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VTE CME Primer

The enduring Primer provides hospitalists, critical care specialists, critical care nurses, general surgeons, health system pharmacists, oncologists, and other health care professionals with clinical education to improve appropriate thromboprophylaxis in at-risk patients.

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A Call to Action: Practical Guidelines in Support of New Standards for VTE Prophylaxis

Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
(Chairperson)
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Director, Venous Thromboembolism Research Group
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 		  Victor F. Tapson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine/ Pulmonary and Critical Care

Director
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina


Educational Activity Learning Objectives:

  • List the risk factors for VTE and how to assess overall risk in each hospitalized patient
  • Demonstrate awareness of the most recent guidelines for risk assessment and prophylaxis in VTE and identify potential gaps in relation to current practice
  • Develop a strategy for improving guideline adherence and reducing thromboembolic risk within the hospital setting

Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: Considerations for Medical, Surgical and Cancer Patients

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Activity expired on August 31, 2009. CME credit not available.