Atrial Fibrillation: New Perspectives & Strategies
1 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™,
1 Nursing Contact Hour,
1 Hour Pharmacy CE.
Release date: March 1, 2010
Expiration date: February 28, 2012
Faculty: Peter J. Kudenchuk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, Arrhythmia Services
University of Washington
Seattle , WA
Target audience:
Primary Care Providers – physicians, NPs, PAs, RNs, and pharmacists.
Accreditation:
The Foundation for Care Management ( FCM ) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
FCM designates this educational activity for a maximum 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Foundation for Care Management is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center ’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval period: July 1, 2009 — June 30, 2012 . Provider # FCM -0612.
 The Foundation for Care Management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Program # 0347-0000-10-010-H01-P.
*This CE activity is knowledge based.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this web-based course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the common causes and presentations of atrial fibrillation and techniques for early diagnosis/screening to reduce risk of stroke and hospitalization.
- Determine why and which patients with atrial fibrillation require chronic anticoagulation therapy.
- Describe the new pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches for prophylaxis and management of atrial fibrillation to reduce risk of stroke.
- Discuss the scientific merit behind a treatment strategy of rhythm control versus rate control.
- Develop a referral process for rural clinicians for proper management of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke.
- Implement current guidelines for referral and evidence-based strategies in rural practice for the management of atrial fibrillation to reduce stroke and hospitalization to achieve better patient outcomes.
What you must do to obtain credit for this course.
1. Review faculty biosketch and disclosure shown below.
2. Read the objectives shown above.
3. Review the Privacy statement.
4. Review the References.
5. Study the presentation.
6. Take the Post-test and complete the course evaluation.
7. Print your certificate.
Biosketch : Peter Kudenchuk, MD, FACP, FACC
Seattle, Washington
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Washington. Dr Kudenchuk is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and clinical practice, and recognition as being among the “Best Doctors” in Seattle and in America. His research interests pertain to resuscitation from cardiac arrest, and cardiac electrophysiology.
Disclosure: Dr. Kudenchuk is on the Speakers Bureau for Sanofi Aventis.
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