2009 CCS Workshop at Lake Louise
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) returns to participate in the ACC Lake Louise community!
The 2009 CCS National Workshop Initiative, under the auspices of the CCS Heart Failure Guidelines Program, is pleased to present its 3rd annual heart failure workshop at ACC Lake Louise and contribute to the 25 years of ACC Lake Louise tradition of providing excellent continuing medical education.
This is the first of our eight 2009 case-based and highly interactive workshops which aims at engaging Canadian health care professionals, physicians, trainees, nurses and pharmacists, in the establishment of benchmarks and ongoing improvements of the complex care of your heart failure patients. We will also use this unique opportunity to present you with the newly release 2009 CCS heart failure recommendations. This year’s Lake Louise workshop is titled:
The Many Faces of Heart Failure
Download the CCS Workshop Invitation [2 MB PDF].
CCS Workshop Schedule at Lake Louise Tuesday, 3 March 2009
4:00 PM Welcome Reception and Introduction from the Chair
Jonathon Howlett, MD FRCPC4:20 - 5:50 Vignette Presentations
Vignette 1: Third Lead or Third Wheel? Should we ‘Synchronize’ my ICD?
Debra Lynne Isaac, BN MD FRCPC FACCVignette 2: I wish I had taken my anti-hypertension medications. Now what do I do? “Treat me like its 1974.”
Justin Ezekowitz, MBBCh MSc FRCPCVignette 3: What do you mean I have heart failure?
Justin Ezekowitz, MBBCh MSc FRCPCVignette 4: I only have the flu… what is the big deal?
Debra Lynne Isaac, BN MD FRCPC FACC5:50 Closing Remarks from the Chair
CCS workshops are specially designed for health care professionals, physicians, trainees, nurses and pharmacists. Contributions by workshop participants have been–and continue to be–instrumental to CCS’s commitment to establishing, promoting and assessing evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of heart failure in Canada.
Please plan to participate in the CCS workshop at Lake Louise on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
The complete conference program agenda is also available online.
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