Northwest AHEC
Course Number: 75184
Podcast CE Series: Migraine Headache and the Mind-Body Connection
Jan 28, 2025 09:15 AM EST - Jun 30, 2027 11:55 PM EDT
Online Self-Paced Learning
Northwest AHEC Online and Blended Learning
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Event Description:
The Podcast CE Series is your go-to for timely and thought-provoking discussions that humanize healthcare experiences. From the latest medical breakthroughs to discussions on mental health, lifestyle choices, and preventive care, there's something for every listener. Because when it comes to health, every conversation matters!
Guests include faculty, clinicians, researchers, and community members involved in improving the health of our community.
Dr. Wells is a professor of neurology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Headache Program at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She shares what she has learned in over 20 years of patient care and research on non-pharmacological approaches to treating migraine, and her current work on the mind/body connection to combat Migraine disease.
Objectives
Understand the difference between an primary and a secondary headache type.
Understand migraine as a disease and explain trigger threshold
Cite the clinical diagnosis definition for identifying Migraine
Define mindfulness and understand how mindfulness modalities effect pain perception and decrease symptoms
Available Credits
Audience
All that are interested in timely and relevant discussions about professional and public healthcare in the 17-county region of northwest North Carolina.
Speakers
Rebecca E Wells, MD, MPH, FAHS, FAAN
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