Education

  • The development of best practices at the national and provincial levels and the creation of the BC Provincial Stroke Action Plan has revitalized the need for a more organized, centralized and comprehensive approach to stroke education for health care providers. Click here for the Professional Educational Atlas, a summary of educational initiatives available across Canada and health regions in BC. Please note that links to on-line resources and reference materials must be copied and pasted into your web browser.
  • Stroke education for nurses has been identified as one of the major gaps in realizing best practice in stroke care within BC. To gain a better understanding of this issue and to provide recommendations in the development of a provincial stroke action plan, the BC Stroke Strategy conducted an educational needs assessment in June and July 2010. Click here for the results of the survey and the report's recommendations.

Road Map to the BCSS

  • This roadmap documents the evolution of the BC Stroke Strategy over the past four years and looks to the future. It was presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Quebec City in June 2010.

BC Stroke Strategy Abstracts

  • Four BC Stroke Strategy initiatives were profiled at the Canadian Stroke Congress in Quebec City in June 2010: Rapid TIA Units, Measurement and Evaluation, St. Paul's Hospital TIA Pathway and the BC Stroke Registry. Download abstracts here.

Stroke and Dementia

  • As part of the BC Stroke Strategy, H. Krueger & Associates Inc. developed a discussion paper outlining the relationship between stroke and dementia. “Stroke and Dementia: Overlap and Opportunity” is based on the evidence available as of January 2010. It concludes that stroke and dementia “are indeed associated,” and preventing stroke could have the added benefit of reducing dementia in society.

Bibliography

  • Click here for a list of stroke-related and professional articles We regret that we are unable to provide copies of these articles, but you may be able to find them through medical libraries and websites.
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