This CME accredited course consists of 5 separate short lectures. View and complete all 5 items separately and earn 1 CME credit.

In this educational program, five important aspects of use of GLP-1RAs are discussed in five parts.

This course consists of 5 lectures:

• Which patients to consider for GLP-1RA? - Stephan Jacob, MD - Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
• How do GLP-1RAs work? - Naveed Sattar, MD - University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Role of GLP-1RA in practice - Eduard Montanya, MD - Bellvitge University Hospital, University of Barcelona, Spain
• What is the clinical evidence for the benefits of GLP-1RAs? - Subodh Verma, MD - St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto in Toronto, Ont, Canada
• GLP-1RAs: What are the future directions in development? - John E Deanfield, MD - London, United Kingdom

After watching five videos on the patient with diabetes and cardiovascular outcomes, the learner should be able to:

• Explain which patients should be considered for GLP-1RA
• Describe how GLP-1 RAs work
• Identify the role of GLP-1RA in practice
• Discuss the clinical evidence for the benefits of GLP-1RAs
• Summarize future directions in development

Expert faculty

• Stephan Jacob, MD - endocrinologist/diabetologist, University of Tübingen and Cardio Metabolic Institute, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
• Naveed Sattar, MD is Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
• Eduard Montanya, MD - Bellvitge University Hospital, University of Barcelona, Spain
• Subodh Verma, MD is cardiac surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital and professor at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ont, Canada
• John E. Deanfield, MD, Professor of Cardiology, University College London, United Kingdom.

Target audience

This educational activity is designed for cardiologists in secondary care and other healthcare professionals with an interest in treating diabetes patients .

CME accreditation

This online course is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for 1 hour of external CME credit.

Through an agreement between the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EBAC External CME credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EBAC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA website. Other health care professionals may obtain from the AMA a certificate of having participated in an activity eligible for conversion of credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Funding

Funding for this educational program was provided by an unrestricted educational grant from Novo Nordisk A/S.