OasisLMS

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

While the subspecialty of cardio-obstetrics continues to grow in the U.S, there is a gap in education for general cardiovascular fellows and maternal fetal medicine (MFM) fellows, as highlighted in a 2023 JACC paper titled, “Cardiovascular Fellowship Training in Cardio-Obstetrics.”

The Cardio-Obstetrics Fundamentals for Fellows program provides fundamental education in cardio-obstetrics (level I) to general cardiovascular fellows and MFM fellows in the U.S. and Canada that is easily available and accessible at no cost to all program directors and trainees in both disciplines.

This eight-module program includes didactics, as well as case-based and interactive content, with topics presented by a diverse speaker pool of national experts.

WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?

This program is designed for general cardiovascular fellows and MFM fellows in the U.S. and Canada. 

MODULE TOPICS

• Module 1: Introduction, Hemodynamics and Screening
  • Module Editors: Doreen DeFaria Yeh (MGH) and Afshan Hameed (U California Irvine) 
• Module 2: Cross-Disciplinary Fundamentals
  • Module 2A: OB 101 for the Cardiologist
    • Module Editors: Colleen Harrington (MGH) and Kathy Economy (BWH)  
  • Module 2B: Cardiology 101 for the MFM
    • Module Editors: Malavika Prabhu (MGH) and Amy Sarma (MGH) 
• Module 3: Heart Failure in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Doreen DeFaria Yeh (MGH) and Afshan Hameed (U California Irvine) 
• Module 4: Arrhythmia and Ischemia in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Nandita Scott (MGH) and Diana Wolfe (Einstein/Montefiore)
• Module 5: Congenital, Aortic and Valvular Disease in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Anne Marie Valente (BCH) and Kathy Economy (BWH) 
• Module 6: Metabolic Disease, Anticoagulation, Hypertension and Impacts of Childhood Cancer in Pregnancy
  • Module Editors: Amy Sarma (MGH) and Malavika Prabhu (MGH)
• Module 7: Delivery and Postpartum Considerations and Management
  • Module Editors: Colleen Harrington (MGH) and Diana Wolfe (Einstein/Montefiore)

Learning Objectives

• To ensure cardiovascular and MFM trainees understand pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and worldwide, and review the cardiovascular conditions that contribute to increased maternal cardiovascular risk and outcome disparities.
• To review basics of hemodynamics and normal cardiovascular physiology during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum.
• To review concepts in preconception counseling for patients at increased cardiovascular risk.
• To review screening, diagnosis and detailed management of a variety of high-risk cardiovascular diagnoses during pregnancy and delivery.
• To review early postpartum cardiovascular care along with longer-term cardiovascular implications of adverse pregnancy outcomes.