Clinical Heart Failure Conference

Add to Calendar Clinical Heart Failure Conference 1/1/2020 12:00:00 PM 1/1/2020 1:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://vumc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=23539 Description: Conference that provides an opportunity for attendings and fellows to consider strategies to manage patient diagnosed with heart failure. Sessions typically include review of relevant information from clinical practice guidelines and recent research studies, opportunities to examine the new information in the context of patient cases, and discussion of how the new knowledge can be used in when managing... Other false MM/DD/YYYY


Occurs weekly every Monday and Wednesday starting on 1/1/2020 at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Other, Nashville, TN


Specialties - Medicine


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)


Conference that provides an opportunity for attendings and fellows to consider strategies to manage patient diagnosed with heart failure. Sessions typically include review of relevant information from clinical practice guidelines and recent research studies, opportunities to examine the new information in the context of patient cases, and discussion of how the new knowledge can be used in when managing patients.


Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

  1. Evaluate and diagnose patients with complex heart failure
  2. Consider the continuum of management strategies for patients with complex heart failure, a) Medical management; b) Implant device; c) Transplantation
  3. Determine appropriate strategy based on the needs and condition of a patient


Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.