Plan to attend :

20th Annual Meeting and Symposium

Friday, October 22 to Sunday, October 24, 2010

Palais des congrès, Montreal, QC

In conjunction with the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress October 23-27.

WEB EDUCATION SESSION

Chapter 9. Health Behaviour Interventions and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Modification - This chapter was written in conjunction with the Canadian Vascular Coalition. As a consequence of their direct input, this chapter is the first fully consolidated and harmonized presentation of cardiovascular health recommendations with respect to physical activity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemias, obesity, and smoking cessation in Canada.

Presenter: James A Stone, MD, PhD.

Date: September 21, 2010        Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET

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AACVPR Webcast - Motivational Interviewing for Behavior Change Presented By: Michael V. Burke, EdD

September 16, 2010, 12 pm Central Time (1pm Eastern, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific)

Mayo Clinic Attendees earn 1.0 AACVPR Continuing Education Credit NEW! AACVPR Members can now register online using a credit card! Program Description Motivational interviewing has demonstrated efficacy for helping patients change a number of different health behaviors. This presentation will provide a better understanding of how to incorporate the underlying spirit of motivational interviewing into their interactions with patients and will help the participants to recognize effective motivational interviewing skills. Upon completion of this Webcast, participants will be able to: Discuss how the spirit of motivational interviewing supports patient-centered care Describe how reflective listening and eliciting change talk can help empower behavior change Recognize effective skills for responding to resistance and eliciting change talk.

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23rd Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH 2010).

September 26 - 30, 2010

Vancouver, BC

For more information, please vist www.vancouverhypertension2010.com

The Early Bird Deadline has been extended to June 9, 2010! Register by June 9, 2010 to save $100 on your registration fee! The deadline is quickly approaching, be sure to register now for ISH 2010 today

P4H International Summit on Personalized Health

October 10-11, 2010

For more information click here: www.ppphs.org 

20th Annual Meeting and Symposium

October 22 - 24, 2010

Palais des congrès de Montréal

Montreal, QC.

CCC Congress - October 23 - 27, 2010

For more information click here: http://www.cacr.ca/professional_development/Symposium.cfm

AACVPR 25th Annual Meeting

October 7 – 9‚ 2010

Milwaukee, WI

http://www.aacvpr.org/EventsEducation/AnnualMeeting/tabid/87/Default.aspx

4th Annual Healthcare Professional Development Day

October 16th, 2010

Date: Saturday October 16th, 2010

Time: 8:30am-3:30pm (earn 6.5 Continuing Education Credits!)

Location: The Coast Capri Hotel
1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6E8

We have an exciting line-up of presenters, including our Keynote Speaker:

"All my Patients Are In Rehab, My Bad?"
James A. Stone
BPHE, BA, MSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC, PAACVPR, FACC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta
Director of Research, Cardiac Wellness Institute of Calgary, Alberta
Editor of Canadian Association for Cardiac Rehab Guidelines

Cost: Includes breakfast, lunch, coffee break, and fabulous prizes!
Early Bird Rate: $79.99 (available until October 1st, 2010)
Regular Rate: $99.99

Registration Deadline October 11th, 2010 - Pre-Registration and Pre-Payment are required.

More details will be available on-line at www.coachkelowna.com or call (250)763-3433.

Student Travel Grant: Childhood and Adolescent Obesity 2010

October 27-29, 2010

Hamilton, ON

The purpose of the Student Travel Support Program is to help students (senior undergraduates, Master's and doctoral candidates) travel to and deliver a poster presentation at the Childhood and Adolescent Obesity 2010: Families in Focus in Hamilton, ON, October 27-29, 2010. This program does not support travel expenses for lab exchange travel. Up to four (4) students will receive $500.00 CDN each to support their travel and registration fees for this conference.

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Events

November - December

CSEP 2010 - Exploring the Routes to Health & Fitness

November 3-5, 2010

Hyatt Regency Toronto on King

Toronto, Ontario

Conference Website: www.csep.confmanager.com

Hosted by York University.

CACR Webinar

Chapter 14. Special Populations -(French Session) Exercice, obésité et diabète (this session will be in French)

One of the most popular and widely read chapters of the previous Guidelines was that of Special Populations within CR programs. We are all challenged almost daily to provide innovative, yet safe and effective, CR services to these patients. This chapter expands on the previous Guidelines and includes extensive new information on pacemaker and ICD patients along with information on CR in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease.

Speaker:Patrice Brassard, PhD 

Date: November 9, 2010         Heure:12:00 -1:00 pm ET

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Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research; Every Cell is Sexed, Every Person is Gendered

November 22-23, 2010 – Toronto, Ontario

For more information, please read the attached call for abstracts or visit the links below.

Conference website: http://www.f2fe.com/IGH/2010/Conference/

Call for abstracts: http://www.f2fe.com/IGH/2010/callforabstracts/IGH_abstrac_guidelines_bi.pdf

Abstract submission form: http://www.f2fe.com/IGH/2010/callforabstracts/index.asp

3rd Asian Preventive Cardiology & Cardiac Rehabilitation Conference (APCCRC) cum 8th Certificate Course in Cardiac Rehabilitation

December 11-14, 2010, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

We have great pleasure in informing you that the captioned Conference and Certificate Course will be held on December 11-14, 2010 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Our theme this year is “When and How to Control the Risk Factors”. We have invited prominent international experts and scholars to share their experience and exchange ideas on preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation with members of the medical and paramedical profession.

We are enclosing a copy of First Announcement for your reference.  Please pass along this message and encourage your colleagues and friends to join us at the Conference. You are also cordially invited to submit your abstract on or before September 3, 2010. Please visit the Conference website at http://www.apccrc.com/ for more details.

The Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association represents health professionals who work in the area of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease Management in Australia.  Each year, we hold a national conference to educate our members on topics related to chronic disease and rehabilitation. These presentations were taped and are now available for purchase.

Lectures Available on CD, for more information visit:

http://www.medicalupdate.com.au/viewcategory.php?groupid=3