Module 1: Introduction | - Introduction to the concepts of the ETIC trial and patient education |
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Module 2: Heart failure | - Chronic heart failure: definitions; epidemiology; clinical diagnosis; treatment guidelines∗; echocardiographic criteria; cardiac biomarkers: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and NT-proBNP (how, when to prescribe them, how to use them) |
- Clinical symptoms: how to recognize heart failure in daily practice? | |
- NYHA stages: definitions, assessment of NYHA stages from case vignettes | |
- Suspicious clinical signs | |
- Adaptation of physical activity as a function of the NYHA stage | |
Module 3: Concepts of patient education | - Assessment and building on the patient’s previous knowledge |
- Identification of life-style and dietary habits, physical activity, hobbies, leisure activities, projects, and resources available to the patient | |
- Assessment of the patient’s stage of change, motivation and attitudes | |
- Collaboration with the patient to define achievable and measurable objectives | |
Module 4: Communication | - Communication skills |
- Communication tools | |
- Motivational interviewing | |
- Lifestyle counselling based on the 5As model (ask, assess, advise, assist, and arrange) | |
Module 5: Role-playing to simulate a patient consultation with the general practitioner | - Identification and use of the patient’s knowledge (clinical alarm signs, physical activity, diet and cardiovascular risk factors), values, motivation, projects and resources to implicate the patient in their personal objectives |
- Classification of the personal objectives by therapeutic priority and patient preference | |
- Use of effective communication strategies | |
Module 6: Case report forms | - Inclusion and exclusion criteria |
- How to promote and present the ETIC trial to patients | |
- How to fill in the case report forms | |
- How to organize the follow-up and topics: educational booklet and educational tools (i.e. dietary leaflets, clinical alarm signs) |