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F|R|E|E CME/CEU Credits for Physicians and Nurses on Women's Heart Disease

Credits Available through February 1, 2008:

Physicians – maximum of 1.0 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credit™

Nurses – 1.0 American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) contact hour

The Heart Truth Professional Education Program offers you a unique, cutting edge continuing medical education (CME)/continuing education unit (CEU) experience in an interactive, case-based format. The modules cover a series of four patient scenarios. Each patient initially presents with a complaint leading to a variety of workups and queries. In the process you will learn about:

• Risk Assessment and Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Low Risk Women
• Metabolic Syndrome and Coronary Heart Disease in Women
• Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Women
• Diagnosing Heart Disease in Women

Throughout the modules, your clinical decision-making skills will be challenged, and you will be coached for patient interviewing. Each module takes about 15 to 60 minutes to complete, and feedback is immediate during progress through the interactive scenarios.

Click the following link for your F|R|E|E CME/CEU credits on Medscape for physicians and nurses: http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/5438

The Heart Truth Professional Education Program is a project led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health in collaboration with NHLBI. These materials were developed by a team of experts from the National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health and the National Community Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health.

Focus on Clinical Practice

Looking for materials you can trust to help improve your clinical practice in management of heart disease in women? Here are the resources and tools you can use, from
The Heart Truth Professional Education Web site:

Patient Education Materials
Help patients carry out your advice about lifestyle changes to control heart disease risk factors

Fact Sheets
Get these quick reference documents for clinicians summarizing guidelines for cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and hormone therapy

Personal Digital Assistant Downloads
Summary and quick reference tools for physicians

Links to Helpful Organizations