CACR Web Education Past Sessions

Topic: Systematizing Inpatient Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation at your institution Speaker: Sherry L. Grace, PhD **************************************************************************************** Topic: Exercise rehabilitation programs for people with stroke: possible synergies with cardiac rehabilitation Speaker: Dr Trish Manns **************************************************************************************** Topic: Performance Measures Speaker: Dr. Neville Suskin **************************************************************************************** Topic: Diabetes and exercise Speaker: Dr. Ronald J. Sigal **************************************************************************************** Topic: The Value of Group Patient Visits in CDM & Cardiac Rehab Speaker: Louise Morrin PT, MBA **************************************************************************************** Topic: End-of-Life Planning and Care- Not Just an Issue at the End of Life Speaker: Patricia H. Strachan RN PhD **************************************************************************************** Topic: RISK ASSESSMENT IN ACS PATIENTS WITH EARLY DISCHARGE AND ACCESS TO REHABILITATION (RADAR) Speaker: Dr. Blair Joseph O'Neill **************************************************************************************** Topic: Literacy and Health and Cardiac Rehab: Why should you care? And What can you do? Speaker: Dr Judy King PhD, MHSc, BHSc PT **************************************************************************************** Topic: Improving Patient Cardiovascular Outcomes: Plant Sterols and Cardiovascular Health Speakers: Paul Poirier, MD, PhD and Melodie Yong, RD **************************************************************************************** SUJET: Améliorer les résultats cardiovasculaires des patients Les stérols végétaux et la santé cardiovasculaire CONFÉRENCIERS :Paul Poirier, MD, PhD, Chantal Blais, Dt.P.

'Pulmonary Rehabilitation' Full description to be posted

There is a direct link between literacy level and health. Limited literacy affects a person's ability to effectively use health services, take medications, and understand other information provided to them regarding their health. The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) estimates that 22% of adults in Canada have difficulty in tasks no more complex than determining the maximum number of days they should take a medication by simply looking at the label. An additional 26% of Canadians can only deal with material that is simple, clearly laid out, and put in familiar contexts (Statistics Canada & Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005). Therefore, everyday health care professionals in cardiac rehabilitation programs, assess, treat and provide health information/patient education to patients that have limited literacy. Misunderstanding this information due to limited literacy could lead to harm and the need for further treatment. Health care professionals may become frustrated with the lack of improvement in patient’s conditions and make assumptions that the patient is not motivated when the real issue is one of literacy. Learning Objectives Following the presentation, participants will be able to 1. Describe how limited literacy impacts on cardiac rehabilitation 2. Identify the barriers faced by patients living with limited literacy and cardiac conditions in receiving cardiac rehabilitation 3. Identify specific strategies to reduce some of these barriers in their own clinical practice.

Through risk stratification utilizing the GRACE risk score and an automatic referral process to out patient Cardiac Rehabilitation, the length of stay for Acute Coronary Syndrome patients in the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute has been reduced and the wait time to out patient CR at the Northern Alberta Cardiac Rehabilitation Program has been markedly shortened.

Group patient visits are an effective way of supporting patients to manage their chronic conditions by providing information, monitoring, advice and hands-on care within a group setting. The webinar would be designed to teach health care providers to identify the benefits of group visits for their practice, determine populations suitable for group visits, and direct them to resources to plan, conduct and evaluate group visits.