Stroke Education Requirements
The following physician specialties must complete 3 CME credits of stroke education every year, or 6 CME credits every 2 years (credentialing period):
- Emergency
- Hospitalists
- Intensivists
- Admitting/Attending Primary Care Physicians
- Neurologists
- Neurosurgeons
Options for stroke credits:
ENLS
NIHSS
ASLS
UpToDate Stroke Articles and UTSW Neurocritical Lecture Series Resources are included here:
UpToDate Stroke Article Links (Sign-in To Receive CME):
Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke: Therapeutic use - UpToDate
Overview of thunderclap headache
Stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
Initial evaluation and management of transient ischemic attack and minor ischemic stroke
Stroke after cardiac catheterization
Overview of carotid artery stenting
Complications of stroke: An overview
Approach to reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke
Overview of secondary prevention of ischemic stroke
Initial assessment and management of acute stroke
Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
Posterior circulation cerebrovascular syndromes
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Treatment and prognosis
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
Stroke associated with patent foramen ovale (PFO): Management
Neuropalliative care of stroke
Cryptogenic stroke and embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS)
Stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke
UTSW - Neurocritical Lecture Series (NCCL):
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4443661294860857952 (“Cervical (Vertebral/Carotid) Artery Dissection and Stroke)
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3901209536739402077 (“Cardioembolic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation”)
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6016468697929384534 (“Future of Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke”)
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5407574551653271897 (“From Hospital to Home Rehabbing the Unfunded Stroke Patient”)