Description: 

Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians seek to improve their knowledge and skills to evaluate, assess, diagnose, and manage complex stroke cases. Stroke case studies and practice-based neurological patient care management will promote interactive dialogue to improve overall neurological knowledge, competency, and performance of the clinical care team. Specialist physicians, APCs, and RNs from neurology, neuroradiology, emergency medicine, neurosurgery, will have an opportunity to provide and receive feedback and or recommendations from peer physician specialists – an opportunity to learn with and from each other.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Learning Objectives

After completion of this activity, learners/ attendees should be able to:

• Correlate neuroimaging to patient presentation to improve interpretation of (vascular) neuroimaging.
• Review common imaging nomenclature and terminology.
• Integrate current best practice recommendations for stroke patient management o Review social issues, age, gender, language and ethnicity impact on clinical presentation.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians and 1.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

Attendance & Credit Claiming

Text the 6-letter attendance verification code to (916) 866-7913 to claim credit.