Acute Stroke Action Program
An RACGP and ACRRM accredited CPD activity (40 points)
Every nineteen minutes an Australian has a stroke. 1
Could your patients be better protected?
Find out how by participating in Acute Stroke Action Program
Overview
GPs have a key role to play in stroke prevention and in minimising its potentially devastating impact if it does occur. This program will assist GPs in proactively identifying patients within their practice who are at increased risk of stroke and systematically implementing guideline-based management approaches to reduce stroke risk. It will also assist GPs in developing strategies to educate their staff and patients on recognising the signs and symptoms of stroke and the need for rapid action. The program will help GPs by identifying the acute stroke resources in their area and the options which might be considered for their patients suffering an acute stroke.
Steering Committee
This meeting content was developed with input from the following Steering Committee:
- Dr Tim Ang, Neurologist
- Dr Ken Butcher, Neurologist
- Dr Simon Eggleton, Cardiologist
- Dr Martin Jude, Neurologist
- Dr Ashley Morgan, GP
- Dr Genevieve Thompson, GP
The Acute Stroke Action Program consists of three components
Module 1: Stroke prevention in general practice
- Online pre-work (1 hour)
- A hypothetical case study is used to examine stroke risk factors and best practice approach to management in general practice.
Module 2: Stroke management in general practice
- Live meeting (1.5 hours)
- Presented by a leading Australian neurologist a hypothetical case study is used to assist GPs in reducing risk of stroke in patients they see everyday, including expert opinions in how to manage the patients not always included in the guidelines, developing strategies to educate their staff and patients on recognising the signs and symptoms of stroke and the need for rapid action.
Module 3: Stroke prevention protocol in your practice
- In-practice activity (3.5 hours)
- Put what you have learnt into action by proactively identifying patients within your practice who are at increased risk of stroke and systematically implement guideline-based management approaches to reduce stroke risk and provide patient education. Learn about the resources Stroke Foundation have to help you and your patients with the stroke pathway.
Learning outcomes
At the conclusion of the full educational program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the serious burden of stroke in Australia and the challenges that need to be overcome to reduce this burden
- Proactively identify patients at increased risk of stroke within their practice
- Implement guideline-based management approaches to reduce risk of stroke in both patients at risk for stroke and those who have had a prior stroke
- Triage patients with acute stroke to help ensure optimal outcomes
- Develop practical strategies within their practice to ensure F.A.S.T. awareness
ASAP program milestones
- Register for the program by providing your details using the form below.
- You will then be able to access the ‘activity and Module 1’ for review and completion.
- Upon completion, please send the summary sheet for Module 1 to the education provider: DDB Remedy.
- Attend the live meeting with leading stroke neurologist.
- Following the meeting you will be sent the details for Module 3 & all of the documents you will need for RACGP accreditation.
- Upon completion of Module 3 please ensure you have completed the Formal Assessment and submitted the Confirmation of Program Completion form to the education providers, DDB Remedy who will process your 40 CPD points.
Questions
For any questions concerning the program please contact the education providers at remedy.education@syd.ddb.com
Reference
1. Stroke Foundation. National Stroke Audit – Acute Services Report 2019. Melbourne, Australia
Privacy
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Boehringer Ingelheim Privacy statement:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pty Limited, ABN 52 000 452 308 (BIPL/Program Sponsor) is partnering with DDB Remedy, an RACGP CPD accredited provider, and The Stroke Foundation to organise the logistics associated with your attendance and the processing of your RACGP CPD requirements. Please see separate link for details of The Stroke Foundation’s privacy policy. All information collected by DDB Remedy for the purposes of this event will be deleted by DDB Remedy within a reasonable period following completion of the program and RACGP CPD processes. DDB Remedy will submit your personal information to the RACGP for processing as per your registration instructions.
DDB Remedy will provide your personal information to the Program Sponsor Boehringer Ingelheim for the purposes of: additional logistical arrangements related to your registration and attendance to the Acute Stroke Action Program managed by DDB Remedy; and for the purposes of follow up by Boehringer Ingelheim and The Stroke Foundation about this educational program, in addition to purposes related to educational and promotional communication about our products and services and to respond to your questions or requests. If you do not provide the requested personal information to us, or if you use a pseudonym, we may not be able to fully and effectively respond to your questions or requests and we will not be able to keep you up-to-date with our educational and promotional information. BIPL may share the information with our related group companies and/or third party service providers (located outside of Australia including but not limited to New Zealand, Germany, USA and Japan) who we engage to assist us with this purpose and when we do, we will take reasonable measures to ensure that those third party service providers comply with the BIPL Privacy Policies and are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”) or similar privacy obligations. Our Privacy Policies contain information about how you can access and request the correction of your personal information. It also contains information about how you can make a complaint about a breach of the APPs and how we will deal with your complaint. You can contact our Privacy Officer at PrivacyOfficer.SYD@boehringer-ingelheim.com. You can view the Boehringer Ingelheim Privacy Policy at http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.au/data-privacy.
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