The course will provide a series of multiple-choice questions based around 12-lead electrocardiograms as encountered in inpatient and outpatient based settings. The emphasis will be on common and potentially life-threatening clinical entities including acute coronary syndromes, major cardiac arrhythmias, metabolic problems affecting the ECG, as well as other conditions such as drug toxicities. The cases will feature multimedia adjuncts including echocardiograms and cardiac catheterization images to engage the participant and to enhance the clinical correlates. Emphasis will be on differential diagnosis and avoiding common clinical pitfalls. The faculty for the course is from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

This course will be directed at physicians and allied health personnel from a wide range of disciplines including emergency medicine physicians, internists, family practice physicians, anesthesiologists and cardiologists. Participants will have the chance to review and advance their knowledge of state-of-the-art ECG interpretations by taking the course. They will be required to complete all content associated with the course (their progress is electronically tracked). In addition, all participants will be required to correctly answer all associated multiple choice questions during the course.

NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS: The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COST: $120.00
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OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Review common and life-threatening clinical conditions which can be diagnosed via ECG findings as encountered in the emergency department, general wards, intensive care units, and outpatient settings.
2. Enhance case-based clinical problem solving using multiple choice questions.
3. Increase diagnostic skills related to the recognition and differential diagnosis of a variety of acute and chronic conditions including:
   
   • Acute coronary syndromes
   • Cardiac arrhythmias
   • Life-threatening metabolic problems such as hyperkalemia
   • Drug toxicities such as tricyclic antidepressant overdose
   • Other life-threatening cardiopulmonary problems, including pulmonary embolism

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ARY L. GOLDBERGER, MD Course Director

Ary L. Goldberger, M.D., is the Director of the Margret and H.A. Rey Laboratory for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Program Director of the Research Resource for Complex Physiologic Signals (www.physionet.org) funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Goldberger has a long-standing interest in electrocardiography and non-invasive electrophysiology and is the author of two standard textbooks on ECG analysis (Goldberger AL. Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 7th edition, St. Louis, Mosby, 1999, and Goldberger AL. Myocardial Infarction: Electrocardiographic Differential Diagnosis, 4th edition, Elsevier/Mosby-Year Book, 2006). Both books have been translated into a number of languages. DISCLOSURE:

SETH MCCLENNEN, MD Course Director

Seth McClennen, MD is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. McClennen is a partner in clinical electrophysiology practice at Harbor Medical Associates in South Weymouth, MA. Dr. McClennen is involved in multiple teaching venues with Harvard Medical School, including coordinating and lecturing in the outpatient medicine cardiology lecture series for third year medical students. He is partially supported by the Harvard University Provost's Fund for Innovation in Instructional Computing. His research interests include methods of left atrial volume assessment in patients with atrial fibrillation, and exploring the limitations of the cardiac troponin assay. DISCLOSURE:

LARRY A. NATHANSON, MD Course Director

Larry A. Nathanson, M.D. is an Emergency Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He is also the Director of Emergency Medicine Informatics in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Nathanson's research interests include computer generation of ECG's, medical education, and ED informatics, including patient tracking and surveillance techniques for bioterrorism. DISCLOSURE:

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NUMBER OF CREDITS: 6 

Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Upon completion of the course you will get a certificate via e-mail within 2 weeks.

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