CME Sponsor:
National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)

Location:
This is a web-based CME activity

Course Instructors/Directors:
Louis Kuritzky, MD
Dr. Winner
Harvey Parker, PhD
Michelle Frisch, MPH
Alan Goodstat, LCSW

Number of Credits:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Registration Fee: Free

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Detailed Description:
This webcast was captured live at the NACE Emerging Challenges in Primary Care Series: Update 2009 and features Dr. Paul Winner. Dr. Winner is director of both the Premiere Research Institute and the Palm Beach Headache Center in West Palm Beach, FL., where he is also an attending neurologist at Palm Beach Neurology. In addition he is Clinical Professor of Neurology at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this program, learners should be able to:

  1. Discuss the prevalence of migraine headaches, and how often appropriate diagnosis is missed
  2. Distinguish between a migraine headache and sinus headaches, tension-type headaches and other types of headaches
  3. Effectively manage migraines through a combination of acute and preventive pharmacologic and non- pharmacologic therapy
  4. Effectively communicate with patients about lifestyle changes, preventive and acute treatment strategies.