1. Educate on current controversies in patient management and therapy through debate format.

2. Identify patients in need of SBE prophylaxis.

 

3. Discuss how to use an elevated BNP in patient management.

 

4. Review the indication for warfarin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation.

 

5. Illustrate options for high risk patients with CAD who have a normal stress test.

 

6. Understand when to use statins in children.

 

7. Enhance awareness of key drug interactions in cardiac patients.

 

8. Present diagnostic and management problems through case-based methods.

 

9. Update audience on current trends in off-site monitoring of patients with heart failure and its impact on prevention of CHF hospitalizations.