Lesson plan — Heart Failure

The moments of the class

• Review — DM class 2. Treatment and prescribing.
• Pre-class simulation. The case before the content.
• Concept. What heart failure is and why it matters.
• Classification and function. How to organize the clinical picture.
• Diagnosis. Suspicion, confirmation, and initial assessment.
• Treatment. Management, follow-up, and updates.

1. Review — DM class 2

Fifteen minutes, focused on treatment. The review bridges cardiometabolic risk, diabetes treatment, and heart failure.

2. Pre-class simulation

Fifteen timed minutes, before any slide. The button opens the hub catalog already on this class's chapter: the student picks the patient there, without searching the whole library.

• Consultation conducted in writing, with item-by-item feedback at the end.
• It is the group's baseline — what the class does before seeing the content.
• The circulatory chapter of the library has the heart failure case — the lady who comes back with the echocardiogram.

3. Class — Heart Failure

4. Concept, classification, and function

• Clinical importance and the place of chronic HF in longitudinal care.
• Classifications that organize symptoms, function, and prognosis.
• Connection between the clinical picture and the decisions that follow.

5. Diagnosis

• When to suspect it.
• How to bring together history, examination, and complementary tests.
• What needs to be defined before starting or adjusting treatment.

6. Treatment and updates

• Goals of treatment and follow-up.
• Core management and safety points.
• Updates gathered in the second presentation available on the topic page.

7. Wrap-up

• Recap of the path: concept, classification, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Doubts and points that require individual review.
• Pointers to materials for going deeper after the class.
• Closing of the sequence: what the five classes say together.

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