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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
In the field of stroke, CHSS has a team of Stroke Training Co-ordinators who develop, plan and deliver training for health and social care professionals and informal carers. The 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 Borders
Conferences
Conferences of interest in the respiratory, cardiac and stroke fields are advertised in this page.
Scottish Heart Courses
Details of Heart Courses round Scotland for health professionals.
Scottish Stroke Courses
Details of Stroke Courses round Scotland for health professionals.
Stroke Core Competencies
The National Advisory Committee for Stroke commissioned NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to produce the “Stroke Core Competencies for Healthcare Staff” document which was launched in April 2005. Details of the competencies and the related documents on this page.
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 which were published by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in 2005.
It is now available at www.strokecorecompetencies.org
Study Resources
CHSS have developed general, chest, heart and stroke resources to assist with undertaking study.
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