Preventing Heart Disease


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Date & Location
Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 12:00 AM - Saturday, August 23, 2025, 11:59 PM, On Demand

Overview
Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the Center for Health Education at Stanford University School of Medicine.  Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing more people now than ever before.1 Factors that increase the risk of heart disease include hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and lipid disorders such as high LDL-cholesterol. Coronary artery disease is largely preventable by managing certain lifestyle-related risk factors and using evidence-based medication when appropriate. 

As personalized strategies for prevention become more requisite, there is a clear demand for specialized expertise in the field. The Preventing Heart Disease online short course from the Stanford Center for Health Education (SCHE) offers a practical approach to prevention of initial and recurrent events. Led by Dr. David Maron, director of preventive cardiology at Stanford Medicine, you’ll learn how to help your clients improve their eating patterns, increase levels of physical activity, lose weight, and stop smoking to lower their risk of CAD. You’ll discover how to assist positive behavior change, and when to prescribe medication to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis progression. 

1 World Health Organization (Dec, 2020).


Registration

  Release Date: August 24, 2022
  Expiration Date: August 23, 2025
  Estimated Time to Complete: 48 hours (Over 6 weeks)
  Registration Fee: $1,500  for the duration of the course

Click Begin (at the top) to learn more about how to enroll in the course.



Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (48.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (48.00 hours)

Target Audience
Specialties - Cardiovascular Health
Professions - Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Physician, Student

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. List the risk factors and impact of CAD, with an overview of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and how a healthy lifestyle can reduce risk and eventual onset
  2. Explain the behavioral risk factors for CAD and how lifestyle changes, such as improved eating patterns, weight loss, increased levels of physical activity, and smoking cessation can help prevent it
  3. Describe how unmonitored hypertension, diabetes, and lipid disorders can lead to CAD, and assess and treat these risk factors
  4. Overcome barriers to change and reduce the risk of CAD
  5. Counsel patients to help them build healthy, preventive habits

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 48.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Additional Information

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008. 

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

Reference/Bibliography List
For additional resources, please visit the course.

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