Stroke Day 2023

This event will be held online only and will be recorded

Description

Stroke day is a full day of education about stroke and related cerebrovascular diseases. This will include hyper acute, acute, inpatient and outpatient managements of stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic), stroke prevention at the family physician’s office, management of atrial fibrillations and uses of anticoagulation, TIA recognitions and managements, stroke in the young, brain images in stroke and an update on Stroke Rehabilitation.
During this event the participants will have good opportunity to establish network connections with other colleagues and to have a direct communication with local speakers.

Learning Objectives

• Approach to patients with TIAs and minor stroke. Also learn about the advanced process of how, who and when we should refer those patients to stroke clinics, from either a family physician clinic and/or emergency department. (Health Advocate, Collaborator, Professional, Leader, Communicator)
• Understand the dilemma with Atrial Fibrillation from identifying and management in TIAs and stroke patients as well as address the uses of anticoagulations. Be aware of stroke mimics and its presentation. Learn about advances in therapy of carotid disease. Also to learn about image findings in stroke. (Health Advocate, Collaborator, Professional, Leader, Communicator, Scholar)
•  Identify the rules of Heart and Stroke Foundation in public education and supporting stroke care across the nation. Be aware of high risks of Dementia and cognitive issues in patients with TIAs and stroke, and how to reduce such risks. (Health Advocate, Collaborator, Professional, Leader, Communicator, Scholar)
• Learn about the importance and the valuable services provided by community stroke program in Manitoba. (Communicator, Collaborator, Health Advocate, Professional, Leader)

Agenda

0800 Welcome
Acute Ischemic Stroke – Moderator: Dr Brian Schmidt
0800 Imaging in Stroke-baseline CT/CTA and CTP, Dr. Jai Jai Shankar
0815 IV Thrombolysis-latest evidence, Dr Esseddeeg Ghrooda
0830 Endovascular Thrombectomy (EVT)-latest evidence, Dr. James McEachern
0845 Prehospital stroke triage and management, Dr. Rob Grierson
0900 TIA/Minor Stroke-latest evidence, Dr. Babawale Arabambi 
0915 Tele stroke in MB, Susan Alcock
0930 Resident Case Presentation- Supervisor neurology, Dr Zohaib Siddiqi, Dr Anurag Trivedi
0945 15 Minute Panel Discussion

1000 Break

Moderator – Dr. Numan Amir
1015 ICH management-latest evidence, Dr. Joseph Silvaggio
1030 Approach to carotid intervention, Dr. Mohammed Suheel Abdul Salam
1045 Stroke in Children – Dr. Mubeen Rafay
1100 Physiatry management of common post stroke complications – Dr. Sepideh Pooyania
1115 Post stroke spasticity management – Dr. Chetan Vekhande
1130 Top 5 papers in 2023 – Dr. Radhika Kadangot
1145 15 Minute Panel Discussion

1200 Lunch

Moderator: Dr. Michael Cossoy
1300 Approach to carotid disease – Dr. Nishita Singh
1315 Atrial Fibrillation- screening and management- Dr. Ali Khadem
1330 Management of cryptogenic stroke/ESUS – Dr. Arturo Tamayo
1345 15 Minute Panel Discussion

1400 Break

Moderator: Dr. Numan Amir
1415 Canadian Best Practice Guidelines- Update, Dr. Claudia Candale-Radu
1430 Stroke unit -evidence, Dr. Ankur Wadhwa
1445 Stroke clinic triaging, Angela Robinson
1500 15 Minute Panel Discussion
1515 Evaluations and Closing

Registration

Physicians: $175
Allied Health Professionals: $65
Residents/Students: $30

Registration also provides access to the recording post event. Recordings will be accessible in your CPD account
~ 7-14 days after the session date.

Connection details will be emailed to registered participants ~24 hours prior to each event date. Please ensure that your email address is up to date in your CPD profile and add contactcca@umanitoba.ca to your safe sender list, if possible. Contact your organization’s helpdesk or IT department if you are not receiving email messages from us.

As Per CPD Medicine policy, the department requires any refund or cancelation request to be submitted in writing up to fourteen (14) days prior to the program start date . A $50 administrative fee will be withheld to cover transaction and administrative costs. Refund or cancelation requests made less than fourteen (14) days notice may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Study Credits

This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 5.75 Mainpro+ credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for a maximum of 5.75 hours.

Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended.

The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME