Background
The World Stroke Academy (WSA) (www.world-stroke-academy.org)
is the educational platform of the World Stroke Organization (WSO). It
facilitates educational activities (e.g. webinars and eLearning modules)
and supports the WSO mission by providing high-quality stroke education
to healthcare professionals. It provides evidence-based educational
materials in a variety of formats to meet the needs of the WSO
membership.
Aim
This article introduces the WSA, its core activities, and outlines how to access the many educational resources it offers.
Results
The
WSA offers high-quality peer reviewed stroke education material and
uses outcome metrics to assess and improve the quality of medical
training of healthcare professionals. This article also highlights the
importance of identifying knowledge and knowledge-to-action gaps through
the creation of special projects and initiatives. It describes three
areas in which the WSA has carried out recent educational initiatives,
namely: life after stroke, women in stroke, and stroke
checklist/pre-printed stroke orders.
Conclusion
WSA material is freely available, and we would encourage the global stroke community to use, and contribute to, its resources.
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