RECORDED WEBINAR SUMMARY

IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2017 NATIONAL STROKE GUIDELINES

This 1-hr webinar will help occupational therapists understand how the 2017 Australian stroke guidelines were developed, how research was identified and appraised, how recommendations were made, and implications for practice. Content will be relevant to hospital-based therapists, those working in outpatient or day therapy services, community and residential settings. Of the eight chapters, most time will be spent reviewing the rehabilitation chapter, managing complications chapter, and the community participation and long-term care chapter.

The webinar will demonstrate how to download PDF copies of each chapter, and conclude with suggestions for evaluating practice against the guideline recommendations.

SUITABLE FOR

Suitable for clinicians at any stage of their career

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Download PDF copies of the guideline chapters from the InformMe website
• Understand the GRADE rating system for appraising research studies
• Understand the difference between strong, weak and consensus-based recommendations
• View and interpret the research evidence and rationale associated with topics
• Plan how to audit practice against the guideline recommendations

PRESENTER

Annie McCluskey

Annie is an occupational therapist, educator, health services researcher and implementation scientist. She is an honorary academic at the University of Sydney and James Cook University, and member of The Stroke Collaboration, which delivers evidence-based stroke rehabilitation workshops. Between 2015 and 2017, Annie led the Occupational Therapy Working Party which appraised research and wrote several of the 2017 stroke guideline recommendations.

WEBINAR DETAILS

CPD HOURS:
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 1

DATE:
This is a recorded webinar session that was held in December 2017

ACCESS:
This resource is run through our external learning platform - Course Genius. All registrants will receive an email containing information on how to set up their online course account and/ or a  notification that a course has been allocated to them. Please be sure to check all email folders including junk and clutter. 

To ensure you receive all correspondence we recommend registering for this workshop with a personal email address.

REGISTRATION FEES & INCLUSIONS

FEES:
This webinar is free for OTA Members.
Non Member: $40

^{(All pricing is inclusive of GST)}

Registrations close Thursday 22 October 2020, 11.55pm AEST 

Members must be logged in with username and password in order to register at the member rate.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS (T&C)

T&C's are available here

CONTACT US

Please direct all enquiries to info@otaus.com.au or phone 1300 682 878