Professional Development
American Heart Association (AHA)
AHA offers educational courses/workshops for health care professionals. Listed below are a few of the popular courses and programs:
View the AHA Professional Education Center.
American Heart Association (AHA), Heart/Stroke Recognition Program
AHA offers a Heart/Stroke Recognition Program which assesses physicians based on five performance standards for managing patients’ health related to:
- Blood pressure control
- Complete lipid profile
- LDL cholesterol control
- Use of aspirin or another antithrombotic
- Smoking status and cessation advice or treatment
View the AHA Heart/Stroke Recognition Program.
SHM QI Training
Hospital Medicine 2009
Quality Improvement Skills Precourse
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Hyatt Regency -- Chicago
Chicago, IL
Quality Improvement Skills Course
8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
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Course Director
Janet Nagamine, MD
Kaiser Permanente |
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Course Director
Jason Stein, MD
Emory University School of Medicine |
Course Overview:
The 2009 Quality Pre-Course has been re-designed to expose hospitalists of all experience levels to effective quality improvement projects. In an interactive format, multiple successful QI projects will be profiled by the hospitalists who have led them. Participants will have a chance to see key QI principles reappear in each project, while also gaining exposure to alternative strategies. The participant may choose from one of three sessions: VTE, Glycemic Control, or Care Transitions.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe how a hospitalist can communicate a vision to lead improvement in hospital care
- Describe the power of standardization, especially when coupled with high reliability strategies
- Describe features of a useful data system and how an effective multidisciplinary team can achieve specific performance goals
Visit the Hospital Medicine 2009 site for registration information
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