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IHS online education
The Education Committee has revised the online Learning Centre as part of the new IHS website.
We are very happy to launch educational videos, webinars and podcasts on different aspects of headache and facial pain, which have been released in the Learning Centre.
The IHS Core Curriculum has also been revised and translated into Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Russian, and Arabic.
To date, IHS has launched videos on cluster headache, features and treatment of post-traumatic headache, characteristics of migraine with and without aura, medication overuse headache – diagnosis and treatment, migraine and sleep, tension-type headache, new daily persistent headache, headache and COVID-19, understanding visual snow syndrome, headache and hormones, trigeminal neuralgia diagnosis – pathophysiology and treatment, paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua, SUNCT and SUNA: Clinical presentation and treatment. All videos are available in English, Spanish and Chinese. Podcasts are available on the effect of the coronavirus on headache medicine, migraine genetics, the history and future of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) and premonitory symptoms in migraine. Three live webinars have been held on cluster headache, idiopathic intracranial hypertension and spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Most of the Learning Centre content is for IHS members only, but the cluster headache webinar is free to view and there are also open videos on diagnosis of medication overuse headache and headache and COVID-19.
Visit the IHS website Learning Centre ≪hyperlink to https://ihs-headache.org/en/learning-centre</seurld⋙ to watch and listen to these educational resources. If you are not a member, you can join through a simple link on the website to register and be part of our network.
The Education Committee would like to thank those who have participated and contributed in making these videos, podcasts and webinars possible, and also those who have been an invaluable help in checking translations of the Core Curriculum and the video subtitles, as well as the IHS website in general.
The Committee plans to continue to produce new videos, webinars and podcasts on various aspects of headache and would like to encourage IHS members to contribute to this, whether by making educational videos or podcasts, or hosting a webinar. So if you have a good idea, how should you proceed? Start by mailing learningcentre@i-h-s.org and tell us about it. To produce a video, you should write a manuscript (1.5 A4 pages would be equivalent to 6 minutes, which is the optimal length of an educational video), and the video should be filmed with the best possible film and audio quality. To support the video, you could use PowerPoint slides or similar. Send the material to the Education Committee and we will edit the video for you. Podcasts can be done in various ways, as monologues, conversations or interviews. Contact the Education Committee for help on this. Ideas on webinars, including hosting, are also welcomed. What are the advantages for you to participate in these educational activities? It can help to you promote yourself within the headache community, but most importantly you will be a part of educating about headache medicine and research within IHS.
Danish Headache Centre, Rigshospitalet – Glostrup,
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Connecting Asia to the IHS, bridging between juniors and seniors
My name is Mi Ji (Miji) Lee, and I am a neurologist specialized in headache medicine. I am currently working as a clinical assistant professor of neurology in Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
When I was asked to be a co-opted member of the International Headache Society Board of Trustees, I was so honored but also uncertain about whether I was indeed qualified for the position. However, as an early career researcher from Asia, I realized that I had a role to represent the underrepresented areas of the board.
Asia is Earth’s largest and most populous continent. Like its diversity in ethnic groups, cultures, environments, economics, and government systems, the current state of headache medicine varies between countries in Asia. Some countries are strong at basic research, some are clinically oriented, and others are in developing stages. The common thing is that headache is highly prevalent, devastating, but underrecognized among people and doctors.
The need for the proper training and education for headache medicine is growing in Asian countries. During my fellowship and early career I was eager to seek them, and luckily I had chances to meet and communicate with many world-renowned experts. It was extremely helpful for me to have a more balanced field of view in my clinical practice and research.
On the IHS Board of Trustees, I aim to bridge juniors and seniors, represent Asia in the IHS, and promote IHS-related activities in Asian countries to help doctors and students in our region to have better opportunities with regards to education, training, and research on headache medicine. Particularly in this era of the Covid-19 pandemic, I hope the advances in virtual conferences and online education materials benefit Asian doctors and researchers in easily accessing the most up-to-date headache science. I will help that as much as I can.
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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