These courses are intended for internal hospital staff.

Activity Description:

Stroke council is a multi disciplinary team that meets monthly to discuss all aspects of the stroke program at the Medical Center of Aurora.  We discuss protocols and polices and make changes based on evidence based practice to optimize care for patients.  We review current research and practice guidelines to guide care.  Specific patient cases are reviewed on a monthly basis with the use of radiologic imaging to demonstrate disease pathology.  Learning objectives are centered around the specific pathologies discovered on these individual patients.

Target Audience: 

Anesthesiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, Oncology, Pathology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Surgery, Urology

Learning Objectives:

• Identify areas for practice improvement based on program performance.  Evaluation of processes in place, and make changes based on results for best patient care.
• Summarize updated research guidelines, new research, other potential practice changes.  Evaluate research and practice guidelines for potential changes in practice.
• Apply knowledge through case studies.  Expand knowledge of neurologic conditions based on presenting symptoms, test results, and radiologic imaging.

Moderator:

Suzanne Clausen, NP-C, SCRN

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.