Continuing education programs from Becky Dorner & Associates are always high quality, evidence-based and timely. Given how fast information can change, it is critical to know that you are receiving information that will help you in your present work but also help prepare you to be a stronger professional. The case study format also helps the learner better relate to (and probably remember!) the content in the course.
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Matters of the Heart: Why Women’s Health is a Family Affair
Course Expires August 24, 2029
Credits: 3
Profession:
RDN/NDTR
Required Reading 1
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Learn how to support heart health in women and families and translate nutrition science into patient-centered care.
Course Description
The required reading for this course includes two articles from professional scientific journals. The first article discusses early risk identification, sex-specific cardiovascular risk factors, health disparities, and gender bias; and the second article reviews the American Heart Association’s latest dietary guidance for improving cardiovascular health and reducing chronic disease risk.
This course will help registered dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetic technicians, registered, identify sex-specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in women, incorporate lifespan-based cardiovascular risk assessment into nutrition care, and develop targeted nutrition interventions to support CVD prevention and management in female patients. In addition, participants will learn about evidence-based dietary patterns, food-based recommendations, and practical counseling strategies that support heart health across the lifespan, explore considerations for health equity, cultural food preferences, and translating nutrition science into patient-centered care.
The case-study based continuing professional education exam reviews key aspects of the text and assists the learner with practical application of the content.
Purchasing Options: This is available as eDocument plus CPE Test only. Includes a link to the required reading in the course document, electronic test, and 1 certificate with passing grade.
After completion of this CPE program, the participants will be able to:
- Maintain knowledge and obtain new knowledge in prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in women and families.
- Integrate new information on prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in women and families.
- Select interventions to help prevent and manage cardiovascular disease.
- Seek and analyze new scientific information and how it impacts medical nutrition therapy for cardiovascular disease.
This course is intended for: RDNs and NDTRs
Matters of the Heart: Why Women Health is a Family Affair awards 3 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration CPEU Approval.
CDR Activity Number: 194241 Self Study Activity Type: 741 Enduring Activity
CPE Level: II
Suggested CDR Performance Indicators:
- 9.2.1 Engages in educational activities to maintain knowledge and to obtain new knowledge of diseases and clinical conditions.
- 9.2.3 Seeks and analyzes new scientific information and how it impacts medical nutrition therapy.
- 9.2.4 Integrates new knowledge of disease states and clinical conditions into practice.
- 11.3.4 Selects interventions intended to resolve or improve nutrition diagnoses through addressing the causes and/or contributing factors.
Numerous other Performance Indicators may apply.
This self-study course includes required reading, a downloadable course document and an online exam with multiple choice questions. Upon passing the test, the learner can download and print the certificate.
Required Reading for this Course:
Yolande Appelman, Martha Gulati, Jeanine E Roeters van Lennep, Leslee J Shaw, C Noel Bairey Merz, Cardiovascular disease in women: traditional and sex-specific risk factors, European Heart Journal, 2025; ehaf1001 and American Heart Association. (2026). 2026 dietary guidance to improve cardiovascular health: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 153, e1–e29. Advance online publication. (A link to the articles are included in the downloadable course document).
Disclaimer: The text associated with this course is required solely for the course taker to learn the underlying principles that will be applied in taking a case-study based exam. Neither the authors nor the publishers of the text/book have contributed to or endorsed this course.
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