Online Fellowship in Stroke and Vascular Neurology 2024

This course is designed to enhance knowledge and expertise of physicians practicing in the field of stroke. It will help develop a workforce of neurologists with training in stroke.

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A Stroke Fellow Blended Education Program

Training the “Stroke Leaders of Tomorrow"

Course Description:

This course is designed to enhance knowledge and expertise of physicians practicing in the field of stroke. It will help develop a workforce of neurologists with training in stroke that can guide, supervise and facilitate stroke care at all levels of healthcare.

Goals:

To be confident and safe in management of acute stroke
To build stroke programs and improve quality of stroke care
To be able to manage basic neurocritical care for cerebrovascular diseases

Target Audience:

Neurology trainees and Recent Graduates of Neurology Training Programs

Course Duration:

9 months. Starting from 1st February 2024

Course Methodology:

The fellowship program utilizes a blended learning approach, integrating self-directed learning with weekly online interactive sessions and feedback. The program comprises of module based learning with a manageable weekly commitment of 2-4 hours.

Course Directors:

M. Fareed K. Suri MD
Stroke Director,
St Cloud Hospital Minnesota
Director, APPNA MERIT Stroke Course

Shahid Rafiq MD
Stroke Director,
West Virginia University of School of Medicine
Advisor, APPNA MERIT

Dr. Maria Khan Junaidi
MBBS, FCPS Neurology, MSc Epi-Bio.
Co-Director Comprehensive Stroke center, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Academic Advisor:

Danish Bhatti MD FAAN
Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, College of Medicine

