Online Course
Headaches and Dizziness
Learn to differentiate between common headache types and causes of dizziness in clinical practice

2-2.5 hours

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Debra Dent
Course instructor

Debra Dent is a Physical Therapist with over 40 years of experience specialising in manual therapy of the spine

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Introduction

There are many different types of headaches and dizziness that are encountered in clinical practice. Some can be managed with physiotherapy whereas others require urgent referral. This course reviews the latest evidence covering common headache and dizziness presentations and highlights red flags and other signs or symptoms which warrant medical review.

Aims

This course aims to expand your knowledge on the differential diagnosis of common headache types and causes of dizziness based on the latest evidence.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, readings, and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Videos
  2. Reading Activities
  3. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 2-2.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 2.1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • explain the difference between primary and secondary headaches
  • discuss the common primary and secondary headaches in terms of the cause, presentation and diagnosis criteria
  • identify ten common secondary headaches
  • interpret headache and dizziness symptoms in a case presentation in order to determine if medical referral is warranted
  • differentiate dizziness caused by BPPV versus cervical vertebral artery dysfunction based on the appropriate tests

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews
This was a really interesting course!
Mafikiri hindu Eva maria
Physiotherapist
Belgium
This is a very useful course with practical knowledge and a really nice summary of different kinds of headaches.
Marcel Mieszkalski
Physiotherapist
Poland