American College of Cardiology

iScience 2009 is a comprehensive digital library of education presented at ACC.09 and i2 Summit. Get more than 200 hours of education, including Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and other valuable sessions from the meeting. Search for sessions by learning pathway, session title, presentation title or author. Each presentation includes the presenters’ slides synchronized with accompanying audio. New this year! Get up to 36.5 hours of CME!*

iScience 2009 includes hours of education in the following learning pathways:

• Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Cardiac Function & Heart Failure
• Congenital Cardiology Solutions (Pediatric Cardiology & Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
• General Cardiology: Hypertension, Prevention & Lipids (HPL)
• Imaging & Diagnostic Testing
• Interventional Cardiology (i2 Summit)
• Lifelong Learning
• Quality of Care & Outcomes Assessment
• Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction
• Valvular Disease
  • Vascular Disease

Target Audience
iScience is intended for all professionals involved in delivering cardiovascular care, with particular emphasis on physicians, scientists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists and practice administrators. Medical students and trainees, technicians, dietitians and other health care professionals also will benefit.

Content captured from the i2 Summit 2009 is intended for interventional cardiologists and radiologists, general cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons, vascular specialists, scientists and clinical trialists. While much of the program content is specially geared to the worldwide community of interventional physicians and scientists, other health care professionals including medical students and trainees, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and technicians will also benefit from the depth and diversity of the program.

Program Goals/Purpose
The overall goal of this product is to provide needs-based education that is independent of commercial interests and fosters changes in target audience knowledge, competence and performance to ultimately improve patient outcomes. Specific goals include:

1. Knowledge — to disseminate knowledge of optimal cardiovascular care, cardiovascular disease prevention and improvements in cardiovascular patient outcomes.

2. Competence — to foster the translation of evidence-based cardiovascular science and interventional concepts and techniques into daily clinical practice.

Continuing Medical Education Credit
The American College of Cardiology Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 36.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Release: April 2009

Term of Approval: March 2010

Formats: iScience is available in two format offerings:

• DVD/Online
• Online Only

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