Stroke - Education

Welsh Stroke Conference

For the tenth year running the stroke conference team in Wales is organising the Welsh Stroke Conference and managing to attract hundreds of Stroke Doctors and allied health professionals.

The Conference this year will be held at the River Front Centre in Newport/ Wales and on 17th June 2011. The main speakers are Professor of Neurosurgery in Newcastle upon Tyne David Mendelow. His lecture is about Intracerebral Haemorhage: time is brain.

From Houston, Sean Savitz, Associate Professor in Neurology is speaking about Emerging therapies for acute stroke. Dr. Savitz main interest is in stem cell therapy for stroke.

From University of Southampton, Professor of restorative neuroscience, Jane Burridge is talking to the conference about Robotics for stroke rehabilitation.

Professor Roger Boyle CBE is presenting Bhowmick Lecture this year. The subject of the lecture is implementing a stroke strategy. Dr. Anthony Rudd, Consultant Stroke Physician in St Thomas’ hospital in London is briefing the conference about the results of the Royal College of Physicians Audit for stroke in Wales.

There will be two parallel sessions in the conference as well. The first one is updating the audience about the latest developments in the field of stroke rehabilitation and the second is an update about uncommon causes of stroke. A space has been allocated for the stroke researchers posters from all over Wales.

SSEFStroke Specific Education Framework

The overall purpose of the Stroke-Specific Education Framework (SSEF) is to create UK recognised, quality assured and transferable standards for stroke training. It will also outline stroke-specific knowledge and skills which need to be added to the generic skills that health, social, voluntary and independent care staff already possess.
 
It is for people or groups who provide stroke-specific training and those working in health, social, voluntary and educational services who are, or who are likely to be, in contact with people who have had a stroke or a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA).

Other Sources of Stroke Training

The UK Stroke Forum, hosted by The Stroke Association, is a coalition of 30 organisations committed to improving stroke care in the UK.
The main activity of the UK Stroke Forum is the annual multidisciplinary scientific conference. This event aims to provide a forum for stroke clinicians and researchers to meet and share ideas, promote multidisciplinary research and provide a unified voice for more statutory sector funding for research.

The Stroke Association offers a programme of education and training that is flexible in delivery according to the levels of knowledge and expertise required. For more information on the latest range of courses visit

Stroke Core Competencies Scotland is a new online training resource developed by NHS Education Scotland, Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and the University of Edinburgh and expert stroke clinicians from across Scotland. The website provides a multidisciplinary resource which focuses on the cores knowledge and skills required by all staff when delivering stroke care. This free resource can be accessed at:

Welsh Stroke Bulletin

The Welsh Stroke Bulletin was inspired by the original Welsh Stroke Specialist Interest Group set up under the auspices of the Welsh Branch of the British Geriatrics Society in the late 1990s, alt-hough this group has now renamed itself to the Welsh Association of Stroke Physicians. The bulletin helps to keep the Stroke workforce in Wales up to date with recent developments in Wales and across the world.

Stroke Update

Stroke Update is for the doctors,researchers, stroke patients and their carers and for the readers who are interested in stroke and the new developments in stroke medicine.