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American Heart Association
Physicians and Nurses specific to treating patients with heart failure
At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
As an extension of the content covered in the first webinar, the second will address challenges, areas identified as greatest need from the first webinar and to reinforce practice and behavior aspects that will contribute to improved patient care and outcomes.
With the release of new guidelines, healthcare professionals will need education and learning in order to change practice and behavior for the care and treatment of patients with or at risk of cardiovascular disease. This multifaceted education initiative is an important opportunity to educate healthcare professionals on evidence-based guidelines, especially newly released, addressing changes, evidence, and action that can be put into practice immediately to impact patient care and outcomes.
5 minutes – Introduction
10 minutes – Medication categories and Rationale for use
10 minutes – Transition care
10 minutes – Challenges in Self-Management of Heart Failure
10 minutes – Human connection
10 minutes – Case Studies
5 minutes – Q & A
5 minutes – Closing remarks
Presenters: Mark Drazner, MD, Robin Trupp, PhD, ACNP-BC, APRN, CHFN, FAHA, & Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, FAHA
All persons who develop and/or control educational content in CME/CE activities provided by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience all financial relationships with any commercial supporters of this activity as well as with other commercial interests whose lines of business are related to the CME/CE-certified content of this activity. In addition, presenters will disclose unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in course presentation materials.
The disclosures listed below represents the relationships of this educational activity’s faculty members that may be perceived as actual or reasonable perceived conflicts of interest as reported on the Disclosure Questionnaire which all AHA volunteers are required to complete and submit. The focus is on relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in the 12-month period preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content.
Mark Drazner, MD – No Disclosures
Deborah Crabbe, MD – No Disclosures
Robin Trupp, PhD, ACNP-BC, APRN, CHFN, FAHA – Employed by Roche Diagnostics Corp.
Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CHFN, CCRN, FAHA – Novartis: Speaker bureau, consultant on research projects; Amgen: Speaker bureau
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 05/05/2017
TERMINATION DATE: 05/02/2020
LAST REVIEW DATE: April 2017
JOINT ACCREDITATION TERM: 05/02/2017 - 05/02/2020
The American Heart Association is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA Credit Designation Statement – Physicians
The American Heart Association designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA Credit Acceptance Statement – Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 1.0 hour of Category 1 credit for completing this program.
AANP Credit Acceptance Statement – Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. **AMA Credit must be claimed within 6 months of attendance. Credit will no longer be available to claim after the 6 months claiming period.
ANCC Credit Designation Statement – Nurses
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.0 contact hour. **ANCC Credit must be claimed within 6 months of attendance. CME/CE will no longer be available to claim after the 6 months claiming period.
Successful completion of this CME/CE activity includes the following:
This activity is supported by independent medical educational grants from Novartis.
When an unlabeled use of a commercial product or an investigational use not yet approved for any purpose is discussed during an educational activity, the faculty must disclose that the product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still investigational.
Fred Porta
Manager, Lifelong Learning
AHA National Center
fred.porta@heart.org
817-412-1941
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