ACRA

ACRA 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting
2017-08-07 08:00 - 2017-08-09 17:00 UTC | Rendezvous Hotel, 148 The Esplanade, Scarborough , Western Australia, 6019, Australia
The Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) will host the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting in Perth, from Monday, 7th to Wednesday, 9th August 2017 at the Rendezvous Hotel Scarborough.
As in previous years, participants can expect an exciting and interactive program centred around clinical and research issues including the latest developments in prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
The emphasis of the 2017 Meeting will focus on “Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity. Our theme: Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity recognises that the only constant is change and how in today’s fast-paced and highly competitive health care environment it is crucial for services to embrace new ways of delivery, be innovative, and above all be flexible enough to embrace the opportunities that come with change.
ACRA 2017 ASM will truly have something for everyone with concurrent, plenary and workshop sessions delivered by a superb line up of national and local faculty, along with a number of networking opportunities tailored to suit doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and anyone working within cardiovascular health and rehabilitation. Our exciting scientific program is currently being developed and will include a pre-conference workshop, consumer perspectives, clinical best practice, data to drive quality improvement, emergency care, Aboriginal cardiac health, technology, telehealth and innovative care delivery, physical activity, nutrition, education, heart failure, behaviour change, empathy and psychocardiology and much much more.
Mark your diary now!

SACRA Members Annual Dinner
2017-06-14 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Ayres House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide , SA, 5000, Australia
Members Annual Dinner again kindly sponsored by Astra Zeneca!
With invited speaker Dr Alicia Chan who will speak on ‘Iron Deficiency and clinical implications for patients’ cardiac function and dysfunction, diagnosis, assessment, treatment and management, plus new infusion (Ferinject) now available.
Venue: planning for Ayres House.

Resus @ The Park Conference
2017-06-01 09:00 - 2017-06-02 17:00 UTC | Luna Park, 1 Olympic Dr, Milsons Point, NSW, 2061, Australia
The Resus @ The Park Conference 2017 will be held at Luna Park, Sydney from the 1 – 2 June 2017. This is Sydney’s largest and most innovative Conference on the art and science of resuscitation and emergency medicine. The Conference is designed to inform, educate and excite all who work in the field of resuscitation, prehospital and emergency care. This experience is the ideal opportunity to share knowledge, discuss current issues and debate future solutions with peers and industry alike, complemented by a dynamic social program. For more information, visit http://resusatthepark.org.au/.

SACRA Heart Foundation Heart Week - The Health Professional Seminar
2017-05-05 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Education Development Centre, 4 Milner St, Hindmarsh , SA, 5007, Australia
Heart Foundation Heart Week
The Health Professional Seminar will be held at the Education Development Centre at Hindmarsh.
The theme for Heart Week is ‘hypertension’, more information to come on resources available to promote this event.
All welcome.
For any questions, please contact the SACRA Committee directly sacra@acra.net.au.

CRA NSW/ACT Evening Seminar
2017-05-02 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | John Hunter Hospital, Lookout Rd, New Lambton Heights, NSW, 2305, Australia
State evening seminar at John Hunter Hospital, during heart week.
Topic: Hypertension.
More info to be provided shortly! For any questions, please contact CRA NSW/ACT directly cranswact@acra.net.au.

Heart Week 2017
2017-04-30 08:00 - 2017-05-06 17:00 UTC

SACRA Education Event & Annual General Meeting 2017
2017-04-01 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Assoc. Professor Matthew Worthley, Interventional Cardiologist, will discuss ‘Dissolving scaffolding systems – dissolvable stents’.
Shirley Chui FMC, Cardiology Department Pharmacist, will provide an update on ‘medications for heart failure plus broader CVD medications’.
All welcome.
More info to come shortly! For any questions, please contact SACRA directly sacra@acra.net.au.

Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College (ACNC)’s 2017 Conference
2017-03-10 - 2017-03-11 | Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Merivale St & Glenelg Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN

Victorian Education Day 2017
2017-03-03 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Cliftons Melbourne, 440 Collins St, Melbourne , Victoria, 3000, Australia
Confirmed speakers
A/Prof Omar Farouque, Director of Cardiology Austin Health
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection; diagnosis and management
Dr Rosemary Higgins, Senior Research Fellow Australian Centre for Heart Health
Motivation Interviewing
Andrea Jasper, Senior Clinician Dietician Epworth Healthcare
Nutritional myths and decoding nutraceuticals
Melissa Harvey, Atrial Fibrillation Nurse Practitioner Monash Health
Management of AF and new medications
Tess Pryor, Community Engagement Officer Heart Foundation Victoria
Being under 40 and living with heart disease: the challenges, opportunities and support needs
ACRA members $40 – Non-members $95 attending in person
To register click on link below or copy and paste into your internet browser
https://www.trybooking.com/ONKQ
This event will be available via videoconferencing from standard internet connections for $40
To register click on link below or copy and paste into your internet browser
https://www.trybooking.com/ONKT
Alternatively go to http://www.trybooking.com/html/buyTickets.shtml and search ‘ACRA’
Remote delegates ensure you register under the videoconference event.
Enquiries to Kim Gray kim.gray@austin.org.au or 0417 258 643
Victorian Education Day Program

THE 2017 TORONTO CARDIAC TUMOUR CONFERENCE
2017-01-19 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Toronto, Canada
CONFERENCE GOAL
This programme will focus on the evaluation and treatment of primary tumours of the heart. Topics will cover imaging modalities used in diagnosis, surgical options and operations, chemotherapeutic treatments and options and pathological considerations of sarcomas of the heart.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the conference, the participant will be able to:
* Interpret the workup of a patient with a primary tumour of the heart
* Describe the characteristics that determine inoperability of the cardiac lesion and know the surgical options for resection
* Know which imaging modalities are best for determination of operability and the shortcoming of one modality over another
* Describe the role of neo-adjuvent therapy and new therapies for primary cardiac sarcoma
* Identify the limitations of pathological examination
WEBSITE – http://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/cardiactumours/

Australian Centre for Heart Health
2016-11-23 08:00 - 2016-11-25 17:00 UTC
Topic: Integrated disease management for patients with CHF

Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting
2016-11-06 08:00 - 2016-11-09 13:00 UTC | Cairns Convention Centre, Sheridan St & Wharf St, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
Registrations are now open!
Please visit the meeting website to register online and to book your accommodation: www.anzsctsasm.com
Early registration closes Sunday, 16 October 2016!
Keynote speakers are: Dr Jonathan M. Chen (USA), Mr Joel Dunning (UK), Mr Andre R. Simon (UK) and Professor David Taggart (UK).

WACRA half study day
2016-11-04 12:30 - 17:00 UTC
DELIVERY OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION: HOW CAN WE ENSURE PATIENTS’ NEEDS ARE BEING MET?
Registration: 12:30 – 13:00
World Café: 13:00 – 16:30
WACRA Christmas dinner: 17:00 at Raffles Hotel, Applecross
This workshop will be facilitated by experts in cardiovascular care. Areas for table top discussion include:

Improving referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation
Principles of assessment
Addressing long-term behaviour modification and adherence to treatment
Addressing psychosocial needs
Standardising Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

Costs:

WACRA members free
$30.00 to non-members (waived if joining ACRA at this event or register now here

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS: 1HOUR = 1 POINT
Please RSVP by for both the café and the dinner by COB Monday, 31/10/16 to: helen.mclean@health.wa.gov.au (0403 859 662).
Full program available here!

