This interactive workshop is suitable for all members of the Primary Care clinical team, particularly Practice Nursing Teams and ARRS roles

Course Overview

The session will cover the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) how this can lead to stroke; and the detection, diagnosis and management of AF with a particular focus on stroke prevention

Course Content
  • What’s the impact of AF?  
  • Understanding AF and AF-related stroke  
  • Practicalities of case finding and diagnosis 
  • Assessing stroke and bleeding risk: CHA2DS2-VASc, HASBLED & ORBIT Scoring  
  • Managing Stroke Risk: anticoagulant therapies including measuring effectiveness and switching therapies 
  • Long term monitoring 
Learning Outcomes
  • To appreciate the burden of AF  
  • To recognise the pathophysiology of AF and AF-related stroke 
  • To be familiar with the current evidence based diagnostic pathway  
  • To be able to assess stroke and bleeding risk  
  • To be familiar with and to evaluate treatment options 
  • To appreciate the role of monitoring and clinical audit 
Course Length

Course time: 9.30am-3.30pm

CPD: 6 hours