Join renowned neurologist and headache specialist Dr. Elizabeth Leroux as she introduces Mastermind, a groundbreaking initiative by the Canadian Headache Society. This free, online accredited program aims to empower primary care practitioners with essential knowledge in headache diagnosis and management. Accredited by the College of Family Practitioners of Canada (CFPC), Mastermind offers participants the opportunity to earn continuing medical education credits through self-study modules and interactive sessions with headache experts. Topics covered include comprehensive insights into lifestyle habits, natural approaches, acute and preventive treatments, and the hormonal aspects of migraine. Discover how healthcare providers and patients alike can benefit from this innovative educational platform, fostering enhanced care and support for individuals living with migraine.
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0:00 hello everybody i’m dr Elizabeth Leroux
0:02 i’m a neurologist and headache
0:04 specialist in montreal and i’m the chair
0:07 of migraine canada
0:08 in this video i want to tell you about a
0:11 great new program for migraine education
0:14 called mastermind for doctors and how
0:16 you can contribute to the improvement of
0:19 migraine education in canada
0:21 have you ever wished that
0:23 your family dog or nurse practitioner
0:25 knew more about migraine management
0:28 to tell the truth primary care providers
0:30 probably do not receive enough exposure
0:33 and education on headache and migraine
0:35 during their medical training so that’s
0:37 why they might not have all the
0:39 knowledge and skills and tools they need
0:41 to help you
0:42 the canadian headache society has
0:44 recently launched a program called
0:46 mastermind for primary care providers
0:49 now mastermind is accredited with
0:51 canadian college
0:53 family physicians or cfpc
0:56 and it means that participants earn a
0:58 medical education credits something
1:00 that’s very important for physicians
1:03 mastermind is free it’s available in
1:05 french and in english it’s online and it
1:09 has a very interesting content it
1:11 includes surf learning service learning
1:14 online modules on things like diagnosis
1:17 lifestyle counseling natural approaches
1:20 acute and preventive treatments
1:22 medication overuse and finally hormonal
1:25 issues so this is really what
1:27 primary care providers would need to
1:29 help you
1:31 then you might just wonder you know why
1:33 should this program concern you as a
1:35 patient
1:36 well it’s because you know doctors are
1:38 super busy and they might just not be
1:40 aware the program exists
1:43 and and you can contribute to that so
1:45 you can play an important role in
1:47 mastermind dissemination
1:50 how do you do that so go to our migraine
1:52 canada website use mastermind as a
1:54 keyword and you will find a page with
1:57 information on the program and a link to
1:59 a pdf
2:01 you can use this pdf as print or link
2:04 and share with it can be your clinic
2:06 where you are followed where there might
2:08 be doctors interested by this
2:10 opportunity you might mention the
2:12 program to your treating physician or
2:14 nurse practitioner
2:16 and this person could be interested to
2:18 take the program and of course you could
2:20 diffuse the program in your other
2:22 networks if you know anybody in the
2:23 healthcare field or any other person
2:26 living with migraine who could
2:27 contribute to dissemination
2:30 it is very very important that patients
2:32 physicians and other healthcare
2:34 professionals act together as a team to
2:37 improve migraine care in this country so
2:40 therefore i encourage you to take action
2:42 and i thank you for your support of
2:45 migraine canada i wish you really to
2:47 find treatments that work and
2:50 a very good rest of your day