QCRA Heart Foundation Secondary Prevention in Cardiology Conference 2016
2016-10-28 08:00 - 16:00 UTC | Edwin Tooth Auditorium, Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston , QLD, 4006, Australia
“Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration from the Coalface”
This conference will provide a space where clinicians and researchers can feel comfortable sharing ‘what’s new and innovative’ about their own practice or area of research.
FINAL Program NOW available!
Be inspired at the Secondary Prevention in Cardiology Conference 2016 – “Ideas, Innovation & Inspiration from the Coalface” – Education Centre Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, October 28th.
This joint Queensland Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (QCRA) and Heart Foundation educational event will explore novel approaches ‘at the coalface’ of clinical practice and bring together the very best in cardiovascular secondary prevention in Queensland for 2016.
Come join us for what will be a fantastic opportunity to shine a spotlight on the great work being done in Queensland!
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE NEXT WEEK!
Standard Conference Registration:$70 for ACRA members & $110 for non-ACRA members
Can’t get to Queensland? No problem at all – video-conference registrations are also available!
Registrations must close 8:00am Wednesday, 26th October. Avoid disappointment— register today!
Special Offer: Join ACRA as part of registering for this event and get the $40 joining fee waived.

EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON eCARDIOLOGY & eHEALTH 2016!
2016-10-26 16:00 - 2016-10-28 16:30 UTC | Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstraße 58, Berlin, 10117 , Germany
Join the 3rd European Congress on eCardiology and eHealth to gather with cardiovascular clinicians, healthcare professionals and technology developers in Berlin on 26-28 October 2016.
Call for abstracts is now open until June 6, 2016: present your work/research and get a chance to be published in the supplement of the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology!
For further information, please have a look at the event flyer and program. Alternatively, visit the event website here.

CRA NSW / ACT 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting
2016-10-24 08:45 - 16:15 UTC | Charles Perkins Centre @ USYD, Johns Hopkins Dr, Camperdown , NSW, 2050, Australia
CRA NSW / ACT is presenting CLOSING THE GAP: ASSISTING INDIGENOUS PATIENTS WITH THEIR CARDIAC JOURNEY at this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting 2016.

Stages in the Patient’s Journey
Monday, 24th October 2016
8:45am – 4:15pm AEDT
University of Sydney
Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW

Sixth Epworth Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute Symposium
2016-10-22 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Park Hyatt, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Special Guest Speaker
Dr Emily Granger
Cardiothoracic/Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital
Program Highlights

Endocarditis
ECMO
Cardiac Failure
High risk surgical, infarct and PCI patients

To view the complete program and to register please visit https://www.ivvy.com/event/CAR16/
For further information please contact:
Mikayla Jones
Clinical Institute Coordinator
Epworth HealthCare
Mailbox 4
89 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121
Phone +61 3 9936 8051
Fax +61 3 9914 8760
Email mikayla.jones@epworth.org.au
Website http://www.epworth.org.au

VACR Professional Development Day
2016-10-14 09:00 - 16:00 UTC
Theme: “Motivational Cardiac Rehabilitation”
Registrations NOW Open
Members $80 and Non-members $140
Final Conference Program
To book click on one of the links below or copy and paste into your internet browser:
https://www.trybooking.com/MYGC OR https://www.trybooking.com/227294.
Alternatively go to http://www.trybooking.com/html/buyTickets.shtml and search ‘VACR’.
For more information or alternatives to register contact: kim.gray@austin.org.au or 0417258643.
Call for Abstracts available here
Submit your abstract to the VACR Committee by Friday, 16th September 2016!
Sponsored by:

Heart Rhythm Congress
2016-10-09 08:00 - 2016-10-12 17:00 (Europe/London) | International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, 36-37 Broad St, Birmingham, B1 2DY, United Kingdom

3rd Alfred Advanced Heart Failure Symposium
2016-10-08 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, 25 Collins St, Melbourne , VIC, 3000, Australia
Symposium Outline

This one day symposium will focus on the Multi-Disciplinary approach to Advanced Heart Failure. It will focus on the varied aspects of Heart Failure as a disease but also draw out the multifaceted aspects of Investigation and Care.
As a special Tribute to Prof Henry Krum, an award will be presented to the best Advanced Trainee Heart Failure Paper.
This 3rd Annual Heart Failure Symposium will bring together leaders in the field to present current and future trends and the implications for clinical care.
Target audience is Cardiologists, Physicians, Advanced Cardiology Trainees, Allied Health and Heart Failure Nurse Specialists.

