Curriculum for Training as Spezialized Assistant in Heart Failure

The European Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Failure recommend the implementation of multidisciplinary care programs to more appropriately address the growing number of patients with heart failure. Numerous important and frequently time-consuming tasks can be delegated within these care programs to specialized non-physician staff. Tasks include counselling, monitoring, communication, organization, documentation. The here described curriculum for heart failure specialized non-physician staff was designed for the outpatient German health care system and is executed under the auspices of the German Cardiac Society.