As part of the Lifelong Learning program, ACC.09 and i2 Summit have launched a major clinical initiative that focuses on the core fundamentals of cardiovascular education. For the first time, you can obtain MOC points at ACC.09 and i2 Summit by participating in study sessions approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). At the same time, Cardiology Core Curriculum sessions offer a review of every major area of cardiology, helping you to prepare for board exams or refresh clinical knowledge and skills at any stage of your career.

The Lifelong Learning program has something for every cardiologist!

Maintenance of Certification

NEW! Are you among the thousands of cardiologists who will soon renew a 10-year time-limited Board Certificate in Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology or Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology? If so, ACC.09 and i2 Summit 2009 offer a special bonus you won’t want to miss.

For the first time, ACC.09 and i2 Summit feature dedicated sessions to help you earn MOC points in medical knowledge — points you need before taking the secure board examination. And best of all, it’s available at no additional charge. Session costs are included in your registration fee but you must sign up when you register in order to attend!

These interactive MOC study sessions are all based on home study modules approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Review with the experts, learn alongside your peers, challenge your medical knowledge with practice test questions and get instant feedback with an audience response system. After the study session, take advantage of nearby computer workstations to immediately take the post-test for each MOC module. Each module prepares you to earn 10 MOC points.

Maintenance of Certification Sessions

Interventional Cardiology
2007 Update (B2-E)
Saturday, 9 a.m. – noon
Tuesday, 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.

2008 Update (B2-F)
Saturday, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday, noon – 3 p.m.

General Cardiovascular Diseases
2007 Update (A1-E)
Sunday, 9 a.m. – noon
Monday, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

 2008 Update (A1-F)
Sunday, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday, 9 a.m. – noon

Simulation training. Available throughout the meeting as part of the Lifelong Learning pathway. Earn up to 20 MOC points.

You must pre-register by signing up when you register for ACC.09 and i2 Summit. Space is very limited. You must also be enrolled in the ABIM’s MOC program. Representatives from the ABIM will be on hand to answer your questions about the MOC process and to assist with registering for the ABIM recertification program.

Cardiology Core Curriculum

With the constant growth in cardiovascular knowledge and technology, the need to learn doesn’t end once you enter practice. Update your knowledge, refresh your skills or simply prepare for the board certification examination with ACC’s highly respected Lifelong Learning Cardiology Core Curriculum. This bread-and-butter refresher course is divided into 90-minute intensives covering all major areas of cardiology. Breaking research is important, but you know there’s more to building outstanding clinical judgment and being a good doctor. This is the fundamental information you need to achieve that critical goal.

Core Curriculum sessions include:
Monday, March 30

• Cardiac Catheterization: Focus on hemodynamics
• Nuclear Cardiology: Basics, plus Read with the Experts
• Coronary Artery Disease: Pathophysiology, evaluation and management of chronic stable angina and ACS, medical therapy vs. PCI. vs. CABG
• Echocardiography: Basics, plus Read with the Experts
• Preventive Cardiology/Pregnancy and the Heart: Lipids, hypertension, diabetes and pregnancy and cardiovascular disease
• Heart Failure: Guidelines for the evaluation and management of systolic and diastolic heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and transplant for end-stage heart failure, evaluation and management of pulmonary hypertension
• Electrophysiology: Atrial fibrillation and the SVTs, sudden cardiac death, therapy guidelines for pacemaker, ICDs and biventricular pacemakers

Tuesday, March 31

• General Cardiology Issues: Preoperative risk stratification, basic concepts of stress testing, interventional cardiology for the general cardiologist
• Valvular Heart Disease: Aortic stenosis/aortic insufficiency, mitral stenosis/mitral regurgitation
• Vascular Medicine: PVOD and the vasculitides, aortopathies, basics of carotid and cerebrovascular disease
• Congenital Heart Disease: Simple and complex