Overview

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements. 

• Background
  • Causes, prevalence, prognosis, and complications.
• Management
  • How to manage people with epilepsy in primary care and when to refer.
• Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course

Goals

During this course you will learn:

• The causes, prevalence, risk factors, prognosis, and complications.
• How to refer a person appropriately after a first seizure, for confirmation and classification of the diagnosis.
• How to prescribe drug treatment to stop or reduce seizure frequency and severity, following specialist assessment and advice.
• To monitor and review the person regularly, and how to minimize the effects of seizures on school, work, or daily functioning.
• The appropriate information to provide to people with epilepsy and their family and/or carers, for example how to manage a seizure, entitlement to drive, and pre-conceptual counselling, if appropriate.

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