ACCF/AHA/ACP 2009 Competence and Training Statement: A Curriculum on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

American College of Cardiology Foundation, American Heart Association, American College of Physicians Task Force on Competence and Training (Writing Committee to Develop a Competence and Training Statement on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease), American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Diabetes Association, American Society of Hypertension, Association of Black Cardiologists, National Lipid Association, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA (Chair, Writing Committee Member)⁎, Mark J. Alberts, MD, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)†, Gary J. Balady, MD, FACC (Writing Committee Member)‡, Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, FACC (Writing Committee Member)⁎, Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP, FAHA, FAAN (Writing Committee Member)§, Henry R. Black, MD (Writing Committee Member)∥, Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)⁎, Michael H. Davidson, MD, FACC (Writing Committee Member)¶, Sara B. Fazio, MD (Writing Committee Member)#, Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)⁎⁎, Lawrence J. Fine, MD, DrPH (Writing Committee Member)††⁎⁎⁎, Vivian Fonseca, MD (Writing Committee Member)‡‡, Barry A. Franklin, PhD, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)§§, Patrick E. McBride, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)⁎, George A. Mensah, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)∥∥⁎⁎⁎, Geno J. Merli, MD, FACP (Writing Committee Member)#, Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, FACC, FAHA (Writing Committee Member)§§, Paul D. Thompson, MD, FACC (Writing Committee Member)¶¶, James A. Underberg, MD, MS, FACPM, FACP (Writing Committee Member)##

Key Words: ACCF/AHA Competence and Training Statements, competency, prevention, cardiovascular, training, vascular, cardiac, cardiac rehabilitation

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This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in October 2008, by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in November 2008, and by the American College of Physicians Board of Regents in April 2009.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Bairey Merz CN, Alberts MJ, Balady GJ, Ballantyne CM, Berra K, Black HR, Blumenthal RS, Davidson MH, Fazio SB, Ferdinand KC, Fine LJ, Fonseca V, Franklin BA, McBride PE, Mensah GA, Merli GJ, O'Gara PT, Thompson PD, Underberg JA. ACCF/AHA/ACP 2009 competence and training statement: a curriculum on prevention of cardiovascular disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Competence and Training (Writing Committee to Develop a Competence and Training Statement on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease). J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54:1336–63.

This article has been copublished in the September 29, 2009, issue of Circulation.

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⁎ American College of Cardiology Foundation Representative

† American Academy of Neurology Representative

‡ American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Representative

§ Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Representative

∥ American Society of Hypertension Representative

¶ National Lipid Association Representative

# American College of Physicians Representative

⁎⁎ Association of Black Cardiologists Representative

†† National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Representative

‡‡ American Diabetes Association Representative

§§ American Heart Association Representative

∥∥ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

¶¶ American College of Sports Medicine Representative

## American College of Preventive Medicine Representative

⁎⁎⁎ The findings and conclusions in this competence and training statement reflect ACCF policy and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health, by whom Drs. Fine and Mensah are employed

PII: S0735-1097(09)01707-0

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.05.019

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