The first European Core Curriculum for Preventive Cardiology was developed to standardize, structure, deliver, and evaluate training in preventive cardiology across Europe.
Preventive cardiology encompasses the whole spectrum of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, at individual and population level, through all stages of life. This includes promotion of cardiovascular (CV) health, management of individuals at risk of developing CVD, and management of patients with established CVD, through interdisciplinary care in different settings. Preventive cardiology addresses all aspects of CV health in the context of the social determinants of health, including physical activity, exercise, sports, nutrition, weight management, smoking cessation, psychosocial factors and behavioural change, environmental, genetic and biological risk factors, and CV protective medications. This is the first European Core Curriculum for Preventive Cardiology, which will help to standardize, structure, deliver, and evaluate training in preventive cardiology across Europe. It will be the basis for dedicated fellowship programmes and a European Society of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) subspecialty certification for cardiologists, with the intention to improve quality and outcome in CVD prevention.
Wilhelm et al. (Tue,) conducted a other in Cardiovascular disease prevention. EAPC Core Curriculum for Preventive Cardiology was evaluated. The first European Core Curriculum for Preventive Cardiology was developed to standardize, structure, deliver, and evaluate training in preventive cardiology across Europe.