Women As One CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program

Published: 04 December 2024

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Overview

About the CLIMB® Skills Training Program

 

Now in its fifth year, the CLIMB program has provided free, advanced clinical skills training to over 390 women physicians from 99 countries. This online program helps address the underrepresentation of women in advanced procedural cardiology subspecialties.

Physicians worldwide will now have on-demand access to didactic presentations delivered by leading faculty on five key clinical topics:

 

  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • ATTR-CM (Amyloid Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy)
  • Heart Failure
  • Prevention
  • Structural Imaging

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Part 1

CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program: Heart Failure

Sharpen your heart failure expertise! Curated by renowned program directors Dr Bonnie Ky and Dr Clara Saldarriaga this CLIMB lecture series organised by Women As One equips you with advanced skills in heart failure (HF).

 

Deepen your expertise by exploring advanced topics, clinical trials and other crucial aspects of heart failure management with leading experts of the field. Elevate your practice and patient care with selected lectures from the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program.

 

Learning Areas:

  • HFpEF Diagnosis and Management
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Comorbidities
  • Devices and Structural Interventions
  • Advanced Heart Failure
  • Clinical trials

Would you like to access the full sessions? Register to Women As One’s community.

 

About Women As One

Women As One is a global organization dedicated to empowering women in cardiology. They offer a variety of resources and programs, including the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program and the Women As One Talent Directory, a global community of women in cardiology.

 

Join the Women As One Community

Women physicians who are not yet part of the Women As One community can register for free here.

Part 2

CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program: Atrial Fibrillation

Develop Your Skills in Atrial Fibrillation Management! Deepen your knowledge and elevate your practice in atrial fibrillation (AF) with this comprehensive course curated by renowned Program Directors Professor Andrea Sarkozy and Dr Emily Zeitler.

Deepen your expertise by exploring advanced topics, tools and other crucial aspects of atrial fibrillation management with leading experts of the field. Elevate your practice and patient care with selected lectures from the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program.

Learning Areas:

  • Fundamentals of Atrial Fibrillation
  • AF Ablation & Procedures
  • Special Circumstances in AF
  • Stroke Risk Reduction
  • Complication Management 
  • AF Clinical Trials

 

Would you like to access the full sessions? Register to Women As One’s community.

 

About Women As One

Women As One is a global organization dedicated to empowering women in cardiology. They offer a variety of resources and programs, including the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program and the Women As One Talent Directory, a global community of women in cardiology.

 

Join the Women As One Community

Women physicians who are not yet part of the Women As One community can register for free here.

Part 3

Women As One CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program: Structural Imaging

Elevate your structural imaging expertise with this in-depth course led by renowned Program Directors, Professor Marta Sitges and Dr Julia Grapsa. Delve into advanced topics, tools, and critical aspects of structural imaging alongside leading field experts.

Enhance your practice and patient care through selected lectures from the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program.

Learning Areas:

  • Basics of Structural Imaging
  • Intraprocedural Guidance for TAVI
  • Candidate Selection for Mitral Procedures
  • Guiding Annuloplasty
  • Paravalvular Leaks and LAA Occlusion

Would you like to access the full sessions? Register to Women As One’s community.

About Women As One

Women As One is a global organization dedicated to empowering women in cardiology. They offer a variety of resources and programs, including the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program and the Women As One Talent Directory, a global community of women in cardiology.

Join the Women As One Community

Women physicians who are not yet part of the Women As One community can register for free here.

Part 4

Women As One CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program: Prevention

Build your cardiovascular prevention expertise with renowned Program Directors, Dr Pam Taub and Dr Malissa Wood. Dive deep into the latest prevention strategies and critical patient care alongside leading experts.

Enhance your practice and patient care through selected lectures from the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program.

Learning Areas:

  • CV Risk Stratification
  • Tackling Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Lipid Management – LDL & Triglycerides and Lp(a)
  • Management of CV risk in women

Would you like to access the full sessions? Register to Women As One’s community.

About Women As One

Women As One is a global organization dedicated to empowering women in cardiology. They offer a variety of resources and programs, including the CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program and the Women As One Talent Directory, a global community of women in cardiology.

Join the Women As One Community

Women physicians who are not yet part of the Women As One community can register for free here.

Part 5

Women As One CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program: ATTR-CM

This focused programme, led by Dr Grace Lin and Prof Thibaud Damy, explores the complexities of ATTR-CM diagnosis and treatment. The curriculum covers key areas such as identifying different types of amyloid cardiomyopathy, understanding the patient journey, utilizing imaging modalities, recognizing the role of AI, addressing underdiagnosis in women, and exploring current clinical trials and treatment advancements.

About the episode

Learn about managing obesity for cardiovascular prevention with Dr Erin Michos

Enhance your knowledge on strategies for the management of obesity from Dr Erin Michos, Associate Professor of Medicine within the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and winner of the 2024 Wenger award for Excellence in Medical Leadership.

Dr Michos offers a concise overview of the hormonal mechanisms behind obesity, including the role of adipose tissue as an endocrine and paracrine organ and the stages of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. She delves into the study of obesity as a brain-related disorder, and the outcomes of weight-regain studies.

Discover the pharmacological treatment strategies in development, including GLP1 inhibitors such as semaglutide, tirzepatide and retratrutide, as well as the evidence for the cardiovascular benefit of these medicines. Dr Michos discusses data from groundbreaking trials in this area, including STEP, SURMOUNT and SELECT.

Stay tuned for more content from the Prevention track of Women As One’s CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program.

About Women As One

Women As One is a global organization dedicated to empowering women in cardiology. They offer a variety of resources and programs, including the CLIMB Skills Training Program and the Women As One Talent Directory, a global community of women in cardiology.

Join the Women As One Community

Women physicians who are not yet part of the Women As One community can register for free here. 

Faculty Biographies

Erin D Michos

Erin D Michos

Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health

Dr Erin Michos is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Heath and Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology with the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. 

Dr Michos is an internationally known expert in Preventive Cardiology and Women’s Health and has authored over 350 publications. Her research has focused on cardiovascular disease among women; coronary artery calcium, inflammatory markers, and other novel biomarkers of cardiovascular risk; lipids; and vitamin D and other supplements. She is an Associate Editor for Circulation and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.  

Following receipt of her medical degree from Northwestern University, Dr. Michos…

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