Heart failure

Heart failure prevalence is high and rising, due not only to the increasing age of the population but also from general improvements in healthcare and use of better medicines. Patients with heart failure have a poor quality of life and reduced life expectancy.

It has a profound impact on the lives of patients and carers. It is a costly condition to diagnose and manage, representing 1–2% of total NHS expenditure. Recently, there has been an expansion of the armamentarium to tackle heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fractions.

To help you get up-to-date in this important area, BJC Learning has revised its comprehensive modular e-learning programme with the latest studies and guidance covering all aspects of this growing problem. It has been independently written by leading UK physicians and endorsed by the British Society for Heart Failure.

Each module has a series of multiple-choice questions. Its ~10 hours of learning will lead to ~10 continuing professional development (CPD) credits.
The BJC Heart failure learning modules are best viewed on a desktop/laptop computer.

Faculty

Dr Joe Cuthbert, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, Hull York Medical School.
In association with Professor Andrew Clark, Chair in Clinical Cardiology, Hull York Medical School

Original modular programme
Programme supervisor/contributor:
Professor Andrew Clark, Chair in Clinical Cardiology, Hull York Medical School
Contributors:
Professor Martin Cowie, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Amy Gadoud, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School
Dr Kaushik Guha, Clinical Cardiology Research Fellow, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Carl Hayward, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Professor Miriam Johnson, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Hull York Medical School
Dr Paul Kalra, Consultant Cardiologist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Alexander Lyon, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Muhammad Muzaffar Mahmood, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
Professor Theresa McDonagh, Consultant Cardiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
Dr Andrew Morley-Smith, Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Professor John Pepper, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Thanh Trung Phan, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
Dr Sue Piper, King’s College Hospital, London
Dr Jill Riley, Honorary Lecturer, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London
Dr Henry Savage, Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Benoy Shah, Research Fellow in Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Rakesh Sharma, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Andrew Turley, Consultant Cardiologist, South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Ali Vazir, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
Dr Donah Zachariah, Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Modules revised in 2017, 2020 and 2024 by Dr Joe Cuthbert, in association with Professor Andrew Clark