Lifelong Learning

AHA Lifelong Learning is the premier provider in quality science, evidence based continuing education for healthcare professionals.
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AHA Lifelong Learning

Select from a wide range of educational topics delivered through a variety of formats designed to meet your busy schedule and expand your professional knowledge.
AHA Lifelong Learning develops around 60 new continuing medical education activities. Utilizing multiple delivery formats, we strive to create equity-first learning experiences to help identify, assess, and intervene where disparities in care and social needs exist for patients.

Featured Educational Activities

We are jointly accredited to provide continuing medical education by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Joint Accreditation means we are a leader in team-based, interprofessional education and care.
Enhance your understanding of outcomes in patients with AFib through our webinars, on-demand videos, podcasts, and additional resources. CE and MOC credits are available.

The Comprehensive Guide on Hypertension is an extensive curriculum for management of clinical hypertension and related diseases.

Guideline recommendations advise a rhythm-control strategy is appropriate in patients with newly diagnosed AFib, AFib with heart failure, and to improve quality of life due to symptoms related to AFib.

This comprehensive series offers expert insights and discussions on the prevalence of high cholesterol, the associated risks, and the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). 

Increase your understanding of early diagnosis and intervention for patients at higher risk for progression of severe COVID-19. CE and MOC credit available.

Learn more about HCM with our webinars, podcasts and other resources on HCM.

The importance of providing care throughout the continuum of care for stroke patients, including identifying a patient’s risk factors, goals, needs and abilities. CE credit available.

Learn more about NSTE-ACS and ischemia-guided strategy approach to care and other critical information on NSTE-ACS.

Help your patients make better food choices for their health. Take the free course on effective dietary counseling. CE and CDR Credits Available.

High levels of plasma lipoprotein(a) are independently associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Timely recognition of the signs and symptoms of posterior circulation stroke (PCS) is critical for properly diagnosing PCS.

Explore these professional tools to learn more on the link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) with up-to-date standards of care, guidelines and their implications, approaches to shared decision making, and more.

The Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program is designed to advance the basic, clinical, population, and translational practice of healthcare clinicians, by promoting the highest evidence-based guidelines and standards.

NIH Stroke Scale

NIH Stroke Scale

The NIH Stroke Scale Training Program is designed to allow healthcare providers to return to the course after designated time intervals to refresh their skills and demonstrate their continued mastery of this tool by successfully assessing a series of test scenarios.

Removing Barriers to Equitable Health

These free accredited activities will allow healthcare professionals to explore the disparities in health outcomes for various populations, examine how environmental factors and structural racism can create barriers to health, and discover best practices and solutions to help overcome those barriers.

CE and MOC credits available

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AHA Guidelines On-the-Go Mobile App

Access new and current AHA/ASA Guidelines on your mobile device anytime, anywhere. Download our free mobile app today and enjoy the benefits of staying up to date no matter where you are.
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Posterior Circulation Stroke Webinar Series

While PCS can be challenging to recognize; in this webinar series learn to distinguish characteristic clinical patterns and apply AHA/ACC guideline recommendations.
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Maternal Health in Cardiovascular Health

In this learning module, interdisciplinary experts, guided by the overarching goals to improve women’s cardiovascular health and eliminate maternal health disparities, identify, and explain the increased cardiovascular risk and contributing comorbidities that affect pregnant and recently pregnant individuals.
Claim CE and ABIM MOC Credit
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RSV For Professionals

In the United States alone, up to 160,000 adults are hospitalized every year for more serious cases of RSV. Underlying cardiovascular disease has also been linked to 45 to 63% of adult hospitalizations for RSV.

American Heart Association Professional Members

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  • Free Online Access to AHA Scientific Journals
  • Affiliate with our 16 Scientific Councils
  • Discounts on Scientific Conference Registration and Online Courses

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Women in Research

The AHA has a rich history of female leadership and participation in research. We celebrate the determination and courage of women who have overcome great obstacles to make significant impacts on science and medicine. The AHA works to alleviate barriers and encourage workplace equity to ensure the success of those who continue to carry the torch.