This course has expired. View available courses.

Cardiovascular, Medication Management

Dyspnea in High CV Risk Patient – Practical Approach for Family Physicians

Dyspnea is a common condition seen in primary care. Although clear guidance has been developed on the management of these patients, many have a delayed diagnosis or are not optimally managed according to current guidelines. Primary care clinicians play a crucial role in the assessment, referral, and monitoring of this patient population. This program focuses on providing primary care clinicians with guidance at the different stages of managing patients with heart failure. It will provide expert insight on key clinical issues at these stages. This should provide clinicians with the information and tools to improve outcomes in this patient population.

DURATION

1 hr

PROFESSION

Physician, Nursing, Allied Health

# OF CREDITS

1

ACCREDITATION

Mainpro+

EXPIRY DATE

2024-02-09

Dyspnea is a common condition seen in primary care. Although clear guidance has been developed on the management of these patients, many have a delayed diagnosis or are not optimally managed according to current guidelines. Primary care clinicians play a crucial role in the assessment, referral, and monitoring of this patient population. This program focuses on providing primary care clinicians with guidance at the different stages of managing patients with heart failure. It will provide expert insight on key clinical issues at these stages. This should provide clinicians with the information and tools to improve outcomes in this patient population.


This program has received an unrestricted educational grant or in-kind support from Boehinger Ingelheim Eli Lilly.

Faculty

Chandi Chandrasena, MD, CCFP, FCFP

Kim Connelly, MBBS, PhD, FCCS, FSCMR

Akshay Jain, MD, FRCPC, FACE, CCD, ECNU, DABIM, DABOM 

Elizabeth Swiggum, MD, FRCPC, FCCS

Naomi Pliamm, MD, CCFP

James Kim, MBBCh, PgDip, MScCH

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this continuing education program participants will be better able to:

  • Explain the necessary screening (and prevention) for high CV risk patients with dyspnea
  • Discuss the current guideline-directed medical therapy for the management of heart failure
  • Summarize the importance of follow-up in this patient population
  • Appraise the clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of patients presenting with suspected heart failure (HF) in primary care, including the necessary investigations

Accreditation

This Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ Credit(s).
Cert+ Program ID#: 198959

This program is developed in collaboration with Partners in Progressive Medical Education (PPME).

Cost of course:  
Free
# of credits: 1
Duration: 1 hr

FAQs & HELP

MDBriefCase Group specializes in accredited, online continuing professional development (CPD) programs, custom tailored for specific international markets and available on a convenient online platform.

All content is developed by leading specialists and peer-reviewed by experts at respected institutions, which keeps more than 280,000 global healthcare professionals at the forefront of the latest evidence and protocols worldwide.

The vast majority of our programs are accredited by one or more respected institutions. We do provide unaccredited content to ensure that healthcare professionals have access to relevant practical resources in addition to accredited learning.

Specific accrediting information (including the accrediting body, along with the type and number of credits) can be found on the “Main” page and/or “Accreditation” page of each program. In order to qualify for accreditation and obtain your certificate, you must successfully complete the requirements listed on the “Accreditation” or “CME Information” pages available in each program.

MDBriefCase Group works with various institutions to provide peer-reviewed, up-to-date accredited content. Our programs and resources are provided via collaboration between medical writers, faculty members, associations, universities and other relevant organizations. The content you were recommended is likely valued by your society or association and is conveniently provided to you free of charge on an MDBriefCase Group platform.

Specific accrediting information (including the accrediting body, along with the type and number of credits) can be found on the “Main” page and/or “Accreditation” page of each program. In order to qualify for accreditation and obtain your certificate, you must successfully complete the requirements listed on the “Accreditation” or “CME Information” pages available in each program.

No, registration with MDBriefCase is free!

To access your profile, visit My Profile. If you would like to update the information here don’t forget to hit the ‘save’ button when you are finished. Your profile is where you can control what email communications you receive.

If you have forgotten your password, you can reset your password. To access this page from the Login page, click Forgot password. Enter the email address you registered with and you will receive an email with a link to reset your password.

Please note: if you submitted multiple password resets, only the link on the most recent email is valid.

You can unsubscribe from MDBriefCase Group emails by clicking the unsubscribe button located at the bottom of each of our emails.