Women As One CLIMB® 2024 Skills Training Program

Published: 09 September 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

More from this programme

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.

4 sessions
HFpEF Prevalence & Diagnosis with Dr Mary Norine Walsh Watch now
HFpEF Treatment with Dr Mary Norine Walsh Watch now
Screening & Genetics in HCM with Dr Sharlene Day Watch now
Pharmacologic Management & Exercise in HCM with Dr Sharlene Day Watch now

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.

5 sessions
AF Ablation: Patient Selection with Dr Emily Zeitler Watch now
AF Ablation: Venous & Transseptal Access & Toolkit with Dr Emily Zeitler Watch now
AF Ablation: All You Need to Know About PFA with Dr Andrea Sarkozy Watch now
Approaches to Pulmonary Vein Isolation with Dr Sabine Ernst Watch now
When & How To Go Beyond PVI at First AF Ablation with Dr Andrea Sarkozy Watch now

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.

8 sessions
Structural Imaging: Steps of TAVR with Dr Julia Grapsa Watch now
Structural Imaging: MitraClip & Pascal with Prof Maurizio Taramasso Watch now
Treatment Option for Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve with Prof Maurizio Taramasso Watch now
Structural Imaging: Mitral VinV & TMVR with Prof Marta Sitges Watch now
Orthotopic & Heterotypic Transcatheter Tricuspid Therapies with Dr Julia Grapsa Watch now
Structural Imaging: Echocardiographic Assessment for AS with Dr Julia Grapsa Watch now
Structural Imaging: Systematic Analysis of the Mitral Valve with Prof Marta Sitges Watch now
Structural Imaging: Systematic Analysis of the Tricuspid Valve with Dr Alison Duncan Watch now

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.

2 sessions
Prevention: CV Risk Prediction with Dr Pam R Taub Watch now
Prevention: Obesity Management for CVD Prevention with Dr Erin Michos Watch now

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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