
Primary Care On Demand: Cardiology Vol. 2
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Course Content
Session | Title | Faculty |
Session 1 (62 minutes) | Cardiovascular Exam: Putting Your Finger on the Pulse | Eddie Needham, MD, FAAFP |
Session 2 (70 minutes) | Primary Care Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults | Jennifer G Robinson, MD, MPH |
Session 3 (53 minutes) | Atrial Fibrillation | Scott Kaatz, DO |
Session 4 (48 minutes) | Cholesterol Management: A Case Based Discussion | Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA |
Session 5 (55 minutes) | Triglycerides: Target, Bystander, or Smoking Gun | Daniel E Soffer, MD, FNLA, FACP |
Program Overview
Primary Care On Demand: Cardiology Vol. 2 will educate and promote improved patient outcomes for cardiovascular issues commonly encountered in internal medicine and family medicine practice. This CME course will highlight the latest science related to cardiology, presented in a practical and patient-focused manner relevant to the primary care setting. It reviews the clinical presentation, diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, and management strategies of commonly encountered cardiovascular issues.
Presented by Continuing Education Company (CEC) for the past 28 years, our Primary Care CME Conference Series is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. This CME activity, Primary Care On Demand: Cardiology Volume 2 is comprised of recorded video lectures taken from various recent Primary Care conferences.
Course Objectives:
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Assess and provide patients with an accurate diagnosis and optimal care for a broad range of cardiovascular disorders seen in primary care.
- Formulate comprehensive evidence-based diagnosis, interventions and treatment strategies that will lead to improved patient outcomes.
- Utilize current guidelines in the diagnosis and management of commonly encountered cardiovascular issues.
Post-Test and Evaluation:
After completing the CME activity, you must successfully complete a post-test and fill out a program evaluation form. You will then be able to view and print your CME certificate. Login into CME365 to view your transcript and reprint your certificate at any time.
Faculty
Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP, SFHM
Clinical Associate Professor
Wayne State University
Medical Director
Professional Development and Research
Division of Hospital Medicine
Hospitalist, Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
Eddie Needham, MD, FAAFP
Program Director and Academic Chairman
AdventHealth Winter Park Family Medicine Residency Program
Professor of Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine
Winter Park, FL
Jennifer G. Robinson, MD, MPH
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Medicine
Director, Prevention Intervention Center
Department of Epidemiology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Daniel E Soffer, MD, FNLA, FACP
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
PennCare Media
Penn Medicine at Radnor
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia
Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA
Professor, Section of Cardiovascular Research
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Staff Cardiologist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, TX
Accreditation
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™: Continuing Education Company, Inc. (CEC) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Continuing Education Company, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
To receive CME credit and/or MOC points, you MUST complete the activity and the evaluation form. For ABIM MOC points, your information will be shared with the ABIM through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). Please allow 6-8 weeks for your MOC points to appear on your ABIM records.
AAPA: 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 5 hours of Category I credit for completing this activity.
AANPCB: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Nurse Practitioners may receive a maximum of 5 hours of participation, 4 of which can be used towards Pharmacology, for completing this activity.
Release Date: 9/15/2020
Expiration Date: 9/15/2023 (Date after which this enduring material is no longer certified for credit.)
Medium: Enduring Material, Video/Audio
Faculty/Planning Committee Disclosures
Review and Planning Committee Disclosures:
The following individuals have indicated that he/she (nor spouse/partner) has no relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest that may impact upon this CME activity:
- Raymond E. Major, MD - Reviewer
- Walter Ejnes, CHCP - Reviewer & Planning Committee (Continuing Education Company)
- Beth Townsend - Reviewer (Continuing Education Company)
- Su Barnwell - Planning Committee (Continuing Education Company)
Faculty Disclosures:
The following individuals have indicated that he/she (nor spouse/partner) have no relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest that may impact upon this CME activity:
Faculty | Disclosure |
Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP, SFHM | Advisory Board, Consultant: Bristol Myer Squibb and Roche Advisory Board, Consultant, Research Grant: Janssen Consultant: Pfizer Advisory Board: Portola |
Eddie Needham, MD, FAAFP | Nothing to disclose. |
Jennifer G Robinson, MD, MPH | Consultant: Pfizer Consultant, Research Grant: Medicines Company, Regeneron, and Sanofi Research Grant: Acasti, Amarin, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, Eli Lilly, Esperion, Merck, Novartis, and Novo-Nordisk |
Daniel E Soffer, MD, FNLA, FACP | Clinical Trial Investigator: Akcea Therapeutics, Astra-Zeneca, Regeneron, RegenXBio Consultant, Clinical Trial Investigator: Amgen Speaker’s Bureau: Kaneka Advisory Board: Medicure Advisory Board, Clinical Trial Investigator: Novartis |
Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA | Research Grant: American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, Baylor College of Medicine Center for Globalization, and Department of Veteran Affairs Member, Steering Committee: Patient and Provider Assessment of Lipid Management (PALM) and Registry at the Duke Clinical Research Institute |
Unlabeled Use Declaration:
During their presentation, faculty may discuss unlabeled or investigational use which is not approved for a commercial product. Faculty members are required to disclose this information to the audience when referring to an unlabeled or investigational use.
Statement of Disclosure and Independence:
It is the policy of Continuing Education Company (CEC) to ensure all of its accredited educational activities are designed, implemented, and evaluated in accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (ACCME) Criteria and Policies. In accordance with ACCME requirements, CEC has Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosure Policies that are designed to ensure that accredited educational activities are fair, balanced, independent, evidence based, and based on scientific rigor.
All individuals who are in position to influence and/or control content of a CEC accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity must disclose any relevant financial interest or other relationships they have with an ineligible company, which is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. (Relevant financial interest or other relationship includes such things as grants or research support, employee, consultant, major stockholder, member of speakers’ bureau, etc.) The intent of this disclosure is to provide activity participants with information to determine whether the speaker’s interests or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusions. All relevant financial relationships have been identified, mitigated, and are listed above.
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