2023 Comprehensive Stroke Symposium Stroke at its Core

Friday, September 8, 2023, 7:00 AM - Saturday, September 9, 2023, 4:30 PM, Bethesda Marriott Pooks Hill, Bethesda, MD


This stroke symposium is organized to provide an overview of recent updates and discuss practical issues surrounding the provision of state-of-the-art stroke care. Through formal lectures, case presentations, and interactive sessions, this comprehensive stroke conference will explore critical issues surrounding the assessment, management, and prognosis of stroke in the acute, sub-acute, and non-acute settings. This conference will equip health care providers with up-to-date, practical, evidence-based information about early stroke identification, evaluation, treatment, transport, and management. Through lectures, case presentations with interactive audience response sessions, and open discussions, this conference will highlight the most recent AHA/ASA acute ischemic stroke guidelines (2021), cutting-edge interventions, and research (trials from ISC 2023).

1. Identify strategies to streamline early stroke identification (pre-hospital/hospital).
2. Describe the most important acute brain and vessel imaging modalities e.g. CT/CTA, MRI/MRA, and conventional angiography, along with the benefits, risks, and limitations of each.
3. Describe appropriate acute stroke intervention protocols for thrombolysis and embolectomy.
4. Design and develop appropriate policies to rapidly and appropriately transfer patients to Comprehensive Stroke Centers for a higher level of care or acute interventions.
5. Discuss the management of patients post-thrombolysis or other complications from acute interventions, especially in the COVID era.
6. Discuss secondary stroke prevention strategies including medical management, and surgical options based on the specific etiology of the stroke.
7. Describe the components of pre-hospital EMS screening of large vessel occlusion strokes.
8. Describe the evidence-based practice for acute treatment and management of patients with acute stroke.
9. Identify complications and associated interventions that may occur during the ICU care of the acute stroke patient.
10. Discuss pros and cons to using tPA vs TNK for the acute stroke patient and logistics for conversion to TNK.
11. Discuss medications utilized in secondary stroke prevention.
12. Identify the roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team involved in the collaborative care of patients with acute stroke.
13. Integrate a team-based approach in the care of patients with acute stroke.

Early Bird rate now through July 10

• Physician $175
• Resident/Fellow $75
• Physician Assistant $75
• Nurse Practitioner $75
• Nurse $75
• Occupational Therapist $75
• Physical Therapist $75
• Pharmacist $75
• Allied Health Professional $75
• Industry Professional $350

Advance Purchase and Onsite Rate July 10 to September 9

• Physician $295
• Resident/Fellow $150
• Physician Assistant $150
• Nurse Practitioner $150
• Nurse $150
• Occupational Therapist $150
• Physical Therapist $150
• Pharmacist $150
• Allied Health Professional $150
• Industry Professional $350

Please contact [email protected] or (833) 731-1273 for registration assistance

 

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

 

Credit Designation Statement:

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 9.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

 

Physicians: MedStar Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Board of Internal Medicine MOC Credit:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 9.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

 

Nurses: This activity is approved for 9.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists: This activity is approved for 9.00 contact hours. This learning activity is knowledge-based. The Universal Activity Number for this program is UAN# JA4008151-0000-23-036-L01-P

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Physician (9.00 hours), Nurse - ANCC (9.00 hours), Non-Physician Member of the Healthcare Team (9.00 hours), Pharmacist - ACPE (9.00 hours), IPCE (9.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (9.00 hours)

Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road
Bethesda, MD 20814

Reservation link coming soon!

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

MedStar Health adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

If you are interested in supporting the program, please contact Elizabeth Romano at [email protected].