Internal Medicine — R2 Academic Day

Heart Failure

Teaching

Competencies covered in this activity

1. Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise
1.3. Apply knowledge of the clinical and biomedical sciences relevant to Internal Medicine
1.3.8. Pharmacology as it relates to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, mechanism of action, routes of delivery and elimination, and adverse effects of medications
1.3.8.1. Analgesics
1.3.8.2. Antimicrobials
1.3.8.3. Cardiovascular medications
1.3.8.4. Endocrine medications
1.3.8.5. Immune modulating therapies
1.3.8.6. Neuropsychiatric medications
1.3.8.7. Respiratory medications
1.3.8.8. Systemic therapies for cancer
1.3.8.9. Drugs commonly used recreationally
1.3.8.10. Supplementary and complementary medications
1.4. Apply knowledge of the following systems, clinical scenarios, conditions, diseases and therapies applicable to Internal Medicine, including the manifestations, investigation, and management
1.4.1. Cardiac
1.4.1.1. Symptoms
1.4.1.1.1. Chest pain
1.4.1.1.2. Dyspnea
1.4.1.1.3. Palpitations
1.4.1.1.4. Syncope
1.4.1.2. Findings and investigations
1.4.1.2.1. Abnormal cardiac enzymes
1.4.1.2.2. Cardiac murmurs
1.4.1.3. Disorders
1.4.1.3.1. Acute coronary syndromes and their complications
1.4.1.3.2. Cardiomyopathies
1.4.1.3.3. Congestive heart failure
1.4.1.3.4. Coronary artery disease
1.4.1.3.5. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and tamponade
1.4.1.3.6. Pulmonary hypertension
1.4.1.3.7. Valvular heart disease