A Specialist Studies Centre for Stroke Patients

The Stroke Studies Centre co-ordinates many internationally and nationally funded studies on stroke patients.

Ninewells Acute Stroke Unit

The Stroke Studies Centre works closely with the Ninewells Acute Stroke Unit and other patient facilities in the region.

Study Information and Consent forms

Student Selected Component in Stroke

• Dr R S MacWalter, Consultant Physician and Reader in Medicine

with

• Dr Alex Doney, Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer

and

• Dr Manjula, Clinical Research Fellow
• Dr Priya Nair, Stroke SpR
• Mrs Mairi Stirling, Research Sister
• Dr Sara Joice, Research Coordinator
• Dr , Stroke Unit SHO
• Ms Careen Mullen, Senior Charge Nurse
• Ms Rachel Haddock, Charge Nurse
• Other staff members of Ninewells Acute Stroke UnitWard 4
• Mrs Margaret Mitchell, Senior Stroke Liaison Nurse
• Mrs Jacqui Morris, Research Senior Physiotherapist
• Mrs Gillian Crighton, Senior Physiotherapist
• Mrs Jackie Newell, Senior Speech Therapist
• Miss Sheelagh Appleyard, Senior Occupational Therapist
• Miss Louisa Irvine, Senior Occupational Therapist

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Objectives:

• Self Directed Learning on Stroke this should be attempted in the First Week

• Student Selected Component objectives

Intranet resources:

• Clinical examination of the nervous system - basic information (and more)

• Basics about the brain what does the brain do for you?

• Blood Supply to the Brain tells you about the cerebral circulation

• The Vascular Supply of the Vestibular System an American presentation on posterior fossa problems (not for the first week)!!!!

• What might infuence stroke outcome (recovery) this is detailed study of correlates of recovery (from USA!!!)

• Early rehabilitation is important physiotherpay assessment is so essential...what other therapists are involved in the early assessment of the stroke patient?

• Advances in the Management of Acute Stroke what might happen when you qualify...

• Secondary Prevention after stroke (Always say Never Again) you never want the first one..!!!

• The EPIDEMIOLOGY of STROKE -Incidence & Prevalence how common is it?
   

• The EPIDEMIOLOGY of STROKE - Mortality and Aetiology what causes stroke to happen?
   

• The EPIDEMIOLOGY of STROKE - Risk factors you need to know these...also what causes strokes in young people?
   

• Assessing a Stroke Patient- deciding what type of stroke it is clinical and radiology
   

• Rehabilitation of the Stroke patient programme produced with the help of Prof Yuksel Ersoy
   

• Predicting disability one-year after acute stroke examining correlates of impairment, disability and handicap
   

• The DUNDEE STROKE DATABASE data about patients in Dundee followed-up to one year
   

• Tayside Stroke Project - background
   

• Preventing strokes

• ESPS-2 does dipyridamole have anything to add to aspirin?
   

• CAPRIE - is clopidogrel superior to aspirin
   

• Heart Protection Study STATINS - is there a role for them?
   

• PROGRESS study - how an ACE inhibitor can be useful in secondary prevention in STROKE patients
   

• HOPE study - how an ACE inhibitor can be useful in secondary prevention in stroke and other patients
   

• MicroHOPE study - how an ACE inhibitor can be useful in secondary prevention
   

Other resources

• Some useful teaching links

Contact details

Director of Stroke Studies Centre :
Phone: +44 1382 660111 ext 33154           
Fax: +44 1382 660675          

Links

Maintained by: a.z.hill@dundee.ac.uk.

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