Table 1.

Description of Canadian Women’s Heart Health Education Course modules and learning objectives

Module title	Learning objectives
1: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Women—The Role of Risk Factors and Scores	•Highlight the unique aspects of women’s cardiovascular risk •Define and review the traditional and nontraditional risk factors affecting women •Identify risk scores and their potential limitations in women
2: Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) in Women	•Describe the presentation characteristics when women present with ACS •Outline the assessment and management strategies for ACS •Identify the additional challenges presented by younger women with ACS •Appraise the literature related to ACS in women
3: Approaches to Chest Pain—A Sex & Gender Focus	•Siscuss an appropriate diagnostic workup for women with symptoms, and identify how to classify chest pain into typical, atypical, or nonanginal pain •Explore how the pretest probability affects the interpretation of the test results •Describe how to formulate an assessment and management plan based on the clinical picture and testing
4: Myocardial Infarction With Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (MINOCA)	•Describe who is at risk of ischemia/myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA/MINOCA) and list the criteria for the diagnosis and pathophysiologic subtypes of INOCA/MINOCA •Identify the next step in diagnosis when an angiogram is normal •Describe how treatment differs between the INOCA/MINOCA subtypes •Explain the prognostic differences between ischemic heart disease with obstructive versus nonobstructive coronaries
5: Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy (SIC)	•Address the clinical presentation and associated triggers for SIC •Review the differences between SIC and acute coronary syndrome •Explore the outcomes and treatments for SIC
6: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)	•Define the underlying pathophysiology of SCAD and how to recognize the clinical symptoms and signs •Review the differences between SCAD and other causes of chest pain •Examine the differences in diagnosis and management between SCAD and acute coronary syndrome
7: Contemporary Management of Women With Heart Failure	•Describe the differences between men and women with respect to heart failure •Define and review the causes of heart failure •Review the medical therapies used to treat heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) •Discuss behavioural modifications relevant to all heart failure patients
8: Cardiovascular Risk in Women With Gestational Diabetes & Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy	•Describe the concepts of cardiovascular risk in women •Review the underlying mechanisms and increased future risk of pregnancy-related risk factors, such as preeclampsia and gestational diabetes •Review the gaps and the optimal management strategies for women in this high-risk category
9: Recovery and Cardiac Rehabilitation for Women	•Explain the benefits of cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) for women living with cardiovascular disease •Identify barriers that deter women from participating in CR •Describe factors that may increase a woman's participation in CR •Summarize the main components of a CR program