cranial neuropathies
- Secondary headache types including acute headaches
- Headache in children, the elderly and pregnant women
- Differential diagnoses and societal perspectives and social consequences of headache
- General health implication and prevention of headache disability.
5 weeks of blended learning
The first 4 weeks is a part-time online course with online lessons, discussions and quizzes and self-study activities.
The fifth week is full-time, on campus lectures, discussions, group work, and exercises at University of Copenhagen, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The teaching methods will include a combination of interactive lectures, group exercises, case studies, journal clubs, essay and computer-based (electronic) learning exercises (WIKIs). Using the KU Canvass platform or similar for upload of learning materials will allow team work for reading, interpreting and discussing selected scientific articles and cases.
The program is perfect for me because it helps me upgrade both the clinical part of my work, diagnostics and the therapeutic part.
Course Director on Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Headache and Facial Pain
Rigmor Højland JensenProfessor, MD, Dr.Med Sci. and Head of Studies |
Course details for Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Headache and Facial Pain
Dates and examination
Course dates
The course is available only every second year.
Examination
Please find the exam dates in the exam plan.
You can find further information about the course and the exam in the course curriculum.
See an overview of all courses on Master of Headache Disorders.
Learning outcomes
During the course, you will
- Gain insight into the International Classification of Headache Disorders and acquire detailed knowledge about the clinical presentation of several headache types and painful cranial neuropathies.
- Acquire knowledge about the most commonly occurring comorbid conditions associated with headache disorders and certain patient categories.
- Have insight into headache epidemiology, the consequences of headache disorders on an individual and societal level, as well as initiatives for prevention.
- Learn to make the optimal headache diagnoses, to use and analyse a headache diary correctly and to assess relevant differential diagnoses for the individual patient. Moreover, you will be able to critically assess and discuss scientific articles about epidemiology and social consequences as well as prevention strategies.
On completion of the course, you should be able to optimise the diagnostic process, contribute to future revision of the classification system on a scientific basis, initiate new epidemiological studies and develop relevant prevention strategies.
Admission criteria
For health care professionals working in the field of headaches
You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course:
- Hold a relevant bachelor degree or equivalent
- Have a minimum 2 years of relevant job experience
- Be proficient in English
Find detailed information in the admission criteria on Master of Headache Disorders
Priority is given to enrolled students
This course is offered as a compulsory course on the Master of Headache Disorders programme. Priority is given to students already enrolled. Once the enrolled students have been admitted to the course, the remaining seats are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tuition fees
EU/EEA citizens: 10,000 DKK*
Non-EU/EEA citizens: 15,100 DKK
*Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland is entitled to a subsidised tuition fee, due to EU legislation, hence the difference in price.
Contact
Christine Gulstad
Study Administration Officer
master@sund.ku.dk
Tel.: +45 35 32 12 73
Place
University of Copenhagen
Centre for Health and Society
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Rigmor Højland Jensen
Professor, MD, Dr.Med Sci. and Head of Studies
Medical Degree from University of Copenhagen 1981. Neurological residency at University Hospitals in Copenhagen. Fellowship at The Headache Clinic in Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen under supervision of Professor Jes Olesen, and received a medical doctoral degree from University of Copenhagen in 1999.
Rigmor has been associated professor and lecturer at The University of Copenhagen since 1997 and was appointed as professor in Headache and Neurological Pain in 2007. Has conducted or been involved in numerous epidemiological, clinical, and neurophysiological studies of migraine, tension-type and cluster headache since 1988. Rigmor has published more than 250 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 50 text books chapters and had been the supervisor of 3 doctoral theses and 12 PhD theses.
Co-founder of the Danish Headache Center, a multidisciplinary academic headache center, at Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, which was awarded as Global Excellence in Health in 2010 and 2014.
Has been working extensively with national and international organisation of headache care, pre- and postgraduate education in headache since 1988, is past president of EHF, and now board member and co-chair of IHS educational committee.