Program Access and Details:

Program Length:
90 minutes

Resources:
DOWNLOADABLE SLIDES. View the Program Materials tab for more information.

Credits:
This program is not accredited. Physicians may earn self-learning credits through active steps. View more information under the Credit Eligibility tab.

Target Audience:
Family physicians, specialists, allied health professionals, pharmacists

Session 1:

• Identify cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevalence in Canadian South Asians.

• Explore culturally appropriate lifestyle modifications through diet and physical activity, as well as medical and surgical strategies for obesity management, to reduce cardiovascular risk.

Session 2:

• Apply a guideline-centric approach to cardiovascular risk management for primary and secondary prevention South Asian patients.

• Examine ethnic appropriate strategies for managing lipids, diabetes, CKD, antithrombotic therapy, and heart failure in the South Asian population.

• Summarize the cardiac and neurological complications of COVID in Ontario South Asians.

This program is NOT accredited.

Mainpro+ participants may earn certified credits by completing a Linking Learning Exercise.

Specialist participants may claim Section 2 credits (up to 2 credits per hour) following completion of a personal learning project (PLP) under Section 2: Self-Learning Activities within the MAINPORT ePortfolio.

This program has been developed by the Canadian Collaborative Research Network, a not-for-profit physician organization, and was supported through an educational grant received from:

Program slides:

This program was developed by the Canadian Collaborative Research Network, a not-for-profit physician organization.  A PDF copy of the slides from this program are available for CCRN members from the CCRN website. Click the link below to be directed to the Resource Library.

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