Regional Stroke Rounds

Tuesdays 0700 – 0800

Please join us for these dynamic case-based discussions where participants will be able to:

• Discuss diagnosis and management of TIA and different stroke types.
• Explain the indication and interpretation of common imaging modalities used to diagnose stroke (i.e. CT/MRI).
• Discuss difficult TIA/stroke cases from diagnosis, prognosis or treatment standpoint.

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Target Audience: Physicians interested in stroke care practicing at North East Designated Stroke Centres or Telestroke Sites including (but not limited to) Emergency, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, as well as as well as Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Physicians and Stroke Nurse.

Moderator: Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, MBBS DM PDF (Stroke) Stroke Neurologist, Health Sciences North

This educational opportunity is accredited through the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Continuing Education and Professional Development Office.

Aquatic Therapy Course: Evidence-based Practice in Neurology

Instructor: Alison Bonnyman, MSc, BScPT

Overview:

• This course has a focus on basic and advanced aquatic physical therapy to address therapeutic goals in the area of neurology. The course includes theory and practice of aquatic therapy techniques, the latest research, use of outcome measures and the development of effective, evidence-based, sustainable programming.

Date and Time: Friday, October 25, 2024; 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location: Health Sciences North therapy pool, 1st floor

Target Audience: Health Care Providers working in Stroke Care across Northeastern Ontario with an interest in aquatic therapy

Cost: $50

Registration: Link to follow

Please email Sue Verrilli if interested in attending this course. Registration will be limited.

The following education events are being planned and information on the dates, cost and registration information will follow.

• Stroke Symposium, Theme: Return to Community, January 30, 2025, virtual
• Learn to Screen Driver Safety, online and interactive course for Health Care Providers, Winter 2024-25
• Motivational Interviewing, virtual course over 3 lunch hours in February 2025, instructor is Dr. Marilyn Herie
• NDT: Developing Support and Reach in the Upper Extremity, in-person course at Health Sciences North, Instructor Karen Guha, March 1, 2025

The Northeastern Ontario Stroke Network YouTube channel contains archived webinars of interest for those working in stroke care.

Archived Webinars include:

•  Interprofessional Workshop on Best Practices for Managing Perceptual Impairments Post-Stroke, Anita Menon, March 2024. 
• Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada Webinar, Kerrie St. Jean and Teresa Guolla, May 18, 2023
• Rehabilitation after Stroke: Adding to your Toolbox Symposium, February 3, 2023
  • Post Stroke Fatigue: Frustrated and Invisible, by Dr. Christine Yang and Patricia Rodgers, OT
  • No Patient Left Behind: Optimizing Use of Telehealth Technology to Support Rehabilitation, Dr. Mark Bayley
  • Moving Stroke Research to Practice to Benefit People with Lived Experience, Dr. Janice Eng
  • Practical Strategies for Working with Stroke Patients with Cognitive Impairments, Dr. Lyn Turkstra, SLP
  • Sharing My Lived Experience, John Q. Smith, Person with Lived Experience
• Pan Northern Webinar: TIA and Neurology Education Session, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, MD and Brett Caccamo, Medical Student NOSM, October 19, 2022
• Health Sciences North’s EVT Program – How it Started; How It’s Going, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, Provincial Stroke Rounds, October 5, 2022
• Behaviour Change Post Stroke, Margo Collver
• Post Stroke Transitional Care Program, Sheryl Pierman
• Acute Stroke Care Symposium 2022, including:
  • Tom O’Flanagan, person with lived experience
  • Overview of the Stroke System in NEO, Susan Bursey
  • Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentations of Stroke, Dr. Aviraj Deshmukh
  • Overview of Hyper-acute Stroke Treatment, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
  • Identification and Management of Post-stroke Complications, Dr. Rick Kvas
  • Stroke Care Path: The Importance of Systematic and Standardized Care, Deanne Bacvar and Nick Noob
  • Dysphagia and Oral Care: Prevention and Treatment, Carrie Linklater
  • Cognition and Visual Perceptual Deficits after Stroke, Kassi Fritz
  • Managing Shoulder Pain after Stroke – Positioning and Protection, John Power
• Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations Secondary Prevention Update, Colleen Murphy
• GRASP Training, Dr. Janice Eng
• Stroke Prevention and TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) Management Workshop, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) or Stroke: Does Etiology Matter?, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• Evolution of Diagnostic Criteria for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Provincial Stroke Rounds, April 7, 2021,
• Acute Stroke Therapy: Evidence and Implications, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh
• Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke: Quick Review of Evidence and Patient Selection, Dr. Ravinder-Jeet Singh, December 14, 2021