Here you will find the education activities for 2020-2021 Calendar
*New- Modules will be delivered Online to ensure a safe and interactive learning environment. Participate and Learn from home!
This series is designed for front-line health care providers (eg. PSW, RPN, RN, Rehab Assistants and Restorative Care Aides) caring for stroke survivors and other related patient populations in the following care settings: long term, community, acute, rehabilitation, complex continuing care, and other related areas. Learn, perform, practice, and enhance your care and support techniques to promote safety, comfort, and dignity for stroke survivors and other client populations. This series of modules is offered in partnership with St. Lawrence College.
Stroke care: Prevention to Life after Stroke
April 7 & 14, 2021- 6:00-8:00 pm
Speech, Swallowing and Communication
April 21 & 28, 2021- 6:00- 8:00 pm
Cognition, Perception and Behaviour
May 5 & 12, 2021- 6:00-8:00 pm
Mobility, Positioning and Transfers
May 19 & 26, 2021- 6:00-8:00 pm
Registration is limited! Complete this form, and submit to LBarkley@sl.on.ca to reserve your spot for the sessions you wish to attend. A certificate of attendance will be offered for each of the 4 topics.
Download the poster here!
February 3rd, 2021
Presenter: Dr. Atif Zafar
Download slide deck here
December 2nd, 2020
Stroke in young adults: causes, consequences and long-term outcomes
Dr. Richard Swartz, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Director of Stroke Research Unit at Sunnybrook
November 4th, 2020
Presenter: Hillel M. Finestone, MD, CM, FRCPC
October 7, 2020
Building a Sustainable Integrated Stroke System of Care: A population-based approach to bundled care
Presenter: Beth Linkewich & Nicola Tahair
September 2, 2020
Why 911? Optimizing Stroke Care in Northwestern Ontario
August 5th, 2020
Stroke and COVID-19: What’s the latest and where can we find resources?
Presenters: Dr. Luciana Catanese and Jean Morrow, RN
February 5th, 2020
When Stroke Becomes the Life Ending Event
Presenter: Dr. W. J. Oczkowski
December 4th, 2019
Paediatric Code Stroke “Time is Brain” & Paediatric Endovascular Stroke Therapy
Presenter: Dr. Andrea Andrade, MD; CSCN-EEG and Dr. Sachin Pandey, MD, FRCP
November 6th, 2019
Selecting patients for Endovascular Therapy (EVT) 0-6 hours and beyond
Presenter: Dr. Frank Silver
October 9th, 2019
Presenters: Beth Linkewich & Fatima Quraishi
June 5, 2019
Rural-Urban Differences in Stroke Incidence, Risk Factors & Care
Presenter: Dr. Moira Kapral, MD, MSc, FRCPC
May 1, 2019
Home Virtual Visits (E-visit) in the Stroke Prevention Clinic
Presenter: Dr. Ramana Appireddy, MBBS, DM, MSc
March 6, 2019
Presenter: Lyndsey Butler
February 6, 2019
Low-income and Linguistic Minority Status: Challenges withReturn to Participation Post-stroke
Presenter: Katrine Sauvé-Schenk