New European master’s degree program on stroke

Stroke simulation course at the University Emergency Center of the Inselspital Bern. med. Simon Jung, Chief Physician Stroke Center Bern and Program Director of the Stroke Master Course, teaches physicians from various European countries acute treatment of cerebral stroke (note: the 'patient' is a course participant. The picture was taken before the pandemic). Insel Gruppe , Image: Pascal Gugler - Stroke is the second most common cause of death in Europe, affecting around 16,000 people in Switzerland every year. For this reason, the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern and the Stroke Center of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, in collaboration with the European Stroke Organisation, are launching the MAS Stroke Medicine continuing education program: It will train the next generation of specialists in stroke medicine throughout Europe starting in spring 2022. More than 80 million people worldwide live with the consequences of stroke; more than 13 million new cases occur each year.