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WASHINGTON — The American College of Cardiology is collaborating with Apollo Hospitals in India to provide ACC’s educational content to physicians participating in Apollo’s Medvarsity e-learning program, India’s first medical e-learning venture.
“With today’s technology, medical professionals shouldn’t encounter barriers to collaboration and continuing education because of their location,” said Dr. Kim Allan Williams, ACC president in an Aug. 19 release. “With this partnership, we’re making possible a knowledge exchange between physicians and other health care professionals that may not interact under normal circumstances, Williams added noting that this would open up brand new opportunities for physicians in India to improve their skills.
With an “alarming” increase in cardiovascular disease burden worldwide, the health care industry stakeholders needed to join hands to ensure the required number of clinicians are skilled enough to deal with the situation while ensuring readiness on other fronts, Sangita Reddy, joint managing director of Apollo Group, said.
Medvarsity participants will have access to the ACC’s valvular heart disease education module, which focuses on training healthcare professionals in the diagnosis and management of adult patients with valvular heart disease. This content exchange is the first in an ongoing bilateral
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