Programme

Multi-Faceted Approach
Multi-Modality Imaging in HF
Multi-Source Disease
Multi-Site Heart Failure
Tribute to Henry Krum

Register Online

Book: https://www.trybooking.com/MTJX OR https://www.trybooking.com/224013
Fee: $150 (Visa, Mastercard or Visa Debit)
Capacity: 175
Enquiries: Symposium Organisers Louise Macfarlane and Illona Bader
T: 0407 109 574
E: l.macfarlane@alfred.org.au OR i.bader@alfred.org.au

ACRA 2016 ASM
2016-08-01 12:00 - 2016-08-03 17:00 UTC | Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide on Hindley, 65 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
The Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) will host the 26th Annual Scientific Meeting in vibrant Adelaide, from Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd August 2016.
As in previous years, participants can expect an exciting and interactive program centred around clinical and research issues including the latest developments in prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
The emphasis of the 2016 meeting is on “transforming into the future”. This theme will be echoed throughout the conference as we look at what is challenging, new and different in cardiovascular disease.
ACRA 2016 ASM will truly have something for everyone with concurrent and plenary sessions hosted by a superb line up of international and local faculty, along with a number of networking opportunities tailored at doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and anyone working within cardiovascular health and rehabilitation.

WACRA Symposium Research
2016-07-20 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Further details to follow…

Exercise Training and Heart Failure Workshop
2016-06-23 09:00 - 16:00 UTC
Exercise Training and Heart Failure Workshop
Supported by Statewide Heart Failure Services

Confirmed Speakers include:
Adjunct Prof Alison Mudge, “Predictors of outcomes for people attending heart failure rehabilitation”
Assoc Prof Neil Smart, “Exercise intensity: implications for heart failure rehabilitation”
Ms Julie Adsett, “Aquatic exercise and heart failure”
Dr Surendran Sabapathy, “Abnormal ventilation in patients with heart failure and the role of inspiratory muscle training (IMT)”
Assoc Prof Andre La Gerche, “Rhythm disturbances and implications for exercise”

Register here!
Enquiries – please phone 07 3139 6910 or email qldheartfailure@health.qld.gov.au

Cardiac Rehab and Secondary Prevention
2016-05-23 08:00 - 2016-05-27 17:00 UTC | Australian Centre for Heart Health, Level 7, 14 - 20 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, Australia

WACRA Professional Development Forum
2016-05-18 16:45 - 18:45 UTC | Harry Perkins Institute, 6 Verdun St, 6th Floor, SCGH, Nedlands., WA, 6009, Australia
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Wednesday, 18th May 2016

16:45 – 17:30
Registration & Networking
Sponsored by Bayer
17:30 – 18:15
CT Angiogram – Dr Angus Thompson
18:15 – 18:45
Familiar Hypercholesterolemia
Prof Gerald Watts
Cost: WACRA members free
$25.00 to non-members (waived if joining ACRA at this event)
RSVP to: Julie.prout@health.wa.gov.au (08 9346 4302) by 13/05/16

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS: 1HOUR + 1 POINT
(AS WE COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
CHECK WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL BODY)
Food and refreshments kindly supplied by Bayer

QCRA-Heart Foundation: Heart Week Clinical Update
2016-05-05 13:00 - 14:45 (Australia/Brisbane) | Webinar
Heart Week Clinical Update 2016 – Thursday, 5 May 2016 @ 1pm (AEST)
The 2016 Heart Week Clinical Update will focus on new evidence around the lifesaving benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, support programs and resources from the Heart Foundation, as well as providing an update on evidence-based nutrition for cardiovascular disease. For the event flyer, please click here.
Further Information:

