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The Untold Story: Women and Heart
Disease is part of the Bench to Bedside
Video/CD-ROM Series for clinicians. At the conclusion of this activity,
the learner will be able to:
• Review key statistics on cardiovascular disease in women
• Describe the alarming trends in the prevalence of modifiable risk factors
for cardiovascular disease
• Describe the four National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes Cardiovascular
Health Performance Goals and the disparities in women’s heart health related
to each of the goals.
• Describe opportunities for integrating preventive cardiology for women at
various stages of the lifecycle into clinical practice.
• Explain ways to integrate the American Heart Association/American College of
Cardiology preventive cardiology guidelines for women into routine office
visits, including screening and counseling related to lifestyle factors and
cardiovascular disease risk factors, and use of pharmacological interventions
• Identify the types of patients to refer to a cardiologist
• Discuss the reasons why diagnosis of coronary heart disease is a greater
challenge in women than in men
• State the signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in women and the
reasons women often delay treatment
• Describe the current standards of medical care for women who are diagnosed
with a myocardial infarction
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Name________________________________________________ RN License # and
state______________________
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(M.I.)
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Address______________________________________________ City/State/Zip_____________________________
Date tape viewed______________ CE form printed on: Signature _____________________________
1.
Relationship to program purpose.
Learning objectives for “The Untold Story: Women and Heart Disease”
support the overall purpose for which the series is designed.
___Yes ___Partially ___No
2. Objectives
Has this program enabled you to have a better
understanding of the objectives listed above:
___Yes ___Partially ___No
3. Presenters
Please rate effectiveness of each presenter:
| Sharonne N. Hayes, MD | _____Somewhat Effective | _____Effective | _____Very Effective |
| Bruce MacLeod, MD | _____Somewhat Effective | _____Effective | _____Very Effective |
| Deborah J. Barbour, MD | _____Somewhat Effective | _____Effective | _____Very Effective |
4.
Overall Program
Overall this educational activity was: _____Marginal _____Good _____Excellent
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