Objectives
Building capacity of health professionals in the management of chest pain
Enabling chest pain clinics to rapidly diagnose and appropriately treat patients with ACS
Training outcomes
Certification of health professionals in Chest Pain Management
Accreditation of health facilities as Level 1 and Level 2 Chest Pain Clinics
Trainees
- Physicians (MBBS/MD/MS/DNB)
- Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs)
- Physicians in Chest Pain Clinics will go through:
- Basic Course on Acute Coronary Syndromes and its Management
- Advanced Course on Acute Coronary Syndromes and its Management
- BLS with AHA certification for physicians/GPs in small hospitals without reperfusion capability optional; payment at prevailing prices
- ACLS with AHA certification for physicians in reperfusion centres optional payment at prevailing prices
- Nurses (GNM/BSc/MSc)
- Registered Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)
- Nurses and technicians in Chest Pain Clinics will go through
- Basic course on evaluation and provision of care in ACS patients
- BLS with AHA certification for nurses and paramedics in reperfusion centres optional; payment at prevailing prices
Modalities
In-person
Online
Self-Paced
Modular
Salient Features
- Multi-stakeholder model
- Implementing body – KardiaKonnect
- Knowledge partner – STEMI India
- Joint Certification of health professionals: KardiaKonnect and STEMI India
- Developed and vetted by experts from across the country
- Gamification, case studies and interactive learning
- Pre-post assessments and exit examination for certification
- Refresher training every year
Phases involved in development of content
- Knowledge Collation Phase
- Identify existing resources that can be sourced from STEMI India programs.
- Knowledge Curation Phase
- Careful review of topics being covered and division of the same into meaningful packages for training.
- Knowledge Review Phase
- Review of content and updating with latest advancements.
- Final Content Development Phase
- Creation of self-paced digital training modules
- Maintenance Phase
- Refresher training, collection of feedback, periodic updating of content