“Certificate of Attendance”: This webinar is limited to 60 participants. You must register before 8am (AEST) Wednesday, May 4th and login to the webinar on the day to receive a certificate of attendance. The Certificate will be emailed to registered participants after the event.
Recording: This webinar will be recorded and may be used by QCRA-ACRA and the Heart Foundation for professional development later.
Testing Your System: To test if your computer system is likely to be able to receive the webinar, please go to: http://www.redbackconferencing.com.au/system_test/. Redback Teleconferencing Support can be contacted info@redbackconferencing.com.au or call 1800 733 416 for further information.

Speakers & Program:

Time
Speaker
Presentation

1.00-1.02pm
Paul Camp – QCRA
Welcome & Housekeeping

1.02-1.15pm
Rachelle Foreman, Health Director, Heart Foundation
Heart Week 2016 : Latest Heart Attack Survivor findings

1.15-1.35pm
Steve Woodruffe, Immediate Past President of ACRA- Accredited Exercise Physiologist
Physical Activity after a Heart Attack

1.35-2.00pm
Karen Uhlmann, Clinical Manager, Acute Sector, Heart Foundation
Cardiac Rehab: New Evidence & Heart Foundation Resources

2.00-2.10pm
Anna Campbell, State Heart Foundation Walking Coordinator
Heart Foundation Walking Program Update

2.10-2.45pm
Deanne Wooden, Nutrition Manager, Heart Foundation
A Heart Foundation perspective on the current nutrition and CVH debates: saturated fat, sugar and dairy

Registrations are now closed!

CRA NSW/ACT Webinar
2016-05-04 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
To celebrate ‘Heart Week’, CRA NSW & ACT (Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association of New South Wales and ACT) and The Heart Foundation (NSW Division) are hosting a webinar.
Topic: How to implement the Core Component’s in clinical practice.
Presenter: Steve Woodruffe
Date: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Commences: 4:00pm AEST
Concludes: 5:00pm AEST
Venue: Online via Redback Conferencing Webinar
Cost: Free to members and $35.00 to non-members
Certificates of attendance will be provided via email to registered participants only.
Registration open NOW until Monday, 2 May 2016.
Register here!

Heart Week
2016-05-01 08:00 - 2016-05-07 17:00 UTC
You can save a life with one conversation!
Heart Week (1-7 May) shines a spotlight on Australia’s heart health. In 2016 the Heart Foundation is talking about how attending cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack saves lives.
Every year 55,000 Australians have a heart attack, and for one in three of these people, it’s not their first. Simply by recommending cardiac rehabilitation you can help prevent someone having another heart attack. But we know this does not always happen. Heart Foundation research has found that less than 38% of heart attack survivors report they have received a referral to cardiac rehabilitation by hospital staff.
The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation are clear. Patients who participate in a program are 40% less likely to be readmitted to hospital within 12 months and 25% less likely to die from another heart attack.
The economic cost of patients not participating in cardiac rehabilitation is also significant. A heart attack costs the health system around $30,000 – equating to $1 billion each year. In contrast, cardiac rehabilitation costs on average $885 for a person to attend.
Cardiac rehabilitation works, we need it to work for everyone.
Download a free resource package at www.heartfoundation.org.au/HeartWeek.

TCRA AGM and Educational Seminar
2016-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 UTC

SACRA 2016 AGM
2016-04-09 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Modbury GP Plus Superclinic, 77 Smart Road, Modbury, SA, 5092, Australia
The SACRA 2016 AGM will take place on Saturday, 9th April 2016 at the Modbury GP Plus Superclinic, 77 Smart Road, Modbury.
There are a number of position available for nomination and include the following: Secretary and Rural Representatives plus Ordinary Members – please consider these roles currently have a 2 year tenure.
Please click here to view the AGM Agenda and Executive Committee Nomination Form. Last year’s AGM Minutes can be found here.
