Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)


Introduction

Module authors

Module Lead:

Lynsey McAlpine, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Stroke Rehabilitation

Module Group:

Stuart McCormick, Registered General Nurse with special interest in pain management

Katrina McCormick, Clinical eLearning Project Manager, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Serena Battistoni, eLearning Interactive Content Developer, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Reviewers:

Alison Cassells, Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialist, NHS Fife

Dr. Amy Mulroue, Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychology/Stroke, NHS Lothian

Dr. Richard O’Brien, Consultant Physician, Stroke Medicine & Medicine of the Elderly, NHS Lothian

This module was originally developed by:

Module lead: Gill Alexander, AHP Stroke Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Group members: Janette Barrie, Nurse Consultant in Long Term Conditions, NHS Lanarkshire
Laura Hastings, Lead Advice Line Nurse, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Dr Christine McAlpine, Clinical Director, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Dr Alison McGregor, Clinical Psychologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Lynn Robertson, Lead Physiotherapist for Stroke Rehabilitation, NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Critical readers: Christine Cartner, Stroke Liaison Sister, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Eileen Cowie, Research Assistant, University of Glasgow
Prof Martin Dennis, Professor of Stroke Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Thérèse Jackson, Consultant Occupational Therapist in Stroke, NHS Grampian
Mark Smith, Consultant Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian

Page last reviewed: 30 May 2022