A passion to share specialist knowledge and skills in the treatment of migraine, Prof Tissa Wijeratne’s new venture, Migraine Management for Practitioners, provides healthcare professionals with the latest clinical advances to improve patient lives. The course includes a comprehensive and practical diagnosis approach, management plans for acute headache attacks and preventative strategies to manage migraines. Tissa believes by transferring knowledge to primary healthcare professionals, headache sufferers will be diagnosed and treated more timely manner, rather than waiting for a specialist care.

 

Migraines are a leading cause of adult disability with an estimated five million headache sufferers in Australia (GBD collaborators, Lancet Neurology, 2017). A lack of access to neurologists means primary healthcare physicians need to understand the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of migraines to effectively manage their many patients who suffer from this debilitating condition. Education focused on the essentials of migraine management, which transfers specialist knowledge from neurologists to general practitioners, will improve the lives of these patients.