Events & School
2006
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Chennai
2007
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Mumbai
2008
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Amritsar
2009
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Hyderabad
2010
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
New Delhi
2011
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Indore
2012
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Pune
2013
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Ludhiana
2015
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
Chandigarh
2016
World Stroke Congress
Hyderabad
2017
INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONGRESS 2017
Amritsar
2018
XII INDIAN NATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE
16th to 18th March 2018 at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi.
2019
Indian National Stroke Conference 2019
15th, 16th & 17th March 2019
2020
Indian National Stroke Conference 2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Stroke Summer School
The primary goal of the ISA summer school is to increase knowledge of cerebrovascular disease in physicians in straining for stroke care in India by offering a concentrated series of high quality courses on selected stroke medicine topics at a low price.
The secondary goals of the ISA summer school are to provide participants with teaching material they can use in their professional environment, and to folster contacts within the Indian Stroke Community.
Past Events
2013
New Delhi
2ND & 3RD JUNE 2013
2014
PUNE
22ND TO 24TH JUNE 2014
2015
MUNNAR
14TH - 16TH AUGUST 2015
2017
CHENNAI
18TH - 20TH AUGUST 2017
2018
ISA STROKE SUMMER SCHOOL 2018
31st August 2018 to 2nd September 2018 at Holiday Inn Resort, Goa
2019
ISA STROKE SUMMER SCHOOL 2019
6th September 2019 to 8th September 2019 at Golden Palms Avenue, Bangalore.
Course Attribution and Roles of
Organizers and of ISA
Organizers and of ISA
Bids for the
Summer School
Bidders for the Organization of the summer school may be an individual, group of individuals, or a not-for-profit organization.Bidders are strongly involved in stroke care, stroke research or stroke education.They should be clearly identifiable and should not have close ties with profit organizations.These bidders the local organizing committee(LOC) once the agreement has been signed. Potential
Local Organizing Committee,
Scientific Committee
The LOC may structure themselves in a way they think is most advantageous to achive the aims of the course.Usually the organizers define:
A local organizing committee(LOC)
One or more chairs of the LOC
A scientific committee
Relationship of the ISA &
the local organizing committee
ISA is the main operator of the ISA Summer School.ISA will transfer the organization of the ISA Summer School over to the local organizing committee.As far as legally permissible the LOC will assume, in relatio to ISA, the responsibilit and liability for the proper implementation and proper conduct of the ISA Summer School.The
Role of the ISA
Summer School Committee
The Summer School Committee is composed of 3-5 members of ISA who are willing to contribute to education.The committee is the primary ISA contact and source of information for the organizers.The committ is responsible for:
Recruiting and selecting potential organizers of the summer school.
Acceptance & Cancellation of the Summer School
The ISA Executive Committee has the final descision of accepting and rejecting a bid.Final attribution and acceptance of the Summer School s made by singing the "Contract regarding the organization and financial support of the ISA Summer School" (herein referred to as "contract"). If the LOC withdraws from organizing a Summer School after signing the contract, it has to do so by writing to the ISA Summer School Committee and the ISA Executive Committee as soon as possible, and with due explanations.In the case, the ISA Executive Committee may decide upon recommendation by the ISA Summer School Committee too:
Offer of the summer school to another bidder
Search a new organizer in a new or another location
Cancel a summer school
Course Program
Course and
Lecture Program
A daily teaching program in English by experts in all subspecialities of stroke should be planned by the organizers. Teacher may be local, national and international experts in cerebrovascular disorders.In general, teachers do not recieve a speaker fee, but their accommodation and travel fee should be covered.Teachers are responsible for presenting up to date material on the topic they were asked to present and are solely responsible for the content of their presentation.They should be available for discussions during breaks, lunch and dinner.The lectures should be made available in a suitable formats to the participants during or at the end of Summer School.
Interactive
Training
In addition to the traditional conference format,interactive seminars are highly recommended. Interactive training may take the form of
Visit of a stroke unit and / or stroke research facilities.
Hands on training, for ultrasound,NIHSS,reading of neuroimages, etc.
Workshops in small groups(eg., How to improve Thrombolysis rate;How to design a trial).
Hands on seminars: before, the Summer School,ech participant may be assigned a topic on which he/she should rpresent some slides on the his/her stroke.
Internet Site and
Publicity
The Summer School is announced in suitable journal (Neurology India,AIAN,JAPI,NMJI,Indian Stroke News Letter, ? Indian Stroke Journal, etc), 9-12 months before the event.It is also listed in the "ISA Summer School Section" of the ISA web site.The LOC is encouraged to establish an internet site of the event allowing for visibility, online registration and information.
Participants
Selection Criteria
Yound physicians and neurologists with a major interest in cerebrovascular diseases are eligible.Applicants should currently be in training in a teaching/service institute/hospital that treats acute stroke patients.The Organizing Committee will select between 25 and 50 participants based on their:
Application
State of origin(not more than 2 participants per state)
The expected benefit to the individual and to his/her stroke unit/hospital.
The final decision about the participants remains with the ISA Executive Committee.Each year 3 places should also be reserved for the three ISA annual conference poster prize winners.They may choose to participate the Summer School of the year of the prize or of the year thereafter.
Application Procedure for Participants
The Application should contain all the following items:
A motivational letter by the participant explaining why he/she wants to participate and how this fits into his/her work or career.
A curriculum vitae
A letter of support from either the head of department of a cerebrovascular expert from india.
Contribution by Participants
The participants are expecte to contribute actively during the course:
A Collection with the current ISA recommendations (Stroke Guidelines) and recent reviews on major cerebrovascular topics is sent by the organizers to the paricipants before the Summer School.Participants are expected to familiarize themselves with this material before the course.
Interactive training
Scientific Project: Each participant and the LOC are encouraged to elaborate scientific projects involving the participants and to conduct them before, during or after the Summer School.
Finances
Budget
A daily teaching program in English by experts in all subspecialities of stroke should be planned by the organizers. Teacher may be local, national and international experts in cerebrovascular disorders.In general, teachers do not recieve a speaker fee, but their accommodation and travel fee should be covered.Teachers are responsible for presenting up to date material on the topic they were asked to present and are solely responsible for the content of their presentation.They should be available for discussions during breaks, lunch and dinner.The lectures should be made available in a suitable formats to the participants during or at the end of Summer School.
Costs for Participants
In addition to the traditional conference format,interactive seminars are highly recommended. Interactive training may take the form of
Visit of a stroke unit and / or stroke research facilities.
Hands on training, for ultrasound,NIHSS,reading of neuroimages, etc.
Workshops in small groups(eg., How to improve Thrombolysis rate;How to design a trial).
Hands on seminars: before, the Summer School,ech participant may be assigned a topic on which he/she should rpresent some slides on the his/her stroke.
Support/Sponsors
The Summer School is announced in suitable journal (Neurology India,AIAN,JAPI,NMJI,Indian Stroke News Letter, ? Indian Stroke Journal, etc), 9-12 months before the event.It is also listed in the "ISA Summer School Section" of the ISA web site.The LOC is encouraged to establish an internet site of the event allowing for visibility, online registration and information.