World Stroke Day, an opportunity to develop health education skills for health professionals

A team of multi-specialized professionals meet annually on World Stroke Day, working to prevent and raise awareness of this condition. These professionals contribute to health education despite their lack of official training. Does the process used in the organization and implementation of the day enable the professionals involved to develop their educational skills?The objectives of this research were to identify and categorize the educational skills developed during the process of organizing and implementing World Stroke Day, as well as to identify the elements of the process contributing to the development of these skills.In this descriptive qualitative study, the data were collected through a focus group with professionals involved in the day, and then subjected to a content analysis. This day enables professionals to develop their educational skills and gives them the opportunity to share what they have learned with others. The organization set up as part of this day is an opportunity to improve professionals’ relationship to knowledge and their feeling of belonging. Interprofessionality and the learning context enable an educational attitude to be developed. Further research would help us to understand the transferability conditions of the process.