Duration:
2.25 hrs
Epilepsy Awareness Certification
Epilepsy Awareness
Epilepsy affects more than half a million British citizens every year and there are more than 50 million people the world over who suffer from it.
It’s one of the most common neurological conditions and is caused due to the discharge of electrical activity in different areas of the brain. During a seizure, some parts of the brain may stop functioning while other parts continue to function as usual.
In this epilepsy awareness course, you can find out more about epilepsy and how to respond in the right way.
What you will learn:
- What is epilepsy and the reasons for seizures
- How to use the right words to describe epileptic seizures
- What happens before, during and after an epileptic seizure
- What happens in the brain during an epileptic attack
- How to recognise signs of a tonic-clonic seizure
- Treatments for epilepsy including medications, surgery and dietary interventions
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Who can take the Epilepsy Awareness Certification course?
There are no entry requirements to take the course.
What is the structure of the course?
The course has 4 modules and should take 2 hours. Each module takes between 15 and 45 minutes on average to complete, although students can spend as much or as little time as they feel necessary on the modules.
Where / when can the course be studied?
The course can be studied at any time and from any internet-connected device.
Is there a test at the end of the course?
Once you have completed the course there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken at a time and location of your choosing.
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