Learning Objectives

These learning objectives are set for the program on Saturday, Dec. 11th.

“This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 4.0 Mainpro+ credits.”

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Learning Objectives: Full Program

At conclusion of this session, participants will be better able to:

• Describe the updated standard of care for heart failure patients – and apply new evidence-based approaches to practice
• Interpret and prescribe newer and existing therapies to a broad spectrum of patients with heart failure
• Differentiate the impact of cultures and lived experiences on patients with heart failure and assess more individualized approaches to care
• Determine a holistic approach to heart failure care and self-management that involves new and emerging health technologies
• Apply and develop a framework for managing patients with advanced heart failure as well as complex conditions

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Learning Objectives: Individual Presentations

The following presentations and their learning objectives are presented in chronological order.

New standard of care for HFrEF: Key takeaways in primary care

• Recognize key changes in the management of heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction
• Apply updated standard of care in the medical management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Emerging therapies for HFpEF

• Assess novel treatments for heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction
• Identify patients appropriate for SGLT2-inhibitors in heart failure

Bridging the gap: Evidence to practice

• Describe evidence-based treatment gaps and opportunities in patients with heart failure
• Develop an approach to enhancing the uptake of guideline-directed medical therapies

Culturally sensitive heart failure care

• Interpret the impact of different cultural backgrounds on the management of heart failure
• Apply personalized heart failure care according to each patient’s cultural experience

Indigenous heart health: a call to action

• Contrast how an Indigenous person’s experience with heart disease differs
• Integrate into practice a lens on Indigenous heart health and their perspectives on care

Managing common comorbidities: a focus on diabetes, CKD, atrial fibrillation

• Describe the prevalence and impact of common comorbidities in HF patients
• Develop an approach to managing comorbidities in the setting of heart failure

Advanced heart failure: a focus on comfort and kindness

• Identify patients who would benefit from palliative care assessments
• Appraise the benefits of palliative and comfort care in patients with advanced HF

Nurse-led initiatives in heart failure care

• Describe emerging opportunities for nurse interventions in heart failure
• Integrate a strategy for remote patient monitoring and virtual care

Practical recommendations for diet and exercise in HF

• Recognize the benefits of nutrition and exercise prescriptions in heart failure
• Develop an approach to providing lifestyle interventions for a patient

The latest on wearable technology in HF 

• Discuss the potential benefits for wearable technologies in heart failure
• Describe how patients can practice greater self-care driven by research on what innovations exists today and what are coming