2009 Foundations for Practice
Excellence:
Core Curriculum for the Cardiovascular Clinician
Co-sponsored
by: 
Program Directors: Eileen M. Handberg, PhD, ARNP, BC, FAHA, FACC
and Joseph S. Alpert, MD, FACC
October 22
- 25, 2009
Heart House
Washington, DC
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Learning Pathway: General Cardiology: Hypertension,
Lipids and Prevention; Lifelong Learning/Maintenance of Certification
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Thursday, October 22
1:15 p.m. Update
on Epidemiology/Pathophysiology of Cardiovascular Disease in 2009
Dr. Alpert
1:30 p.m. Interviewing
and Health History – Getting the Most Out of the Patient Interview
Dr. Callahan
2:00 p.m. Physical
Examination 1 – Focus on Heart Sounds
Dr. Callahan and Ms. Linderbaum
3:15 p.m. 12-Lead
ECG – Hands on Reading
Dr. Alpert
4:00 p.m. Pharmacology
1
Colonel Labadie
5:00 p.m. Chest
X–ray Interpretation
Dr. Alpert
6:00 p.m. Heart
Sounds - The Listened Experience
Dr. Callahan and Ms. Linderbaum
Friday, October 23
Optional Early Sessions
7:00 a.m.
Chest
X–ray Interpretation – Small Group
Dr. Callahan
Device
Therapy for the Beginner
Ms. Gura
12-Lead
ECG Reading – Hands On
Drs. Albert and Handberg
8:15 a.m.
Physical
Examination 2
Dr. Callahan and Ms. Linderbaum
9:00 a.m.
Stable
Ischemic Heart Disease
Ms. Linderbaum
10:00 a.m. Acute
Coronary Syndrome Management
Dr. O’Gara
10:45 a.m. Coronary/Carotid/Peripheral
Angiography: Images and Interventions
Dr. Anderson
11:15 a.m. Decompensating
ICU Patients: The Role of Inotropes/Swans/Balloon Pumps
Ms. Bither
1:00 p.m.
Indications
for Imaging: Echocardiography
Dr. Callahan
1:30 p.m.
Case Based Perspectives from Imagers, Interventionalists
and Clinicians
Drs. Anderson, Callahan and O’Gara and Ms. Linderbaum
2:00 p.m.
Preoperative
Evaluations: Clearing Patients for Surgery/Procedures
Dr. O’Gara
2:45 p.m.
Dermatology
101 for Cardiology: Macules, Papules and Petechiae Oh My!!
Dr. Handberg
3:15 p.m.
Surgical
Interventions
Dr. Anderson
4:00 p.m.
Heart
Failure – Inpatient Management Inotropes, LVADs and Transplant
Dr. Bove
4:45 p.m.
Putting It All Together
Drs. Anderson, Callahan and O’Gara
Saturday, October 24
Optional Early Sessions
7:00 a.m. Choose One:
Physical
Diagnosis – Small Group
Ms. Long
Device
Interrogation – Advanced
Ms. Gura
Imaging Review – Small Group
Dr. Handberg
8:15 a.m.
Atrial
Arrhythmias
Ms. Gura
8:45 a.m.
Anticoagulation
Management Home–based or Clinic-based:
Options for Management?
Dr. Cazares
9:15 a.m.
Working
Up Syncope
Dr. Lewis
10:00 a.m. Congenital
Heart Disease: What to Do When They Become Adults
Ms. Nickolaus
10:30 a.m. Metabolic
Syndrome/Diabetes
Ms. Hughes
11:00 a.m. Pharmacology
2
Dr. Cazares
12:45 p.m. Exercise/Diet
Prescriptions: What Works?
Ms. Hughes
1:15 p.m.
Hypertension
Ms. Long
1:45 p.m.
Complex
Arrhythmias and Management
Dr. Lewis and Ms. Gura
2:15 p.m.
Biomarkers
in CV Disease – What Should You Order When?
Ms. Hughes
2:45 p.m.
Obstructive
Sleep Apnea, Pulmonary Hypertension
Ms. Long
3:30 p.m.
Putting It All Together – Case Studies
Ms. Gura, Hughes, Long and Nickolaus
Optional Evening Session
4:00 p.m. Heart Songs – Self-paced Learning Experience
Sunday, October 25
Optional Early Sessions
7:00 a.m. Choose One:
Stress
Testing
Dr. Handberg
Setting Up and Managing a Heart Failure Clinic
Dr. Wingate
8:15 a.m.
Lipids
Ms. Long
8:45 a.m.
Complex
Heart Failure in the Outpatient Setting
Dr. Wingate
10:00 a.m. Stem
Cells and Gene Therapy – What’s On the Horizon?
Dr. Handberg
10:30 a.m. Women
and Heart Disease
Dr. Handberg
11:00 a.m. Reimbursement
Issues for NPs and PA’s
Ms. Buppert
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