This programme will be submitted to the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for CME accreditation.
Target audience
Cardiologists and Trainees, Care of the Elderly and General Physicians, Heart Failure Specialist Nurses, Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurses & GPs
Course objectives
- Update on recent developments in delivering heart failure care
- Update on medical and device therapy
- Advances in delivering multi-professional heart failure care
- Practical advice for managing heart failure patients in clinics, as in-patients and remotely via telemonitoring
Course Directors
T. Jaarsma (SE); T. McDonagh (UK)
Faculty
A.L. Clark (UK), M. Lainscak (SI), A. Stromberg(SE), B. Travers (IE)
Preliminary Programme (13 January 2012)
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Thursday 19th April
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Plenary Session 1: Updates - T. McDonagh, B. Travers |
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Medical Therapy - A. Clark |
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Implanted Devices - M. Lainscak |
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Heart Failure Management Programmes - T. Jaarsma |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Interactive Case Discussion - A. Stromberg, T. Jaarsma |
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AHF + renal dysfunction - A. Clark |
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Palliative care - B. Travers |
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Friday 20th April
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| 09:00-13:00 |
Workshops
(participants rotate through all 3 workshops) |
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Workshop 1: Non-pharmacological treatment strategies - M. Lainscak, B. Travers |
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Workshop 2: Tele-monitoring (tele-monitoring equipment/output will be available) - A. Clark, T. Jaarsma |
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Workshop 3: Standards of care / quality indicators - T. Mc Donagh, A. Stromberg |
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| 14:00-15:30 |
Plenary Session 2: How-to Session - M. Lainscak, B. Travers |
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How to diagnose and assess a HF patient including biomarkers - T. McDonagh |
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How to monitor and follow the patient - A. Stromberg |
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| 16:00-17:30 |
Plenary Session 3: Research in clinical practice: audit, evaluation, instruments, indicators - A. Clark, A. Stromberg |
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Quality assurance and performance indicators - T. McDonagh |
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Assessing patient centered outcomes - T. Jaarsma |
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Importance of audit and clinical research - M. Lainscak |
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Saturday 21st April
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| 09:00-10:30 |
Main Session: How to stay educated in the HF field - T. Jaarsma, T. McDonagh |
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Nurse curriculum - A. Stromberg |
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Update on sub-specialization for doctors - T. McDonagh |
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Tools for patient education - B. Travers |
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| 11:00-12:00 |
Debate - T. Jaarsma, T. McDonagh
Do we need to see the patient? - A. Clark, A. Stromberg |
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| 12:00-12:15 |
Summary, take-home messages, and closing remarks - T. Jaarsma, T. McDonagh |