Credits

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As of October 20th, in the CREDITS section, there will be questions uploaded about each lecture presented in this symposium and identified with the name of the faculty. Each question has replies suggested with a correct one.

Each member that is registered in this symposium will be able to answer the number of questions he/she wishes of the lectures either heard or read. Each 5 questions replied correctly, 1 credit will be obtained with a maximum of 10. These questions may be answered until April1st, 2007, and they are automatically submitted to the server of the symposium.

Once the replies are received and analyzed, a certificate is generated with the number of granted credits, which will be sent via e-mail, in .PDF format. All those who request it, should fill in their name and e-mail. Since CME credits are granted by the ACCME from USA, we consider that they should be completed in English, and therefore will not be translated into the other languages.



The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordate with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Internacional Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is accreditated by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry designates this educational activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits T. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1. Title of Activity
ISHNE Sudden Cardiac Death World-Wide Internet Symposium
President of the Symposium: Douglas P. Zipes, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine
Co-chairman: Dr. Silvia Priori, MD, University of Milan, Italy 
Director of the Symposium: Sergio Dubner, MD, Swiss Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

 2. Host Organization/Contact Information
International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology (ISHNE)
President of ISHNE: Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, University of Rochester.
Symposium website: http://www.scd-symposium.org/home.php

3. Content Overview
Sudden Cardiac Death is responsible for the majority of cardiovascular deaths. Advancing knowledge and science of sudden cardiac death among physicians and other health professionals will contribute to a better patient care of this serious disease process. ISHNE Sudden Cardiac Death World-Wide Internet Symposium covers a broad spectrum of topics related to etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, pharmacological therapy, and device therapy of SCD. These topics will be addressed by a series of lectures, slide presentations, review article, and discussions presented via internet and accessible free of charge to registered participants.

4. Target Audience
Similarly to previous virtual symposia organized by the ISHNE, we expect that numerous physicians and health professionals will be participating in the symposium.
The internet-based nature of the symposium with off-line access to educational materials (slides lectures, articles) provides opportunity for participation in the activities of the symposium at participant’s convenient time.

5. Learning Objectives
The symposium has the following objectives:

1. To provide understanding of current scale of the problem of sudden cardiac death and its significance for health service systems. 
2. To identify stat-of-the-art methods to identify and diagnose patients with risk of sudden cardiac death utilizing model clinical, imaging, and biochemical modalities.
3. To develop understanding for the proper and optimal pharmacological treatment of cardiac diseases'  patients.
4. To educate about the benefits of devices as implantable cardioverter defibrillators

6. Educational Needs Statement
Popularity of last virtual symposium organized by ISHNE on Heart Failure with over 11,000 participants from 108 countries world-wide provides clear evidence that there is a profound need for such educational endeavors. Upcoming symposium on Sudden Cardiac Death is expected to bring even more participants, who are eager to learn from leading experts in the field. 

7. CME Accreditation, Certification and logo
CME Accreditation is provided by the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. ISHNE is organizing the symposium.

8. Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
This Symposium is supported by unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic.

9. Faculty listing
List of Faculty and relevant disclosures are provided in “Faculties and Experts”

10. Evaluation-Feedback Mechanism and Verification of Participation
a. Participants will be required to register to get access to the symposium site.
b. Evaluation of the Symposium will include the following questions:

1. Were the stated Learning Objective(s) met   (Y / N)
2. Was the presentation free of commercial bias  (Y / N)
3. Comments:

c. Verification of participation for CME credits will be based on the answering series of questions related to posted presentations lectures, and review articles. Answering correctly to 70% of questions will allow for passing the test. The educational material will be divided into 10 sessions allowing to obtain maximum of 10 credits.