Managing Epilepsy
This course provides practical guidance on what is epilepsy, epilepsy symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management. It explores epilepsy care plans, seizure emergencies, self-management, and strategies to support people living with epilepsy in Australia.

Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Explain what is epilepsy, including common epilepsy symptoms and symptoms of epilepsy.
- Identify potential epileptic seizure causes and factors that may contribute to epilepsy.
- Describe approaches to epilepsy treatment, including management of drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Recognise how epilepsy is diagnosed and distinguish seizures from events that can be mistaken for seizures.
- Apply principles of epilepsy self-management, care planning, and responding appropriately to seizure emergencies.
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Learning Outcomes
What you'll learn
- Explain what is epilepsy, including common epilepsy symptoms and symptoms of epilepsy.
- Identify potential epileptic seizure causes and factors that may contribute to epilepsy.
- Describe approaches to epilepsy treatment, including management of drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Recognise how epilepsy is diagnosed and distinguish seizures from events that can be mistaken for seizures.
- Apply principles of epilepsy self-management, care planning, and responding appropriately to seizure emergencies.
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Training Overview
- Understanding Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Treatment and Management
- Diagnosis and Assessment of Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Care and Management Plans
- Conditions and Events That Can Mimic Seizures
- Epilepsy Self-Management and Lifestyle
- Recognising and Managing Seizure Emergencies
- Summary
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Frequently asked questions
Epilepsy is a neurological condition involving recurrent seizures caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Its symptoms and effects can vary between individuals.
Common epilepsy symptoms include temporary confusion, staring, loss of awareness, jerking movements, unusual sensations and tiredness after a seizure.
Around 270,000 Australians are currently living with epilepsy, with approximately 14,000 new diagnoses each year.
Epilepsy treatment may include anti-seizure medication, surgery, vagus nerve stimulation, dietary therapies and other approaches based on the person's condition and treatment response.
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