What You'll Master

• Stroke and TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack): Learn the crucial clinical skills for recognizing the signs of stroke and TIA, performing a rapid neurological assessment, and initiating the life-saving referral process. You'll understand the importance of time-critical management and secondary prevention.
• Dizziness: Dizziness is a common and often challenging symptom. This section will help you systematically evaluate a patient with dizziness, distinguishing between vertigo, presyncope, disequilibrium, and non-specific light-headedness.
• Seizures: Develop a structured approach to assessing a first-time seizure, differentiating it from a non-epileptic event, and initiating the appropriate investigation and referral pathway.
• Headache: Go beyond simple pain management. This module will empower you to classify different types of headaches, recognize the red flags that suggest a serious underlying condition, and develop a management plan for common presentations like migraine and tension-type headache.
• Miscellaneous Topics: This section covers other important neurological presentations, including nerve entrapment syndromes and movement disorders, giving you a comprehensive overview of the field from a primary care perspective.