Awareness of Congenital Heart Defects Among Healthcare Clinicians: Video Curriculum

Although most individuals with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) require lifelong cardiology care, many adults are lost to cardiac follow-up or may experience gaps in care. This video-based educational curriculum aims to improve continuity of care between primary care and specialty cardiac care physicians for patients in care and mitigate adverse outcomes for patients who have been lost to follow-up when for instance, they may present in the emergency department or become pregnant. These quick, yet in-depth videos, will aim to provide real-time education to improve knowledge with respect to advances in CHD care for children, youth and adults, and support physicians in their care for children, youth and adults living with a CHD.

For more information on CHDs, visit the AAP CHD Toolkit.

This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $400,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by American Academy of Pediatrics, CDC/HHS, or the US Government.

CME Credit Information: The entire 4-part video curriculum qualifies for 1.00 CME credit.

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Video 1- OB/GYN Care for Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

(Eligible for 0.25 CME Credits)

Learning Objectives:

After completing this video, you will be able to:

• Learn about important considerations in gynecologic care for adolescent and young adult patients with CHD, including effective methods of contraception.
• Describe the role of prepregnancy care for patients with CHD planning a pregnancy.
• Identify CHDs which are associated with the highest risk of medical complications and adverse outcomes during pregnancy for which multidisciplinary care is necessary.

OBGYN POC Tool

Video 2- Emergency Medicine Care for Patients Congenital Heart Defects

(Eligible for 0.25 CME Credits)

Learning Objectives:

After completing this video, you will be able to:

• Learn about important considerations in emergency medicine (EM) care for patients with CHDs.
• Increase your awareness of the natural history of adults with CHDs and associated complications that may bring patients into the emergency department (ED) seeking care.
• Promote awareness among EM clinicians and other clinicians who care for adult and pediatric patients of the need for individuals with CHDs to receive lifelong cardiac specialty care.
• Identify referral opportunities in regions and refer adult and pediatric patients with a CHD who receive EM care to the appropriate cardiac care clinicians.

EM POC Tool

Video 3- Pediatric Primary Care for Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

(Eligible for 0.25 CME Credits)

Learning Objectives:

After completing this video, you will be able to:

• Learn about important considerations in pediatric primary care for patients with congenital heart defects (CHDs).
• Increase your awareness of the expected clinical course of CHDs and associated complications that may occur.
• Increase awareness within pediatric primary care clinicians of the need for individuals with a CHD to receive lifelong cardiac specialty care.
• Identify referral opportunities in regions and refer pediatric primary care patients with CHDs to the appropriate cardiac care clinicians.

Peds POC Tool

Video 4- Internal Medicine Care for Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

(Eligible for 0.25 CME Credits)

Learning Objectives:

After completing this video, you will be able to:

• Review internal medicine (IM) care delivery for adults with CHDs
• Increase awareness of key milestones for preventive health care for adults with CHDs
• Identify referral opportunities to a CHD center for non-cardiac procedures
• Identify resources for additional information

IM POC Tool