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