Treatment of Stroke: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and Service Delivery

University College London

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In London

£ 750 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    29h

  • Duration

    6 Days

On this six-day course for healthcare professionals you'll learn about the principles of stroke care in the first few days following admission.
It'll help you:
evaluate the current evidence for endovascular treatment
understand the basis of patient selection
You'll learn about stroke pathways, patient experience, thrombolysis and endovascular treatment.
This course is run by the UCL Institute of Neurology in Queen Square.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

By the end of this course you should be able to:
understand the principles of multidisciplinary care in both typical and atypical stroke presentations
understand areas of current uncertainty about what represents best practice in specific stroke sub types and how to communicate this to patients
tackle commonly encountered clinical problems on the stroke unit
appreciate the difficulties of diagnosing the dying phase in stroke patients and understand the process of withdrawing care in catastrophic stroke
plan safe and effective discharges

This course is for healthcare professionals involved in stroke medicine, including:
doctors (all grades)
nurses
therapists
psychologists
scientists

You'll receive a certificate of attendance if you complete the course.
The course is currently awaiting approval from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) for CPD.
The short course isn't assessed. If you're taking the course as a taster module you'll need to complete a 2,000 word essay.

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Subjects

  • Continence
  • Endovascular
  • Workshop
  • Treatment of Stroke
  • Hyper Acute Stroke Unit
  • HASU
  • Service Delivery
  • Thrombolysis
  • Endovascular treatment
  • Nurses

Course programme

Lecture topics will include:

  • Continence
  • Endovascular simulation session
  • Patient experience workshop
  • Quality markers in stroke
Teaching and structure

Lectures, followed by a tutorial, take place once a week on Wednesdays.

You can take this course as either:

  • a standalone short course for CPD purposes
  • a 'taster module' that allows you to earn UCL credits which can be used towards a postgraduate qualification at UCL if you enrol within five years

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Treatment of Stroke: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and Service Delivery

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