This course prepares health and social care professionals to deliver seamless, evidence-based stroke care across the acute, rehabilitative, and community phases. You’ll gain the knowledge, clinical skills, and collaborative strategies needed to improve outcomes, minimize complications, and support survivors’ recovery and reintegration.

Over six integrated modules, you will learn to:

Pathophysiology & Early Recognition

Understand stroke types (ischaemic vs. haemorrhagic), risk factors, and acute neurological signs

Apply FAST assessment and swiftly escalate for specialist intervention

Acute Management & Stabilization

Support emergency protocols: thrombolysis criteria, blood-pressure control, and hyperacute monitoring

Coordinate with stroke teams, radiology, and critical care to optimize “door-to-needle” times

Rehabilitation Principles & Techniques

Implement early mobilization, neuro-recovery exercises, and task-specific training

Incorporate speech, occupational, and physiotherapy goals into person-centred plans

Secondary Prevention & Risk Reduction

Educate survivors and families on lifestyle modification, medication adherence, and blood-thinning therapies

Monitor and manage comorbidities—hypertension, atrial fibrillation, diabetes—to prevent recurrence

Multidisciplinary Coordination & Communication

Facilitate effective handovers between acute, rehab, and community teams

Use care pathways and shared documentation to ensure continuity and patient engagement

Community Reintegration & Long-Term Support

Design discharge plans that address mobility, cognition, mood, and social participation

Link survivors with peer-support groups, vocational services, and adaptive technologies

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Rapidly recognise stroke symptoms and support evidence-based acute interventions.

Co-create and implement dynamic rehabilitation plans alongside therapy specialists.

Educate and empower patients and families in secondary prevention strategies.

Coordinate care seamlessly across settings using clear communication and shared tools.

Facilitate survivors’ return to home and community life with tailored support and resources.

Equip yourself to champion high-quality stroke care—reducing disability, enhancing recovery, and improving quality of life for those you serve.