Target Audience The Lipid Disorders Courses are educational opportunities designed specifically for cardiologists and other physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, and other providers who are interested in learning more about managing various lipid disorders.
MINIFELLOWSHIPS
This two-and-a-half-day course features lectures and case discussions of lipid treatment guidelines, diagnosis of various dyslipidemias, dietary and pharmacologic treatments for lipid disorders, factors influencing treatment, and results of recent clinical trials.
A unique feature of the Minifellowship is a one-day demonstration clinic in which course participants see Gladstone Lipid Clinic patients and analyze their treatment.
2012 Lipid Disorders Minifellowships
June 14–16
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October 11–13
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you will be better able to:
Determine the role of hyperlipidemia and other known or emerging risk factors in coronary heart disease progression;
Describe the full range of hypolipidemic pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments available to optimize patient outcomes, considering long-term clinical trial and safety data;
Discuss recent findings in vascular pathophysiology, exploring the role of endothelial function and plaque stabilization in the development of coronary heart disease;
Develop treatment strategies to improve outcomes for high-risk patients such as diabetics and individuals with familial lipid disorders and for the under-treated patient such as women and elderly.
AGENDA
Thursdays 8:00 am–4:30 pm
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Structure, Composition, & Metabolism of Plasma Lipoproteins
Primary Hypercholesterolemia Disorders
Triglyceride Disorders and Secondary Hyperlipidemia
The Rationale for Treatment: Epidemiology and Clinical Trials 12:00 to 1:00 pm–Lunch (included)
Nutrition Recommendations for Dyslipidemia
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hyperlipidemia and Review of Treatment Guidelines
Atherogenesis
Saturdays 8:30 am–noon
Continental Breakfast
Additional Lifestyle Therapies
Special Populations: Patients with
Low HDL Cholesterol Levels, Elderly, and Women
Case Presentations
UPDATES
The one-day Updates are designed for graduates of our basic course and as an advanced lipidology course for cardiologists, endocrinologists, and others experienced in the management of dyslipidemic patients.
The Updates provide the latest information from clinical and basic research. Specific topics are chosen based on newly available, practical information.
2012 Lipid Disorders Updates
May 5
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December 8
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you will be better able to:
Select patients for lipid lowering therapy in the primary prevention setting and for whom such therapy may be delayed;
Discuss the rationale for aggressive management of dyslipidemia in patients with clinically manifest syndromes due to atherosclerosis;
Describe newly developed concepts in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis to dyslipidemia and better understand how vascular disease develops;
Discuss new and on-going clinical studies in the area of atherosclerosis and management of dyslipidemias.
AGENDA
Saturdays 8:30 am–4:00 pm
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Recent Findings in Basic and Clinical Science
Nutrition Update 12:00 to 1:00 pm–Lunch (included)
Clinical Trial Review
Case Discussions
ENROLL
LOCATION
The J. David Gladstone Institutes is located at
1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158.
Thomas P. Bersot, MD, PhD, course director, is an associate investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, where he conducts research in HDL metabolism. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and director of the Lipid Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital.
Mikelle McCoin, MPH, RD, is a consulting nutrition educator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and a lecturer in nutritional sciences and toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley. She counsels patients with dyslipidemia, evaluates research, and teaches on the management of dyslipidemia.
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Statements of credit will be awarded based on the participant's attendance and submission of the activity evaluation form. A statement of credit will be mailed/emailed to participants 4-6 weeks of successful completion. If you have questions about this CME/CE activity, please contact AKH Inc. at cme@lipid.org.
Commercial Support
Full notification of commercial support will be provided in the activity syllabus.
CME credit provided by the National Lipid Association
Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the National Lipid Association and the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. The National Lipid Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The National Lipid Association designates these live activities: the minifellowship for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and the Update for 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts Category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME
CE credit provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare
Nurses
AKH Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's COA.
AKH Inc. designates the Minifellowship for 16.5 contact hours (1.65 CEUs) and the Update for 6 contact hours (0.6 CEUs). Accreditation applies solely to educational activities and does not imply approval or endorsement of any commercial product by the ANCC-COA.
AKH Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP12070, Minifellowship for 16.5 contact hours and Update for 6 contact hours.
Pharmacists
AKH Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. AKH Inc. approves the Minifellowship application-based activity for 16.5 contact hours (1.65 CEUs) UAN 0077-9999-11-001-L04-P and the Update knowledge-based activity for 6 contact hours (0.6 CEU) UAN 0077-9999-11-002-L04-P.
Dietitians
AKH Inc.AKH Inc. is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 16.5 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of the Minifellowship and 6 CPEUs for completion of the Update program/material. Provider #AN008. The focus of these activities is rated Level 2. Learners may submit evaluations of program/materials quality to the CDR at www.cdrnet.org.
DISCLOSURE DECLARATION
It is the policy of NLA and AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflict of interest is resolved by NLA and AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. NLA and AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
DISCLAIMER
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. and NLA specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through reader's misunderstanding of the content.
