In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team. The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Program Description: Review of cardiogenic shock, invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic strategies, and advanced heart failure therapies including indications, patient management while awaiting advanced heart failure therapies, explanations of different advanced heart failure therapies (IABP, Impella, VADs, and ECMO), and contraindications.