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the course
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Group
3. SC2024 Inauguration Ceremony
1. SC2024 Introductory session
2. Case Discussion 1 - Feburary 18th 2024
3. Case Discussion 2 - February 20th 2024
4. Case Discussion - Dr Maria Junaidi - Feburary 25th 2024
5. Case Discussion 3 - March 3rd 2024
6. Case Discussion 4 - March 9th 2024
7. Case Discussion 5 - Dr Maria Junaidi - March 16th 2024
8. Case Discussion 6 - March 24th 2024
9. Case Discussion 7 - April 14th 2024
10. Case Discussion 8 - April 21st 2024
11. Case Discussion 9 - April 28th 2024
12. Case Discussion 10 - May 2nd 2024
13. Case Discussion 11 - May 12th 2024
14. Case Discussion 12 - May 19th 2024
15. Case Discussion 13 - May 23rd 2024
16. Case Discussion 14 - June 2nd 2024
17. Case Discussion 15 - June 23rd 2024
18. Case Discussion 16 - June 30th 2024
19. Case Discussion 17 - July 7th 2024
20. Case Discussion 18 - July 14th 2024
21. Case Discussion 19 - July 21st 2024
22. Case Discussion 20 - July 27th 2024
23. Case Discussion 21 - Aug 7th 2024
24. Case Discussion 22 - Aug 11th 2024
25. Case Discussion 23 - Aug 18th 2024
26. Case Discussion 24 - Aug 27th 2024
27. Case Discussion 25 - Sep 2nd 2024
28. Case Discussion 26 - Sep 8th 2024
29. Case Discussion 27 - Sep 15th 2024
30. Midterm Follow Session - Sep 27th 2024
31. Case Discussion 28 - Sep 29th 2024
32. Case Discussion 29 - Oct 6th 2024
33. Case Discussion 30 - Oct 13th 2024
34. Case Discussion 31 - Oct 17th 2024
35. Case Discussion 32 - Oct 21st 2024
36. Case Discussion 33 - Oct 23rd 2024
1. Module Introduction
2. Module 1 - Pretest
3. Lecture 1 - Reported statistics and epidemiology of stroke
4. Lecture 2 - Risk Factors – Part I
5. Lecture 3 - Risk Factors – Part II
6. Lecture 4 - Risk Factors – Part III - Common Etiologies of Ischemic Stroke
7. Lecture 4a - Risk Factors – Part III- Extracranial Athero
8. Lecture 4b - Risk Factors – Part III- Other Etiologies
9. Lecture 5 - AHA 2021 guidelines
10. Lecture 6 - Risk Factors – Part IV, Cases
11. Required Reading - AHA Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke 2021
12. Optional Reading - Lacunar strokes ang infarct: A review C.M.Fisher
13. Optional Reading - What causes lacunar stroke, JM Wardlow
14. Optional Reading - Classification of subtype of Acute Ischemic Stroke.
15. Optional Reading - Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: diagnosis and updates in secondary stroke prevention
16. Optional Reading - Evidence for Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis
17. Optional Reading - Cryptogenic Stroke & Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
18. Optional Reading - It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the ESUS Construct
19. Assignment Module 1
20. Module 1 - Posttest
1. INTRODUCTION & Objectives
2. Pre test for Lacunar strokes and small vessel disease
3. Lecture 1: ACUTE STROKE ASSESSMENT SCALES
4. Lecture Presentation - ACUTE STROKE ASSESSMENT SCALES
5. Lecture 2 - Small vessel disease and lacunar stroke
6. Lecture Presentation - Small Vessel Disease
7. Lecture 3: TIA and Stroke mimics
8. Pre-test for Large vessel disease
9. Lecture 4 - Large vessel stroke Carotid Artery
10. Required Reading: Classification and natural history of clinically identifiable subtypes of cerebral infarction
11. Required Reading: Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke
12. Required Reading: Lacunar strokes and infarcts a review
13. Required Reading: Lacunes small deep cerebral infarcts
14. Required Reading - Cerebral small vessel disease
15. Optional Reading - Cerebral small vessel disease: Recent advances and future directions.
16. Optional reading: Non atherosclerotic large vessel cerebrovascular arteriopathies - 2013
17. Optional reading: Hereditary cerebral small vessel disease - 2017
18. Optional Reading - Treatment Approaches to Lacunar Stroke.
19. Optional reading: Prehospital stroke scales as screening tools for early identification of stroke
20. Optional reading - Advanced MRI in cerebral small vessel disease
21. Optional reading: Accuracy of prediction instruments for diagnosing large vessel
22. Optional Reading - Stroke: causes and clinical features.
23. Module 2- Quiz
24. Module 2: Assignment 1
25. Module 2: Assignment 2
26. Module 2: Assignment 3
27. Module 2: Assignment 4
28. Post test for Large vessel disease
29. Post test : Lacunar strokes and small vessel disease
1. Introduction & outline
2. Pre test: Module 3
3. Lecture 1 - Module 3 - Arterial Cerbrovascular Anatomy
4. Lecture 2 - Module 3 - Spinal Vascular Anatomy
5. Lecture 3 - Module 3 - Venous Vascular Anatomy
6. Required reading - Neurovascular anatomy – A practical guide
7. ASSIGNMENT: Module 3
8. Post test: Module 3
1. Introduction & Objectives
2. Module 4 - Introduction
3. Modeule 4 - Introduction Lecture
4. Pre test - Module 4
5. Lecture 1 - module 4 - Introduction to head basics CT
6. Lecture 2 - module 4 - Infarct on head CT
7. Lecture 3 - Module 4 - ASPECT score
8. Lecture 4 - Module 4 - Hyperdense vessels on CT
9. Lecture 5 - Module 4 - ICH on CT
10. Lecture 6 - Module 4 - SAH on CT
11. Lecture 7 - Module 4 - SDH on CT
12. Lecture 8 - Module 4 - MRI head
13. Lecture 9 - Module 4 - MRA head
14. Lecture 10 - Module 4 - CTA head
15. Lecture 11 - Module 4 - CTP head
16. Lecture 12 - Module 4 - Catheter based angiography
17. OPTIONAL - Non-contrast head CT
18. OPTIONAL - CTA
19. Optional - Carotid ultrasound and Transcranial doppler
20. Optional - Interesting and difficult cases scenarios
21. Assignment Module 4
22. Post Test - Module 4
1. Introduction
2. Pre test - Module 5
3. Lecture 1 - Module 5 - Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
4. Lecture 2 - Module 5 - Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
5. Lecture 3 - Module 5 - In-hospital monitoring and Management of Complications
6. Lecture 4: Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
7. Lecture 5: Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
