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Stroke
Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)
Health Services Research
Symposium
Monique Pappadis, M.Ed., PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, Texas
Shilpa Krishnan, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Suzanne Burns, PhD, OTR
Assistant Professor
Texas Woman's University
Dallas, Texas
Debra Ouellette, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, SCLV
Clinical Coordinator Outpatient Rehabilitation
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
La Verne, California
Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Executive Director and Professor
Cedars-Sinai
Valley Village, California
Patients classified with mild stroke typically do not receive treatment or rehabilitation services but may experience deficits months following stroke. Lack of a global consensus on the definition of mild stroke may result in variability in treatment during acute care and outcomes following discharge. For this hot topic panel discussion, an interdisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers will discuss the clinical and outcome assessments used internationally to classify stroke severity, the need for an international consensus definition, and the implications of inconsistent classification on health service delivery following a mild stroke.