ACRA-QLD Heart Week Webinar - Free for members!

Join us online as the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association—Queensland (ACRA-Qld) hosts a webinar in the lead-up to Heart Week 2023.

This online educational event will feature several keynote speakers offering system and provider-level perspectives relevant to bridging the gap in Cardiac Rehabilitation access and uptake in Queensland. There will also be a Q and A panel for all speakers and delegates to discuss how we can better collaborate and integrate care across the State.

Registration is free for all ACRA members and $15 for non-members. A recording of the webinar will be available for all who register after the event.

Topics and Speakers include:

Alternate models of care | Christine Kwong, Cardihab (digital CR), Chloe Truesdale, National Heart Foundation (digital CR co-designed), Katrina Ghidella, Work It Out (community-based and culturally responsive CR)
Cardiac rehabilitation and data in Queensland Health | Samara Phillips, Queensland Cardiac Rehabilitation Advisor
State-wide chronic disease prevention strategies | Simone Braithwaite, Queensland Health Prevention Branch & Alisha Chand, Primary Health Network
Panel questions and discussion

Consumer-led program design | Chloe Truesdale is an accredited Exercise Physiologist, project manager and health promotion specialist currently working for the Heart Foundation in a senior national role. Chloe has extensive experience working for Queensland Health in public and private hospital & health care services. Chloe is passionate about increasing health literacy, public awareness and environmental change in order to see greater cardiovascular health outcomes.

The role of the digital therapeutics in delivering equitable CR | Christine Kwong is a Clinical Nurse with experience in cardiac nursing such as Coronary Care, Cardiac Catheter Lab and 10 years as a Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse. As Cardihab’s Clinical Lead, Christine is responsible for ensuring the design of care plans are both aligned with clinical guidelines and clinical practice. Christine is also responsible for ensuring that Cardihab customers are supported as they integrate our platform into their models of care.

Culturally responsive Cardiac Rehabilitation programs | Katrina Ghidella has over 10 years of experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist Katrina is passionate about working with clients and their families in a culturally responsive manner to achieve client-centred health outcomes. As the Rehabilitation Programs Manager at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Katrina is leading the rollout of brand new community-based Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs.

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Queensland Health | Samara Phillips is the Queensland Cardiac Rehabilitation Adviser. A position that is funded by Queensland Health to originally support and lead the development and implementation of a cardiac rehabilitation module within Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry. This position is now active in the overall governance, quality and service improvement of the public outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs delivered from approximately 55 sites across Queensland.

State-wide chronic disease prevention strategies (Queensland Health Prevention Branch) | Simone Braithwaite is a health professional with more than 30 years’ experience working in a diverse range of roles at community, regional, statewide and national levels. Simone holds formal qualifications in public policy, public health, health promotion, nutrition and dietetics. She thrives on the pursuit of understanding the complexities of human health and wellbeing and the challenge of supporting healthy behaviours through strong public policy.