Overview

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

• Background
  • Aetiology of sore throats, common and uncommon infectious causes and non-infectious causes of sore throat, and the possible complications.
• Diagnosis
  • Information about signs and symptoms and the use of diagnostic criteria such as FeverPAIN criteria and Centor score.
• Optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
• A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn to:

• Diagnose the likely cause of a sore throat.
• Understand the use of clinical prediction scores.
• Understand the possible differential diagnoses.

Topics covered