
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
Dr. Sheikh's Topics
- Lessons in Chemistry: Nutritional Guidelines That Align with Eating to Live Instead of Living to Eat
Nutrition is a key part of lifestyle modification that impacts cardiovascular risk and wellness.
- Appreciate the biological basis for current nutritional guidelines for optimizing cardiovascular health.
- Apply the results of the large clinical trials establishing the benefits of a Mediterranean diet in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
- Physical Activity and Exercise: Guidelines and More That Optimize Health and Longevity
Physical activity is an important component of cardiovascular wellness and optimal health. Nevertheless, scientific evidence presents divergent views regarding the efficacy of various exercise regimens.
- Use current exercise guidelines to properly counsel patients to establish an individualized exercise prescription for health benefit.
- Counsel patients on exercise regimens that may be harmful and are to be avoided.
- Cholesterol: Physiology, Pathology and Application of Management Guidelines
Abnormal blood lipids are a major contributor to cardiovascular disease. Appreciating the physiology of lipid metabolism, and what contributes to disorders is key to managing cardiovascular disease.
- Understand the pathways of normal cholesterol synthesis and removal.
- Become familiar with current cholesterol management guidelines.
- Beyond Cholesterol: Managing Additional Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Optimize Cardiovascular Health
In addition to cholesterol, there are multiple additional influences upon the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. For optimal health, all modifiable cardiovascular risk factors must be addressed.
- Know the major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors.
- Use current management guidelines to apply optimal treatment strategies to address the major cardiovascular risk factors.
- Cardiac Risk Assessment: Using Risk Calculators and Imaging to Estimate and Personalize Risk
Assessing statistical risk for major adverse cardiovascular events is critical to implementing preventative therapies. Which parameters should be included in risk assessment, and do imaging tests provide a better risk estimate?
- Understand the features of common cardiovascular risk calculators.
- Apply cardiovascular risk calculators in clinical practice.
- Employ cardiovascular imaging techniques to personalize cardiovascular risk assessment and treatment.
- Don't Neglect the Impact of Emotions and Stress on Heart Health
The Interheart trial showed that stress is the third most common risk factor leading to heart disease. Yet, medical providers often neglect to address stress-modification to their patients. This presentation will provide an overview of the physiological basis for the stress response, and the importance of, as well as the techniques by which this can be modified to achieve better heart health.
- Know the neurohormonal and physiological basis of stress and adverse cardiovascular effects.
- Become familiar with stress-related cardiovascular syndromes.
- Be able to counsel patients on basic techniques to manage stress to achieve health benefits.
- Alcohol: What to Tell Patients About General and Cardiovascular Health Benefits and Risks
The cardiovascular health effects of alcohol remain debated, with current literature and guidelines providing conflicting and confusing information.
- Understand the history and physiology in support of the health benefits of alcohol.
- Use current national and international medical guidelines to counsel patients on the medical risks of alcohol consumption.
Dr. Worley's Topics
- Women's Health Screening Guidelines
- Management of Abnormal Paps
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Amenorrhea
- Hormones and Contraception
- Perimenopause and Menopause
- Topics in Pediatric/Adolescent Gynecology