Stroke for Professionals


Access evidence-based education and resources designed to support healthcare professionals

across the stroke continuum of care- from early recognition and acute management to secondary prevention and long-term outcomes improvement.

Featured Stroke Education Programs

Explore expert-led education and resources to advance stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery.
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Improving Outcomes Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke

Evidence-based education on reducing recurrent stroke risk through lifestyle modification, risk factor control, and preventive therapies.
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Secondary Stroke for Professionals

Evidence-based education on reducing recurrent stroke risk through lifestyle modification, risk factor control, and preventive therapies.
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Getting to the Heart of Stroke™

National education and quality improvement initiative focused on improving heart health, advancing stroke care, and improving patient outcomes.

NIH Stroke Scale

NIH Stroke Scale
NIH Stroke Scale

The NIH Stroke Scale Training Program allows healthcare providers to revisit the course at designated intervals to refresh their skills and demonstrate ongoing mastery by accurately assessing a series of test scenarios.


Guidelines-on-the-Go

The Guidelines-on-the-Go App features the 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome, providing clinicians with easy access to CKM staging, risk assessment, and evidence-based prevention and treatment recommendations, plus so much more.
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