PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY ACADEMIC AWARD

这项PCAA提案将发展预防心脏病学的方向和 新墨西哥大学学院的有组织的预防课程 医学系(UNM-SOM)，面向本科生、家庭工作人员和教职员工。PCAA 将是UNM-SOM创新的初级保健课程的理想补充 和公共健康计划。UNM-SOM为40%的西班牙裔提供服务 新墨西哥州和退伍军人医院的少数民族人口。中的元素 建议包括：1)增加和更改现有的医疗设施 学校课程强调预防心脏病学、风险因素概念、 以及盎格鲁人和西班牙人之间的跨文化差异 人口。2)。预防性门诊护理经验的增加 心脏病，包括扩大血脂诊所，一种新的预防 临床，并在第三年引入预防心脏病学 医疗门诊护理块；3)建立一系列的 医学、儿科和家庭预防心脏病学讲座 练习一下。4)设立一个强调预防的选修课 心脏病学和戒烟；5)健康预防通讯 科学中心人员，6)教职员工研讨会系列，以指导和 在预防心脏病学和临床方面教育初级保健教师 流行病学；7)制作一系列临床海报，强调 预防和危险因素；8)发展预防心脏病学 计划在新的老年中心；9)建立一个年度 PCAA预防心脏病学客座教授/顾问；10) 每年举办一次为期一天半的继续医学教育预防和风险研讨会 新墨西哥州医生的因素。PCAA咨询委员会将 成立，包括一个少数群体小组委员会。PCAA获奖者将 参加密集的自我教育课程，以支持自己的事业 转向预防心脏病学。PCAA的评估程序 将建立活动，包括一名评价专家，如 PCAA核心员工。这项提案的重点是跨学科 与各种健康科学人员和项目合作。

This PCAA proposal will develop a preventive cardiology orientation and an organized prevention curriculum at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM-SOM) for undergraduates, house staff, and faculty. PCAA will be an ideal addition to UNM-SOM's innovative Primary Care Curriculum and the Health of the Public programs. UNM-SOM serves a 40% Hispanic minority population at the UNM and VA Hospitals. Elements of the proposal include: 1) additions to and alterations of the existing medical school curriculum to stress preventive cardiology, risk factor concepts, and cross-cultural differences between the Anglo and Hispanic populations. 2). increases in ambulatory care experiences in preventive cardiology, including expansion of the lipid clinic, a new prevention clinic, and introduction of preventive cardiology in the third year ambulatory care block in medicine; 3) establishment of a series of preventive cardiology lectures in Medicine, Pediatrics, and Family Practice. 4) establishment of an elective emphasizing preventive cardiology and smoking cessation; 5) a prevention newsletter for health science center personnel, 6) a faculty seminar series to orient and educate primary care faculty in preventive cardiology and clinical epidemiology; 7) development of a clinic poster series emphasizing prevention and risk factors; 8) development of a preventive cardiology program at the new Geriatric Center; 9) establishment of an annual preventive cardiology visiting professor/consultant for PCAA; 10) development of a yearly 1-1/2 day CME symposium on prevention and risk factors for New Mexico physicians. A PCAA advisory committee will be established, including a minority subcommittee. The PCAA awardee will pursue an intensive self-education program in order to support a career shift into preventive cardiology. An evaluation program for the PCAA activities will be established, including an evaluation specialist as PCAA core staff. This proposal has a major focus on interdisciplinary collaboration with a variety of health science personnel and programs.