Overview
Participate in this Meeting on Demand™ Program and learn about HF-ACTION, the multicenter trial on efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). It suggests that a well thought out and consistent exercise program, in addition to the usual care, will lower all-cause death or hospitalizations versus patients who receive usual care alone.
Click the Start Program button to begin learning about exercise in the heart failure (HF) patient.
Target Audience
- Cardiologists and cardiology fellows
- Primary care physicians
Important Dates
Date of Release: November 2011
Term of Approval/Date of CME Expiration: November 2012
Learner Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
- Evaluate the proper procedure in assessing the functional capacity of a patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) and then create an exercise prescription as part of the patient’s armamentarium of care.
- Use the data from an oxygen consumption exercise test or 6-minute walk test to guide an exercise prescription.
Method of Participation and Claiming Credit
ACCF
Meeting on Demand™
Programs feature captured lecture content, abstract summaries, and self-assessment questions. To be eligible for credit, you must attain a score of 70% or better on the self-assessment exams included in the activity.
Requesting AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™ Credit for this Activity
To request credit, you must:
- Read all text and view all slide and video presentations in the modules for which you wish to receive credit.
- Answer the Self-Assessment questions in each module for which you wish to claim credit. After you have answered all the questions in the module, click on the Exam Summary button. A Claim Credit button will appear on this page if you have achieved a passing score of 70% or better. If you did not achieve a passing score, please click the Reset Scores link and retake the exam.
- Click the Claim Credit button and answer the evaluation questions in the pop-up window.
- Enter the total amount of time you actually spent in the activity in the box provided. Please note that you may only claim once for each module in this activity. Click Submit.
- You will receive a message that your request has been submitted and a link to view your certificate. You may view and download the certificate when you receive the message, you may also view it at any time in the My Transcript section of My CardioSource.