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Date & Location
Friday, May 14, 2021, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Virtual event, Richmond, VA

Target Audience
Specialties - Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine , Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacist, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Physicians, Speech Language Pathology, Vascular Surgery

Overview
Treatment and early diagnosis of stroke can have a profound lasting impact on patient outcomes and mortality. This year's annual activity will focus on diagnosis, management, treatment, and rehabilitation of diseases of the brain with emphasis on interdisciplinary practice for both the adult and pediatric stroke patient as well as foster networking and collaboration among clinical disciplines within the region. Current and future treatment options will be addressed, along with patient care issues and prevention of possible complications.

The VCU Health Comprehensive Stroke Symposium is committed to advancing the knowledge of nurses, advanced practice providers and other healthcare professionals in most current concepts and advancements in the care of patients with cerebrovascular disease. As an academic tertiary referral center, VCU Health cares for complex stroke patients, pediatrics to adults, throughout the continuum of care from emergency care to in-patient rehabilitation and out-patient stroke clinics.



Objectives
  1. Compare and contrast tenecteplase versus alteplase for stroke
  2. Outline new evidence supporting extension of the thrombolysis treatment window
  3. Identify strategies essential for managing the challenges facing children with stroke
  4. Describe alternative surgical procedures for carotid artery revascularization
  5. Review post acute stroke management techniques
  6. Describe how to incorporate ABCDE mobility bundle into practice
  7. Discuss neuroplasticity and biomedical therapeutic options
  8. Review interprofessional stroke management team member roles and scopes of practice
  9. Apply the knowledge gained to provide effective team-based patient care assessment and early intervention to prevent stroke complications

Registration
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Registration Fees

$120 - General Registration

 

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Cancellation Policy

We will issue refunds up until 5 days after the event to the original payment method. Refund requests need to be submitted in writing to [email protected].

 

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education 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.

 

VCU Health Continuing Education  designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 

This activity provides 6.5 contact hours (.65 CEUs) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA4008237-0000-21-014-L01-P.

 

NOTE FOR PHARMACISTS: Upon closing of the online evaluation, VCU Health CE will upload the pharmacy-related continuing education information to CPE Monitor within 60 days. Per ACPE rules, VCU Health CE does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information [NABP ePID and DOB (in MMDD format)] in order to receive credit for participating in a CE activity.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. VCU Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 6.5 continuing education credits.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

 

Disclaimers 
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you.  

 

Additional Information

Accommodations
All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. 


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.50 hours), ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (6.50 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (6.50 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credit (6.50 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (6.50 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (6.50 hours)