Description/Overview: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality in the United States. In order to raise awareness and provide education as well as resources to prevent morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, the Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts ^TM initiative in 2011 with the goal of preventing one million heart attacks and strokes over a 5 year time period. This symposium is designed to (1) describe the Million Hearts ^TM initiative and demonstrate a Million Hearts ^TM screening, (2) highlight the National Interprofessional Education Consortium to advance Million Hearts ^TM with its free online Million Hearts ^TM educational module for health professionals and health professional students, and (3) demonstrate ways to integrate Million Hearts ^TM into interprofessional education and community outreach.

Learner Objective #1: The learner will be able to describe the Million Hearts ^TM initiative and key strategies for advancing it through interprofessional education and practice initiatives.

Learner Objective #2: Learner will be able to identify three ways to incorporate Million Hearts ^TM into undergraduate and graduate curricula and community outreach to improve population health.