The NCD Academy is an online digital education platform designed to equip the global primary care community with the skills necessary to mitigate today’s leading causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCD Academy uses eLearning technology to enable interactive patient cases and games in a fully on-demand and mobile-friendly environment. Content is developed through an interdisciplinary partnership network of advocacy organizations and medical societies. NCD Academy’s high quality continuing education is accessible on demand or on your mobile device anytime, anywhere, and free of charge.
The cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention course reviews strategies to prevent an acute event through risk stratification, as well as lifestyle and pharmaceutical measures to control dyslipidemia, blood pressure, and diabetes as a cardiovascular risk factor. Lessons feature instruction, patient cases, and games.
To learn more about the programme and access the courses, visit acc.org/ncdacademy.
