General practice physician knowledge about headache: evaluation of the municipal continual medical education program

Autor: Renata Dal-Prá Ducci, Fátima Hamdar, Inês Kultchek Marty, Carlos Alexandre Twardowschy, Raphael Henrique Déa Cirino, Eliane Regina da Veiga Chomatas, Pedro André Kowacs, Elcio Juliato Piovesan
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.67 n.3a 2009
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Academia Brasileira de Neurologia
instacron:ABNEURO
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 67, Issue: 3a, Pages: 595-599, Published: SEP 2009
ISSN: 1678-4227
Popis: OBJECTIVE: Headache is a common condition not always managed satisfactorily by primary care providers (PCPs). In an effort to improve headache care, the Curitiba City Hall in consortia with Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brazil developed an educational program directed to the PCPs. The goal of the project was to evaluate, to update and to train the PCP on headache knowledge and care. METHOD: The program was designed to have a theoretical phase and a practical phase. Knowledge on headache and medical care of headache were surveyed before and after the theoretical phase thorough a specific questionnaire. RESULTS: Significant improvement in post-CME scores on headache prevalence (p
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