Upcoming Education Opportunities

Join our CRNO AGM, June 4, 10:30-11:15 am, just before the Spring CACPR conference!

Karen Harkness, Clinical Strategist with CorHealth Ontario, will be providing the membership with an update on activities supporting  the Cardiovascular Rehabilitation community over this most extraordinary year of COVID 19

Click here to register:
 https://ottawaheart.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-mPuth14Sq6iFpjeuQj0Bg

The theme for this year’s Spring Meeting is ‘Transitions’. In this period of great change and disruption, we hope to bring intention and focus to new opportunities in virtual delivery, expanding upon our traditional focus on coronary artery disease, and improving support of patients and caregivers as they transition through the multitude of steps in their healing journey. June 4th and June 11th.      Click here to register!

April 2020 CR Bibliography

Access a list of the latest publications in our field in our monthly bibliography attachment.
Also, here is a link to a library resource with compiled Cardiac Rehabilitation information: https://guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=695776&p=5047812

Cardiovascular Rehab in COVID Times

Many of our programs are facing challenges to care for our vulnerable patient population during the evolving covid situation. We hear of many programs across the province converting to virtual care through home based programming, and others having to close because of staff redeployment. 

We are compiling resources to help support patients and cardiovascular rehabilitation providers alike. Below, you will find online education opportunities, and a virtual care toolkit. If you have resources or tools you would like to share, please contact us.

If your program has had to close because of covid, we want to hear from you, to see if we can help connect your patients with other provincial rehab resources. Please contact us!

Online Patient Education Resources:

UHN Cardiac College: Online platform with patient education materials, action planning documents, podcasts on healthy eating, and much more!

University Health Network’s Cardiac Rehab Program is also offering free live education sessions every Monday to Thursday at 1:00 pm on topics related to managing heart health during this Covid crisis. They will be 30 min long followed by a q-a session. Unanswered questions will be addressed. All sessions will be recorded and posted on the  Health e-University YouTube channel. The details are in the attached flyer. 

University of Ottawa Heart Institute has created a resource web page for heart patients during this covid crisis. The web page includes links to all the cardiac rehabilitation resources (guides and videos) used by the UOHI Cardiac Rehab team. 

Visit the UOHI YouTube channel for Heart Health tips on exercise (french version), and nutrition (french version).

Central East Regional Cardiovascular Rehab Program, also has a dedicated web site, with patient education resources, with exercise and education videos.

Virtual Care Toolkit:    

Home Programming Toolkits:

• UOHI CR Home cues
• UHN Rumsey site Home Program Toolkit, attached below

Troubleshooting OTN:

• Videoconferencing in a nutshell
• Setting up an eVisit: provider and patient 

2014 CCN Standards for the Provision of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation in Ontario

 Access the 2014 Standards here:
https://www.corhealthontario.ca/resources-for-healthcare-planners-&-providers/rehabilitation/CCN_Cardiovascular_Rehab_Standards_2014.pdf