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: 

Upon completion of this course, learners should be able to:

1. Practice interpretation of (vascular) neuroimaging

2. Correlate neuroimaging to patient presentation

3. Review common imaging nomenclature and terminology

4. Support participants with stroke patient management cases

5. 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 each RSS session for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians and 1.50 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.