Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology HFSA Virtual Board Certification Review 2021
This course is appropriate for you if you need a thorough update and overview of heart failure or if you are taking the ABIM Advance Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Board Maintenance of Certification Exam. Taking place virtually over three days (July 16–18, 2021), it will feature pre-recorded OnDemand webinars and faculty office hours after the meeting that are only open to attendees. The latter will take place on Friday, October 1, 2021, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.
Chairs of programs:
MD, MPH, FHFSA Akshay S. Desai, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Midwest Heart Specialists-Advocate Medical Group / Maria Rosa Costanzo, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Jonathan Rich, MD, FHFSA
The intended audience for Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, FHFSA, at the University of Arizona
Physicians preparing for the ABIM Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Maintenance of Certification Exam or heart failure experts looking for a comprehensive review of heart failure should take the HFSA Virtual Board Certification Review 2021.
Learning Goal
After completing the task, individuals will show increased proficiency and capacity for:
Regarding The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Certification Exam:
Determine the gaps in your understanding of transplant cardiology and severe heart failure.
Concentrate research efforts on closing recognized knowledge gaps.
Use these multiple-choice test questions in the ABIM format to prepare for the certification exam.
Regarding Clinical Practice:
Explain the epidemiology of heart failure, taking into account environmental causes, and put heart failure prevention measures into practice.
Explain the pathophysiology of heart failure, taking into account both maladaptive and compensatory mechanisms in addition to normal physiology.
Using both invasive and non-invasive testing, as well as biomarkers, evaluate and monitor the patient with acute or severe heart failure.
For patients with persistent heart failure, implement guideline-based therapy that includes implanted devices, non-pharmacologic choices like diet and exercise, and pharmaceutical agents.
Adopt the proper care plans for patients who have cardiorenal syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure with maintained ejection fraction, or are receiving chemotherapy.
Handle comorbid conditions such as depression, anemia, and respiratory disorders in patients with chronic heart failure.
Implement palliative care and outpatient care transition methods as well as other effective disease management measures for patients with advanced heart failure.
Assist patients with heart failure undergoing cardiac transplantation or mechanical circulatory device implantation with peri-operative care.
Brief talks on blueprint material will be given by specialists from around the country.
Fundamentals of Heart Failure: On-Demand Webinar
Every webinar lasts for thirty minutes. All enrolled participants have access to this series through the OnDemand page of the online meeting platform, which they can finish whenever it’s convenient for them.
Details of the Virtual Meeting
The dates of the virtual gathering are July 16–18. To get the most out of their learning, participants should plan on spending the entire session online. On the day of the virtual meeting, select the “Sessions” tab on the online platform to join a session.
Should a participant be unable to attend in person, the sessions’ on-demand recordings will be accessible on the web platform’s “OnDemand” tab 48 hours after the scheduled session date.
The whole schedule may be viewed by scrolling down; the general schedule of days and subjects can be found below.
The times of each session are indicated below in Eastern Standard Time.
Additional Bonus Features
In addition to the core program components, attendees will have access to the following:
A question bank – updated for 2021!
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