Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Discuss the differences between Troponin tests including the benefits and pitfalls of each test.
2. Guide High Sensitivity Troponin interpretation in different patient settings
3. Apply the protocol we will be using here at BMC for inpatients.
4. Describe the protocol being used by the ED as they evaluate patients there and how and why they will be requesting admission for patients.

Faculty

Ryan Quarles, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UMass Chan School of Medicine-Baystate
Academic Hospitalist
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physician
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.