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Education And Training

Education and training are taking on an increasingly important role for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS), not only in activities geared towards prevention but also in the improvement of health and social care and the development of new care initiatives.

Over the last few years CHSS have worked with the Scottish Government, professionals from clinical practice and academia, to develop and facilitate national training initiatives, both in face to face format and as electronic learning resources. CHSS are also involved in the design, development and dissemination of tools that allow learners to evidence the application of new knowledge and skills to their practice.

• CHSS training courses
• Funding applications
• Stroke core competencies
• STARs project
• The Stroke Competency Toolkit (SCoT)
• Stroke4Carers
• Conferences
• Scottish chest courses
• Scottish heart courses
• Scottish stroke courses
• Study resources

CHSS training courses

In the field of stroke, CHSS has a team of Stroke Training Coordinators and a Stroke Practice Development Facilitator who develop, plan and deliver training for health and social care professionals and informal carers. The CHSS training courses aim to improve knowledge, skills and confidence in relation to stroke care. The training is available in:

• NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• NHS Fife
• NHS Grampian
• NHS Lanarkshire
• NHS Lothian and NHS Borders

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Funding applications

Information about how to apply for Practice Development, Travel and Stroke Innovation Awards from CHSS.

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Stroke core competencies

The National Advisory Committee for Stroke commissioned NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to produce the Stroke Core Competencies for Healthcare Staff. This document was launched in April 2005.

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STARs project

Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)

This project developed an e–learning resource to provide a learning tool for health and social care staff to enable them to become more knowledgeable and skilful in the challenging area of stroke care. The resource is based on the Stroke Core Competencies.

STARs website is available at www.StrokeTraining.org

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The Stroke Competency Toolkit (SCoT)

The Stroke Competency Toolkit (SCoT) is a CPD resource which has been developed by Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and NHS Lanarkshire and funded by NHS Education Scotland (NES). It is now available for staff working in Stroke Units across Scotland. It is based on the Stroke Core Competencies.

Stroke4Carers

This e–learning resource provides a set of topics which which will provide online advice, support and information for informal carers.

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Conferences

Conferences of interest in the chest, heart and stroke fields are advertised in this page.

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Scottish chest courses

Details of chest courses in Scotland for health professionals.

Scottish heart courses

Details of heart courses in Scotland for health professionals.

Scottish stroke courses

Details of stroke courses in Scotland for health professionals.

Study resources

CHSS have developed general, chest, heart and stroke resources to assist with undertaking study.

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