About the StrokeEd Collaboration

Established in 2011 and based in Sydney Australia, the StrokeEd collaboration offers evidence-based workshops to improve the skills, knowledge and practice of rehabilitation therapists, and influence the delivery of rehabilitation services to stroke survivors.  Members of the StrokeEd Collaboration 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

Strategic Plan, 2017-2020

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

• Deliver 20-30 workshops per year; topics include upper and lower limb retraining, increasing the intensity of practice, balance retraining, and translating research into practice
• Apply adult-learning principles when teaching (ie reflection, personal goal setting, modelling and coaching)
• Involve stroke survivors and carers in our workshops, so that therapists can apply skills that have been learned, learn to better collaborate with stroke survivors, and receive feedback about their practice
• Reduce or waive our fees when teaching in developing countries to enable services to host a workshop, offer training and/or master classes and lectures at little or not cost

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

• Deliver workshops in public and private hospitals
• 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, Australian Physiotherapy Association and Occupational Therapy Association board/committees