PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY ACADEMIC AWARD

该PCAA提案将制定预防心脏病学方向， 在新墨西哥州大学学校有组织的预防课程 医学（UNM-SOM）为本科生，内务部工作人员和教师。 PCAA 将是UNM-SOM创新的初级保健课程的理想补充 以及公共健康计划。 UNM-SOM服务于40%的西班牙裔 少数民族人口在UNM和VA医院。 要素 建议包括：1）增加和改造现有的医疗设施， 学校课程强调预防心脏病学，危险因素的概念， 以及盎格鲁人和西班牙人之间的跨文化差异 人口。2）。预防性非卧床护理经验增加 心脏病学，包括扩大脂质诊所，一种新的预防 诊所，并在第三年引入预防心脏病学 3）建立一系列的 医学、儿科学和家庭预防心脏病学讲座 实践4)建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）教师研讨会系列，以定向和 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）制作诊所海报系列，强调 预防和危险因素; 8）预防心脏病学的发展 在新的老年中心的方案; 9）建立一个年度 预防心脏病学客座教授/PCAA顾问; 10） 每年举办一次为期一天半的预防和风险CME研讨会 新墨西哥州医生的因素。 PCAA咨询委员会将 包括一个少数民族小组委员会。 PCAA获奖者将 追求强化自我教育计划，以支持职业生涯 转到预防心脏病学 PCAA的评估计划 将设立一名评价专家， PCAA核心员工 该提案主要侧重于跨学科 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.