Clinical Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician e-Learning Series

Clinical Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician e-Learning Series is organized by Baptist Health South Florida.

Course opens: 08/01/2021
Course expires: 06/30/2024

Overview:
The primary care provider frequently sees patients with signs or symptoms that may indicate cardiovascular pathology. The goal of this series is to provide an update and overview of the most common cardiovascular conditions seen in primary care, and to provide the primary care physician with a sound framework with which to approach patients with cardiovascular symptoms.  

The lecture series will use a combination of didactic and case-based studies to achieve its intended goals. Topics include leg swelling, palpitations, dyspnea, chest pain, EKG basics, arrhythmias, ischemic heart disease and more.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify signs and symptoms of cardiovascular diseases commonly seen in the primary care setting.
• Recognize and perform the correct initial diagnostic evaluation of patients presenting with common cardiovascular symptoms.
• Appropriately refer patients to subspecialty consult services or to the emergency room for acute evaluation and disease management. 

Related Topics:
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
In recent years, improvements in outcomes related to cardiovascular disease have been due in part to the prioritization and progress of primary and secondary prevention efforts. Dr. Roger S. Blumenthal, an expert in the pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, will compare and contrast the AHA/ACC and European guidelines and discuss the evidence for the changes in cardiovascular risk assessment guidelines.