This workshop aims to provide practitioners, students or anyone involved with the delivery or learning of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation with ideas on how they can 1. Look to improve monitoring procedures used during exercise 2. Explore different ways to set up the exercise classes and 3. Evaluate current practice and what can be done to help programme teams who are not able to provide a full dose of exercise sessions.
It will explore: current exercise guidelines, problems around prescribing those exercise guidelines and solutions to help patients meet the desired exercise targets. This workshop will be interactive with those attending expected to participate in brainstorming and the sharing of ideas.
Presenters: Dr Chelsea Batty is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport, Health and Exercise Physiology and BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (Physiology-Support). She completed her PhD in 2021 looking at exercise fidelity in cardiac rehabilitation. She has worked alongside various cardiac rehabilitation teams over the past 8 years and has published work around various aspects of cardiac rehabilitation. She currently works with the North Wales cardiac rehabilitation east team based in Wrexham and Flintshire.
Laura Cartwright is an Exercise Physiologist who works for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Cardiac Rehabilitation East Service. Laura has worked in the fitness industry as an exercise instructor for 20 years. She graduated from Chester university in 2012 with a sport and exercise science degree and completed her MSc in sport and exercise physiology in 2014 also at Chester university. She has worked as an exercise physiologist in the NHS for 4 years within cardiac rehabilitation across North East Wales. She has published articles in BHF magazine and abstracts in heart in the field of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation.
Louise Rimell is an Exercise Physiologist who works for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Cardiac Rehabilitation East Service. Louise gained her BACPR instructor qualification in 2003 and the GP referral qualification in 2004. She went on to lead cardiac rehabilitation exercise classes in the community and in 2006, after completing her BSc in PE/Sport Science, secured a support role in the Chester Cardiac Rehabilitation department. After a couple of years of working in a support role, Louise went on to become an Exercise Physiologist with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Cardiac Rehabilitation East Service whilst also completing her MSc in Cardiac Rehabilitation at the University of Chester.
