Welcome

The REfLECTS study team is hosting its second annual Stroke Bootcamp in 2022. REfLECTS is an innovative stroke rehabilitation research project led by Ulster University. 
The 2022 Stroke Bootcamp is led in collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University.

The Stroke Bootcamp will deliver a programme of specialist training and development activities to Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. REfLECTS is part of the Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network – CHITIN – a unique cross-border partnership with the Public Health Agency (PHA) and the Health Research Board in the Republic of Ireland. CHITIN is supported by the European Union’s INTERREG-VA Programme, which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. Funding for the Stroke Bootcamp has been provided from the Health and Social Care Research and Development (HSC R&D) Division, PHA.

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Registration

Registration is now closed for this year’s Bootcamp, if you would like to be added to our mailing list for next year please email thestrokebootcamp@bnlproductions.co.uk

Downloadable content

We are working with speakers to share their content and presentations from the Boot Camp, please keep checking back for this content. If it is made available to us, it will appear below.

For support or questions please email thestrokebootcamp@bnlproductions.co.uk

Mirror Box Therapy Booklet

Outcome Measure use among therapists working in stroke

Outcome Measure use among therapists working in stroke

Useful Links

CBS Scoring Sheet

Watchable Content

Events & Speakers

Wednesday 1st June 2022

The schedule will be updated regularly so please keep checking back for the latest information

Morning Session

9.30 am Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Day 1: Stroke Bootcamp 22
9.40 am Introduction to upper limb day
9.50 am Anatomy of upper limb
11.10 am Assessment of spasticity of upper limb
11.40 am Electrical stimulation for upper and lower limb
12.30 pm A whole Rehab approach to the Shoulder

Afternoon Session – OT Only

13.45 pm Introduction to upper limb treatment
14.00pm Task orientated activities – “Slice of pavlova anyone”?
14.50 pm Feedback from Boot camp 1 on MBT in clinical setting and introduction to Mirror Box session
15.15 pm Mirror box session
15.45pm Patient’s perspective on Mirror Box
15.50pm Close

Afternoon Session – Open to all

14.00 pm Goal Setting and action planning (G-AP) framework: a theory and evidence based approach to goal setting practice
15.30pm Developing a progressive stroke rehabilitation service
Professor Alison Porter Armstrong
Peter Sanderson
Mrs Patricia McIlwaine
Mrs Lourene Abbi
Dr Lesley Scobbie
Nuala Mc Ivor
Dr Cameron Lindsay
Thérèse Lebedis

Wednesday 8th June 2022

The schedule will be updated regularly so please keep checking back for the latest information

Morning Session

Start Title
09:00 Questionnaire
09:30 Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Day 2: Stroke Bootcamp 22 Unilateral Neglect
09:40 Update from Stroke Bootcamp 21 UN focus groups – key outcomes presentation
10:10 Question & Answers
10:30 Unilateral Neglect Assessment & Intro to the Catherine Bergegio Scale presentation
11:05 Catherine Bergegio Scale Run through
12:05 Catherine Bergegio Scale Run through & Scoring
12:30 Question and Answers

Afternoon Session

Start Title
01:30 Patient Demonstration of the CBS
02:25 Clinical Troubleshooting
02:40 The Dublin Neglect Assessment (DENA)
03:25 Question and Answers
Dr David Kennedy
Dr Georgia Fisher
Libby Cunningham

Wednesday 15th June 2022

The schedule will be updated regularly so please keep checking back for the latest information

Morning Session

MORNING SESSIONS
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Day 3: Stroke Bootcamp Day 3 Life After Stroke
Overview
Reminder – Outcome Measures Survey
9:45 – 10:15 Issues in Fitness to Drive after Stroke
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:30 Assessing Fitness to Drive after Stroke
11:30 – 11:40 Break
11:40 – 12:10 Driving, Transport and Community Engagement after Stroke
12:15 – 12:45 Break

Afternoon Session

AFTERNOON SESSIONS
12:45 – 1:15 Pleas tell me I will skydive again – how health professionals shape transitions from hospital to home after a stroke
1:15 – 1:30 Break
1:30 – 2:45 Life After Stroke – Representatives of the Irish Heart Foundation Young Stroke Survivors Group.
2:45-3:00 Reflections on Discussion with Young Stroke Survivors.
3:00 – 3:45 Return to work after Stroke: What do we know?, where to from here?
03:45 Summary and Wrap Up
Dr Tadhg Stapleton
Dr Yvonne Codd
Professor Amy Silva-Smith
Professor Kate Radford

Wednesday 22nd June 2022

The schedule will be updated regularly so please keep checking back for the latest information

Morning Session

09:30 Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Day 4: Stroke Bootcamp 22 Outcome Measures in Stroke
09:35 What you need to know about….outcome measures
09:55 Comfort Break
10:00 What you need to know about ……. post-stroke fatigue measurement
10:15 Experiences of using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment with stroke patients
10:45 Comfort Break
11:00 What you need to know about …..the Nottingham ADL scale
11:15 Assessing cognition in stroke – doesn’t need to be confusing
12:15 Delegate Question & Answer session

Afternoon Session

13:15 An overview of upper extremity movement assessment following stroke
13:35 The Graded Wolf Motor Function Test – description and psychometric properties
14:15 The Graded Wolf Motor Function Test – a demonstration of use
14:45 Comfort Break
15:00 The Fugl Meyer assessment – description and psychometric properties
15:30 The Fugl Meyer assessment – a demonstration of use
15:45 Delegate Question & Answer session
Professor Avril Drummond
Dr Terry Quinn
Professor David Morris

Wednesday 29th June 2022

The schedule will be updated regularly so please keep checking back for the latest information

Morning Session

09:30 Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Day 5: Stroke Bootcamp 22 Healthcare Technology
09:40 Welcome Address: Healthcare Technology and the Digital NHS
09:45 Welcome Address: Continuing Professional Development and the Importance of Interprofessional Learning
09:55 CC4H Project: remote rehabilitation using digital technology to deliver services and support development of specialist rehabilitation assistants in community stroke services
10:40 Comfort Break
10:50 Using technology to detect Atrial Fibrillation as a stroke risk factor
11:35 Comfort Break
11:45 The vivistim trial: using an implantable device to enhance upper limb movement post stroke
12:30 Survey link completion

Afternoon Session

01:30 How to address the practical issues of Implementing healthcare technologies into practice
02:15 Mapping the patient journey to explore opportunities for change & transformation through healthcare technologies
03:00 Comfort Break
03:10 Roundtable discussion: barriers and facilitators into incorporating healthcare technology into clinical practice; the importance of interprofessional practice in using healthcare technologies; implementing healthcare technologies with families and caregivers
03:45 Leadership of service development: embedding stroke bootcamp learning into your neuro practice
Professor Jesse Dawson
Natalie Jones
Dr Rachel Stockley
Professor Alison Porter Armstrong
Professor Lis Neubeck
Dr Fiona Strachan
Professor Nick Antonopoulos
Professor Alison Machin
Charlie Chung