Aims & Scope

What we do

The World Stroke Academy (WSA) is the e-learning platform for the World Stroke Organization.

The WSA facilitates educational materials for healthcare professionals in a variety of formats (podcasts, webinars, e-learning modules, conference webcasts…) to meet the needs of the WSO membership, with the support of the WSO Committees and the Stroke Connector programme.

The role and scope of the WSA are not trivial. The WSA carries multiple responsibilities, from managing editorial decisions and leading strategic directions to disseminating and enhancing the knowledge of stroke around the world in support of the WSO vision.

The WSA provides the technical support for, and coordination of, WSO online educational and promotional webinars and social media activity.

The WSA organizes and coordinates online outreach activities for the WSO (Education Committee, Research Committee, Stroke Connector, WSO World Stroke Campaign).

Why we do it

The vision at the World Stroke Organization is a world where people live free from the effects of stroke. The World Stroke Academy (WSA) is aligned to this vision and aims to promote professional stroke education and raise awareness of WSO as a global leader in stroke.

• We believe that through the education of health professionals worldwide we can make a real difference
  and help to alleviate the global burden of stroke.
• We believe it is a priority to develop efficient and adaptable methods for delivering education in low-
  resource settings.
• We believe it is key to facilitate stroke education by supporting stroke networks to foster educational
  activities at national, regional and global levels.

The current goals of the WSA are based on strengthening three pillars: i) teamwork and collaboration, ii) facilitating access to practical and high-quality material relevant to our daily stroke practice, and iii) supporting the vision of the WSO.

At the WSA, we are a team that welcome new ideas and foster diversity of opinions to achieve excellence.