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WEBINAR | Absolute CVD risk assessment practical update

A multidisciplinary panel of experts discuss the practical application of absolute CVD risk assessment through Heart Health Checks.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction is essential to reduce the increasing burden of CVD morbidity and mortality and growing healthcare expenditure. In Australia, CVD is largely preventable, with modifiable CVD risk factors accounting for up to 90% of the risk of myocardial infarction (i.e. heart attack). 

The identified barriers to the uptake of CVD risk assessment in primary care can include:  

 

  • Lack of time 
  • Restrictions in prescribing under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule 
  • Lack of patient awareness  
  • Outdated guidance and evidence on the absolute risk approach.  
 
Changes to national policy over the last decade have addressed some of these barriers and offer Australian healthcare professionals a fresh approach to absolute CVD risk assessments.  

In this webinar, expert panelists discuss: 
 
  • What Heart Health Checks (as a new MBS item on absolute CVD risk) mean for primary prevention of CVD and how they can be rolled out in practice 
  • The practical implementation of absolute CVD risk assessment in primary care, including key enablers and barriers 
  • The role of patient engagement in communicating CVD risk and how this can translate into effective behavioural change.   

Panel members

Professor Stocks is: 

 

  • Head of the Discipline of General Practice at the University of Adelaide 
  • General practitioner (FRACGP) and public health physician (FAFPHM) 
  • Chair of the RACGP National Awards Committee and member of their Research Foundation 
  • Chair of the National Prescribing Service, Data Governance Committee.  
He is an experienced primary health care researcher who has conducted both qualitative and quantitative studies. His main interests are in cardiovascular health (including CVD risk), infectious disease, prevention and quality of life, with an emphasis on clinical and health services research.
Mark Nelson is the Professor and Chair of the: 

 

  • Discipline of General Practice at the School of Medicine 
  • Senior Member Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania.  
 
His other positions include: 

 

  • Medical Director of the Blood Pressure Clinic at the University of Tasmania 
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University 
  • Principal investigator on the ASPREE and STAREE trials 
  • Clinical general practice work in Hobart.  
His research interests focus on large-scale clinical trials in primary care.
Dr Carissa Bonner is a behavioural scientist who investigates how to improve medical decision-making and communication in primary care. Her area of expertise is the development and evaluation of communication interventions used in clinical practice around the world, with a strong focus on CVD prevention. 

Dr Bonner also led The Healthy Heart Study for seven years. She directs the Experimental Research stream of the Sydney Heath Literacy Lab, working with the translational ASK-GP Centre of Research Excellence and the Wiser Healthcare Research Translation Group. 

Professor Greaves has a 20-year track record in clinical cardiovascular disease research and, more recently, in population health research, focusing on cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care. He has attracted over $3.5 million in research funding and published more than 60 papers.  

Professor Greaves moved from the UK five years ago to become Director of Cardiac Research and Consultant Cardiologist at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital & Allied Health Precinct, the largest health hub in Australia. Professor Greaves is also undertaking a Master’s in Applied Epidemiology at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University. 
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