Continuing Professional Development
Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care: 2008 Toolkit
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Healthcare Professionals - provides sound scientific cadio/cerebrovascular-related information, best practice guidelines, educational programs, and resources that can be easily ordered or accessed.
Stroke and Transient Ishcemic Attack - Management and Prevention - Government of British Columbia Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee
Facilitator Training for Heart to Heart™ and Living With Stroke™ - Oct. 2010 - Yorkton, SK
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan is offering Facilitator Training to train new Facilitators for the Heart to Heart and Living With Stroke programs. It will be in Yorkton on Oct. 14th (4:30 - 8:30) and Oct. 15th (all day). See links below for further information.
Background Information on Heart to Heart
Background Information on Living With Stroke
For further information, please contact Cora Janzen at 1-888-473-4636 ext 240 or janzenc@hsf.sk.ca
Telehealth Sessions in Saskatchewan
None scheduled at this time. Stay tuned for announcements on future sessions.
Past documents and powerpoint presentations from Saskatchewan Telehealth sessions:
Communication: How it Relates to Competence & Assessment in the Patient with Aphasia - Janet McLean, SLP. Presented Dec. 14, 2009. Click here to view the powerpoint.
The Alberta Provincial Stroke Strategy offers regular Telehealth sessions for healthcare providers on a variety of stroke related topics across the continuum of stroke care. These sessions can be accessed through Telehealth Saskatchewan sites. Please contact your local Saskatchewan telehealth coordinator to inquire about joining a broadcast (click here). Once presentation handouts become available, they will be posted on the APSS Website at: http://www.strokestrategy.ab.ca/telehealth_presentations.html
Next scheduled sessions:
Stay tuned for future announcements on upcoming sessions.
For a listing of planned sessions and to view powerpoint presentations of earlier sessions please click here.