title: General practice physician knowledge about headache: evaluation of the municipal continual medical education program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Headache is a common condition not always managed satisfactorily by primary care providers (PCPs). In an effort to improve headache care, the Curitiba City Hall in consortia with Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brazil developed an educational program directed to the PCPs. The goal of the project was to evaluate, to update and to train the PCP on headache knowledge and care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The program was designed to have a theoretical phase and a practical phase. Knowledge on headache and medical care of headache were surveyed before and after the theoretical phase thorough a specific questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant improvement in post-CME scores on headache prevalence (p<0.001), migraine diagnosis (p<0.001) and management (p=0.01), secondary headache diagnosis (p=0.005) and management (p=0.005) was reached by the respondents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improvement in post-CME scores confirms that the program had a significant immediate impact on the PCPs knowledge directly affecting the patient's health.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro André
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kowacs
authors.forename: Carlos Alexandre
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Twardowschy
authors.forename: Elcio Juliato
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Piovesan
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dal-Prá Ducci
authors.forename: Raphael Henrique Déa
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Cirino
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hamdar
authors.forename: Eliane Regina da Veiga
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Chomatas
authors.forename: Inês Kultchek
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Marty
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires