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HealthTrust presents…”2019 Update to the ACC-AHA Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines”

This educational program will review the most recent update to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines, which were last published in 2014. The program will highlight key updates to risk stratification scoring methods and anticoagulation recommendations for patients with atrial fibrillation. Other guideline updates to be reviewed include anticoagulant recommendations for patients on hemodialysis or with endstage renal disease. Active learning will be incorporated throughout the presentation through multiple choice and patient case application questions.

Learning Objectives for pharmacists and nurses  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Calculate a CHA₂DS₂-VASc score.
2. Discuss updates in recommendations for anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
3. Apply guideline updates to a patient case scenario

Presenter:

Kelly Peddy, PharmD, MPA, BCACP   |  Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care  |  Memorial Hospital of South Bend

Target Audience:  Pharmacists & Nurses

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 contact hours approved for Pharmacists. Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0863-9999-19-097-L01-P. The activity is approved for 1 hour (.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit to pharmacists who attend the webinar and complete the online evaluation.

California Board of Registered Nursing. Pfiedler is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP14944, approved for 1 contact hour.

Note about CE credit: If you plan to obtain credit, stay until the end of the presentation to receive the verification code you will need to obtain your continuing education credit. A reminder that CE credit is individual. No group credit is available. Each person must register for this session and attend the webinar for 40 minutes or longer in order to receive an email after the event with instructions on how to apply for continuing education credit. Please do not share the code or forward the email you receive to others who did not actually attend the program. If they are not able to be verified on our webinar provider reports and registration list they will not receive credit. Also, please note: If you are joining only by phone, you will not be eligible for credit. You must also log in and join the visual portion of the webinar to be part of our CE provider-required reporting.

Effective June 1, 2019: Belmont College of Pharmacy will no longer issue paper/electronic statements of credit for CE activities. ACPE (our accrediting body) policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor at www.nabp.net.

A participant, sponsor, faculty member or other individual wanting to file a grievance with respect to any aspect of a program sponsored or co-sponsored by the Belmont COP may contact the Dean of Belmont University College of Pharmacy in writing at david.gregory@belmont.edu. The grievance will be reviewed and a response will be returned within 45 days of receiving the written statement. If not satisfied, an appeal to the Dean of the College of Pharmacy can be made for a second level of review.