Educational initiatives in headache medicine: A 20‐year scoping review

Background Headache disorders are among the most common and disabling medical conditions worldwide, have a great societal impact and are a common reason to seek medical care. Headache disorders are often misdiagnosed and undertreated, and the number of headache fellowship‐trained physicians cannot m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Headache 2023-07, Vol.63 (7), p.861-871
Hauptverfasser: Dominguez, Moises, Minen, Mia, Robbins, Matthew S.
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Zusammenfassung:Background Headache disorders are among the most common and disabling medical conditions worldwide, have a great societal impact and are a common reason to seek medical care. Headache disorders are often misdiagnosed and undertreated, and the number of headache fellowship‐trained physicians cannot meet patient demand. Educational initiatives for non‐headache‐specialist clinicians may be an avenue to increase clinician competency and patient access to appropriate management. Objective To undertake a scoping review of the educational initiatives in headache medicine for medical students, trainees, general practitioners/primary care physicians, and neurologists. Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines for scoping reviews, an author (M.D.), with the help of a medical librarian, conducted a search of the Embase, Ovid Medline, and PsychInfo databases for articles related to medical educational initiatives on headache medicine in medical students, residents, and physicians over the last 20 years. Results A total of 17 articles met the inclusion criteria for this scoping review. Six articles were identified for medical students, seven for general practitioners/primary care physicians, one for emergency medicine residents, two for neurology residents, and one for neurologists. Certain educational initiatives were headache‐focused while others had headaches as one of the educational topics. Educational content was delivered and assessed via diverse and innovative means, such as flipped classroom, simulation, theatrical performance, repeated quizzing and study, and a formalized headache elective. Conclusion Education initiatives in headache medicine are important to improve competency and patient access to appropriate management of various headache disorders. Future research should focus on using innovative and evidence‐based methods of content delivery, knowledge, and procedural assessment, and evaluating changes in practice behaviors.
ISSN:0017-8748
1526-4610
1526-4610
DOI:10.1111/head.14541