Foundations for Practice Excellence:
Core Curriculum for the Cardiovascular
Clinician
Co-sponsored by: 
Program Directors: Eileen M. Handberg,
PhD, ARNP, BC, FACC and Joseph S. Alpert, MD, FACC
October
16 - 19, 2008
Heart House
Washington, DC
Thursday, October 16, 2008
1:15 p.m. Guidelines
and Evidence Based Practice
Dr. Handberg
2:00 p.m. Epidemiology/Pathophysiology
of Cardiovascular Disease – File 1
Epidemiology/Pathophysiology
of Cardiovascular Disease –File 2
Dr. Alpert
2:30 p.m. Clinical
Pharmacology Overview
Dr. Alpert and Ms. Long
3:45 p.m. ECG
Interpretation
Dr. Schiavone
4:45 p.m. Non-invasive
Diagnostic Testing – File 1
Non-invasive
Diagnostic Testing – File 2
Drs. Schiavone and Taylor
Friday, October 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. Interviewing
and Health History
Dr. Callahan
9:00 a.m. The
Physical Examination: Approach and Overview
Dr. Callahan and Ms. Linderbaum
11:15 a.m.
Coronary
Artery Disease – Stable
Ms. Linderbaum
1:00 p.m. Acute
Coronary Syndrome
Dr. O’Gara
1:45 p.m. Revascularization,
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Cardiac Surgery
Dr. O’Gara
3:00 p.m. Peripheral
Artery Vascular Disease: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Risk, Diagnosis
and Treatment
Dr. Stewart
4:00 p.m. Panel
Discussion: Complex Revascularization Cases
Dr. Alpert, Presiding
Panel: Drs. O’Gara and Hirsch, Ms. Linderbaum
4:30 p.m. Patient
Presentations Using Harvey, The Cardiopulmonary Patient Simulator
Dr. Esterson
Saturday, October 18, 2008
7:00 a.m. Professional
Development – Update on Device Therapy
Ms. Gura
8:00 a.m. Heart
Failure
Dr. Wingate
9:30 a.m. Adult
Diseases: Congenital and Valvular – File 1
Adult
Diseases: Congenital and Valvular – File 2
Dr. Alpert
10:45 a.m. Hypertension
Ms. Hughes
12:45 p.m. Lipids
Dr. Taylor
1:45 p.m. Metabolic
Syndrome
Ms. Long
3:00 p.m. Panel
Discussion: Secondary Prevention – Lifestyle: Obesity, Activity,
Smoking Cessation, Stress Reduction Case Based Review
Dr. Handberg, Presiding
Panel: Drs. Alpert and Taylor, Ms. Hughes and Ms. Long
Optional Evening Session
4:30 p.m. Professional
Development – Setting Up Cardiovascular Practitioner Run Clinics
- Heart Failure
Dr. Wingate
- Coagulation
Dr. Labadie
- Device
Ms. Gura
- Secondary Prevention
Ms. Hughes and Ms. Long
Sunday, October 19, 2008
7:00 a.m. Professional
Development – What You Need to Know About Dictating, Billing
and Collections
Dr. Handberg
8:00 a.m. Arrhythmias:
Evaluation and Management – File 1, Arrhythmias:
Evaluation and Management – File 2
Dr. Lewis and Ms. Gura
10:15 a.m. Syncope:
Evaluation and Management
Dr. Lewis and Ms. Gura
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