8. Required Reading - Thrombolysis trials- Pooled analysis of 9 trials
9. Required Reading - Contraindications for TPA- AHA/ASA 2015
10. Required Reading - AHA/ASA Guidelines 2019 update
11. Required Reading - Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke
12. Required Reading - Thrombectomy for Stroke at 6 to 16 Hours with Selection
13. Required Reading - Periprocedural Management During Stroke Thrombectomy
14. Required Reading - Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion
15. Required Reading - Endovascular therapy for acute ischaemic stroke
16. Required Reading - Concept of Ischemic Penumbra
17. Optional Reading - Collateral circulation
18. Optional Reading - Collateral window
19. Optional Reading - Concept of Mismatch
20. Optional Reading - ESO IVT Guidelines 2019
21. Optional Reading - ESO MT guidlines 2019
22. Optional Reading - TNK Meta Analysis
23. Optional Reading - TPA 4.5-9 hours
24. Optional Reading - WAKE UP
25. Additional Reading Material Module 5
26. Assigment 1 - Module 5
27. Assignment 2 - Module 5
28. Post Test - Module 5
1. Introduction
2. Lecture 1 - Secondary Stroke Prevention 1
3. Lecture 2 - Secondary Stroke Prevention 2
4. Lecture 3 - Cryptogenic Strokes
5. Required reading - AHA/ASA Secondary stroke prevention guidelines-2021
6. Required reading - Efficacy and safety of using dual vs single antiplatelet in secondary stroke prevention
7. Required reading - Guideline disparities in cervical artery dissection management
8. Required reading - PFO closure- Meta analysis
9. Required Reading - Stroke prevention after cryptogenic stroke
10. Required Reading - Inherited Thrombophilias
11. Required Reading -Atrial Fibrillation- Towards a new classification
12. Additional Reading Material - Module 6
13. Module 6 - Assignment 1
14. Module 6 - Assignment 2
1. Introduction and Objectives
2. Intruduction Module 7
3. Pre Test - Module 7
4. Lecture 1 - Management of intracerebral hemorrhage
5. Lecture 2 - Etiology of intracerebral hemorrhage
6. Required Reading - AHA Guidelines for Acute ICH
7. Required reading - Intracerebral hemorrhage – Adnan Qureshi
8. Optional reading - Charcot-Bouchard Aneurysm review
9. Optional Reading - Anticoagulation resumption after ICH
10. Optional Reading - Post ARUBA
11. Assignment module 7
12. Post Test - Module 7
1. Introduction & Objectives
2. Pre test - module 8
3. Lecture 1 - Epidemiology and clinical presentation
4. Lecture 2 - Early Management and Stabilization
5. Lecture 3 - Delayed complications and clinical monitoring
6. Required Reading - International subarachnoid aneurysm trial (ISAT)
7. Required Reading - Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
8. Optional Reading - Subarachnoid haemorrhage
9. Assignment Module 8
10. Post Test - Module 8
1. Introduction & Objectives
2. Pre-Test - module 9
3. Lecture 1 - Cerebral Vasculitis
4. Lecture 2 - Cerebral vein thrombosis
5. Lecture 3 - Infective endocarditis
6. Lecture 4 - Cerebrovascular dissections
7. Required reading - Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
8. Required Reading - Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
9. Post-Test - Module 9
1. Introduction & Objectives
2. Pre-Test - Module 10
3. Lecture 1-Non-Inflammatory Arteriopathies
4. Lecture 2-Substance Abuse
5. Lecture 3-Antiphospholipid Syndrome
6. Lecture 4-Thrombophilias
7. Assignment - Module 10
8. Post-Test - Module 10
1. Pre Test-Module 11
2. Stroke Core Measures: The Science behind it
3. Primary Stroke Centre
4. Stroke program build - a discussion with participants - June 29th 2021
5. Required Reading-Hypercoagulability and Stroke
6. Assignment - module 11
7. Post Test-Module 11
1. Introduction and Objectives
2. Pre module survey- Module 12
3. Pre test - module 12
4. Lecture 1 - Disability etiquettes in stroke care
5. Lecture 2 - EBM resources in stroke rehab
6. Lecture 3 - Insights on Stroke Rehabilitation
7. Lecture 4 - AHA Guidelines Stroke rehabilitation
8. Required Reading - Role of Neurologists in Stroke : Different schools of thought
9. Required reading - Board Review Stroke Rehabilitation
10. Optional reading - AHA Guidelines Stroke Rehabilitation
11. Optional reading - Canadian Best Practice Recommendations
12. Optional reading - Cochrane (on very early mobilization)
13. Optional reading - EBRSR evidence summary (Refer to Conclusions)
14. Optional reading - Evidence based toolkit for upper limb recovery
15. Optional reading - Gait rehabilitation technology in stroke (review)
16. Optional reading - Neural repair treatments (review)
17. Optional reading - Neuroplasticity _ stroke - interesting read
18. Optional reading - Neuroplasticity basis of stroke rehab
19. Optional reading - Pharmcological augmentation + Rehab (review)
20. Optional reading - Use of AFO post stroke (best practice statement)
21. Post test module 12
22. Post module survey 12
23. Assignment module 12 - Stroke Rehabilitation
1. Introduction & Objectives
2. Pre test - module 12b
3. Download Assignment Template
4. Lecture 1 : Rethinking Art of Spasticity Treatment
5. Lecture 2 - Spasticity - Integrated Statement and Universal Model of Care
6. Lecture 3 - BoNTx Spasticity
7. Required Reading-Post stroke spasticity
8. Required Reading-Appropriate positioning
9. Required Reading-Chemodenervation and nerve blocks
10. Optional Reading-A unified global approach in spasticity Rx
11. Optional Reading-Taxonomy of spastic peresis
12. Optional Reading - Updates on PSS World Congress 2021
13. Optional Reading-Overview Spasticity-PSS
14. Optional Reading-Pathophysiology of Spasticity
15. Optional Reading-Consensus statements-guidelines-BSRM-RMSANZ
16. Optional Reading-Evidence Cochrance-MDT-Non Pharmacologial
17. Optional Reading-Immobility Hazards-positioning-mobility
18. Optional Reading-Anticoagulation in spasticity Rx
19. Optional Reading-Surgical Treatments Spasticity
20. Assignment - Module 12b
21. Post test - module 12b

About this course

$500.00
250 lessons
94 hours of video content