Timely recognition of the signs and symptoms of posterior circulation stroke (PCS) is critical for properly diagnosing PCS, understanding the clinical course, and managing patients with acute PCS diagnosis. Delayed or incorrect diagnosis results in inadequate acute care and poorer outcomes. While PCS can be challenging to recognize; in this webinar series learn to distinguish characteristic clinical patterns and apply AHA/ACC guideline recommendations.
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AHA Telehealth Essentials to Optimize Clinician and Patient Experience
This series of four activities will help learners recognize different telehealth modalities and their roles in providing patient care. Experts will discuss how to manage patient care during active visits; identify helpful strategies and tools to enhance virtual visits, transitions of care points, and discuss the various internet interventions and strategies available; and how to successfully manage special populations via telemedicine.
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Explore this Professional Education Podcast series on the link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) with cutting-edge topics such as up-to-date standards of care, guidelines and their implications for T2D and CVD, and approaches to shared decision making — among other topics. Listen today and improve your patient’s outcomes!
Featured Online Courses
Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes eBook...
This e-book is designed to enhance the NSTE-ACS Guidelines, and explain the evidence behind the ACS guidelines. The interactive, engaging manner, and flow of this eBook aid in the assimilation of information, further facilitating improved quality of care provided to your patients.
Vascular Cognitive Impairment
This online course provides the most current and comprehensive scope of knowledge in the early assessment and management of vascular cognitive impairment. The presentations from experts in the field will challenge and expand on contemporary patient care across the age continuum.
NSTE-ACS Guidelines into Practice eModule
This eModule course is designed to offer insight into the 2014 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTE-ACS). This interactive new course offering features 4 learning modules and offers continuing education credits for physicians, nurses and pharmacists.
Popular CME Activities
Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
This set of practice guidelines will present the most current recommendations in stroke rehabilitation, based on evidence and consensus opinion. Each year, stroke affects nearly 80,000 people in the US. The need for effective stroke rehabilitation will likely remain an essential part of stroke care for the foreseeable future.
WHO Sugar Guidelines: Debate
Two leading experts debate the 2016 WHO sugar guidelines. With this course, you will be able to recognize opportunities to address modifiable risk factors for CVD, to help meet AHA components of ideal cardiovascular health.
Journal CME Activities Available
AHA Journals has an extensive selection of CME journal activities with relevant topics available anytime.
AHA Guidelines On-the-Go Mobile App
Access new and current AHA/ASA Guidelines on your mobile device anytime, anywhere. Download our free mobile app today and enjoy the benefits of staying up to date no matter where you are. Actionable at the point of care, users will be able to retrieve relevant pieces of content while also having access to additional support detail and evidence.