StrokeEd Workshops and Publications 2017 to 2024

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publications17-24
workshops17-24

StrokeEd aims to improve the skills, knowledge and practice of clinicians internationally, so that stroke survivors receive prompt, optimal evidence-based rehabilitation. To achieve this aim, we offer a variety of workshops and participate in peer-reviewed research.  We aim to deliver 20-25 workshops per year, with a mix of topics and some online delivery.

Between 2017 and 2024, the StrokeEd collaboration conducted 241 workshops (up to 39 per year), with more online events during 2021 and beyond.

StrokeEd presenters continue publishing stroke and rehabilitation research (n=75 peer-reviewed papers over 8 years), which inform workshop and lecture content.

About the StrokeEd Collaboration

Established in 2011, the StrokeEd collaboration is an Australian registered company and education provider. Members of the collaboration offer evidence-based workshops and lectures to improve the skills, knowledge and practice of rehabilitation therapists, and influence the delivery of rehabilitation services to stroke survivors.

StrokeEd collaborators are:

  • Experienced clinicians, educators and active researchers
  • Recognised leaders in their profession
  • Higher research degree graduates (PhD or masters by research)
  • Experienced providers of rehabilitation in public and/or private health
  • Registered physiotherapists and occupational therapists

StrokeEd Directors

  • Dr Simone Dorsch
  • Dr Margaret (‘Annie’) McCluskey
  • Karl Schurr

Our Mission

  • To teach evidence-based stroke rehabilitation, in order to optimise recovery post-stroke

Our Vision

  • That physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other rehabilitation professionals have the skills, knowledge, confidence and competence to routinely deliver evidence-based rehabilitation
  • That all stroke survivors receive prompt, evidence-based rehabilitation
StrokeEd workshops

Strategic Plan, 2022-2025

To improve skills, knowledge and practice in stroke rehabilitation, we will:

  • Deliver 20-40 workshops per year, online and face-to-face; topics include upper and lower limb retraining, walking analysis and training, increasing the intensity of practice (1000 reps), balance retraining, coaching, constraint-induced movement therapy, and translating research into practice
  • Deliver one or more Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) per year which is affordable to professionals in high income countries, free to therapists in middle and low-income countries, and in languages other than English
  • Provide free resources (or access to free resources) including lectures, apps, worksheets, critical appraisals, blogs, journal articles and book chapters.
  • Involve stroke survivors and carers in workshops, so that therapists can apply skills learned, and optimise their collaboration with stroke survivors
  • Apply adult-learning principles when teaching (ie reflection, personal goal setting, modelling and coaching)
  • Request and use feedback about workshop content and delivery
  • Reduce or waive fees for therapists in developing countries to enable participation

To influence the delivery of stroke rehabilitation services, we will:

  • Deliver workshops in a variety of settings including public and private hospitals, private rehabilitation clinics, universities and online
  • Collaborate with stroke survivors in hospital and community settings
  • Build research capacity within health services
  • Conduct collaborative research with health services, which often involves honours and postgraduate research students
  • Develop, influence and teach into the rehabilitation curriculum at universities for physiotherapists and occupational therapists in Australia and overseas
  • Participate in national committees and working parties, such as the Australian Stroke Guidelines Working Party and Stroke Foundation Clinical Council, PEDro, Australian Physiotherapy Association and Occupational Therapy Association board/committees

Key Performance Indicators

  • Number of workshops delivered
  • Number of countries represented by registrants at workshops, lectures and MOOC
  • Google/Vimeo/ YouTube analytics
  • Number of posts on social media
  • Number of publications by StrokeEd presenters