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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 care and the development of new care initiatives.
- CHSS training courses
- Stroke core competencies
- STARs project
- 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 Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- NHS Lanarkshire
- NHS Lothian and NHS Borders
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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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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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