Stroke Resources

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Stroke Resources

Medscape CME

• Medscape provides online, evidence-based CME activities on current stroke research.

myCME

• myCME offers highly credible, rigorous, certified CME/CE programs on current stroke research.

American Heart Association

• AHA Journals CME provides recent research on stroke for CME credit. Click on "Stroke, Ischemic" in the catalog on the left-hand side.

• Search AHA's Professional Education Center Catalog for CME activities. 

MUSC Resources

REACH (Remote Evaluation of Acute ischemic Stroke)

• MUSC’s stroke team provides urgent consultations at select hospitals in South Carolina through a Web-based outreach initiative called REACH MUSC.  

MUSC Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Care

• One of the nation's largest teams of top stroke and cerebrovascular specialists supported by a full range of leading-edge technology and facilities

MUSC Stroke Research and Education Center

• The MUSC Stroke Research and Education Center provides expertise and mentoring services for enhancing research opportunities and grant development focused on stroke.   

MUSC Department of Neurology

• MUSC Health has one of the nation’s largest and most experienced teams of neuroscience specialists. Our distinction as South Carolina’s only academic medical center means our doctors offer the most advanced treatments for people with nervous system disorders.

Publications

Journal of the American Heart Association

• Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) is an authoritative, peer-reviewed Open Access journal focusing on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. JAHA provides a global forum for basic and clinical research and timely reviews on cardiovascular disease and stroke. As an Open Access journal, its content is free on publication to read, download, and share, accelerating the translation of strong science into effective practice.

Stroke

• ‘Stroke’ reports clinical and experimental information on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. Editorial features include: Original Contributions, Basic Science Advances for Clinicians, Emerging Therapy Critiques, Topical Reviews, Progress Reviews, Brief Reports, Case Reports, Comments and Opinions, Reviews, Editorials, Controversies in Stroke, and Cochrane Corner. ‘Stroke’ is affiliated with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

International Alliance for Pediatric Stroke

• The International Alliance for Pediatric Stroke (IAPS) was established to facilitate collaboration among the many worldwide pediatric stroke communities. The purpose of IAPS is to provide leadership for partnerships with global pediatric stroke communities for advancing awareness, knowledge, and research for babies and children who have been impacted by stroke.

Videos & Presentations

American Heart Association

• Access Stroke Journal webinars. The webinars consist of a structured lecture with appropriate slides relevant to the topic under discussion.

• Access numerous Focus on Quality Webinars related to AFIB, Stroke, and Heart Failure.

Patient Education

MUSC SC Research Center for Recovery from Stroke

• A visual graphic (PDF) of the effects of stroke.

American Stroke Association

• Access numerous patient education resources.
• Learn how to recognize a stroke and take action.
• Learn how 500 hospitals are improving outcomes for stroke patients through American Stroke Association's Target Stroke.
• Access Health care provider resources, customizable, and F.A.S.T. materials.

American Heart Association

• Access guidelines, patient management tools, clinical tools, and patient educational materials.

Stroke Associations & Organizations

National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke

• Access numerous publications about stroke, such as risk factors and prevention.

National Stroke Association

• Access the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, stroke clinical updates, StrokeSmart Magazine, and Brain Alert Newsletter.

American Heart Association

• A national voluntary health agency to help reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

American Stroke Association

• Focuses on reducing disability and death from stroke.

South Carolina Heart and Stroke Care Alliance

• Focuses on improving heart and stroke care in South Carolina.

The American Stroke Foundation

• Provides a unique, post-rehabilitation experience for stroke survivors. They offer classes and programs that address survivors’ physical, cognitive, social and emotional well-being.

The Stroke Belt Consortium

• Brings together the key leaders from these various groups to tackle and solve some of the major issues related to stroke care, treatment, prevention, and education as it affects the Stroke Belt region and its citizens.

The Brain Attack Coalition

• Dedicated to setting direction, advancing knowledge, and communicating best practices to improve our ability to prevent and combat stroke.

emPOWERED to Serve

• An education and awareness campaign of the American Heart Association that embraces and celebrates the culture, energy, creativity and lifestyles of Americans