CHAP TEAM NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2022
CHAP NEWS
Dr Sonia Hines in Adelaide
We are pleased to have Dr Sonia Hines, Director of the Mparntwe Centre for Evidence in Health, Flinders University, located in Alice Springs come to visit our team during the last week in November to participate in our last Systematic Review Club Meeting face to face.
Welcome to Australia Ora
We welcomed our PhD student from Thailand, Ms Ora Suebkinorn to Australia by introducing her to some of Australia's iconic animals at Cleland Wildlife Park. Ora has also been able to explore rural South Australia whilst working on our projects in Pinnaroo and Pt Lincoln.
Moving Up in Flinders
We are getting ready to move from level 2 in the Sturt North building to level 3 where you will find us from mid-November with the rest of the Caring Future Institute team. We are looking forward to making the most of this interim space until the new Health & Medical Research Building is ready in 2024.
Data Linkage and Evaluation of Outcomes
Our Data Manager, Mr Jon Foote has been busy cleaning our data over the past few months. We now have our baseline data 90% cleaned with preliminary analyses in progress and the second data extraction (intervention data) expected in early November. Watch this space for outcomes to be shared.
HEART NEWS
Cardiac Patients Wanted for Workshops
The first couple of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Especially for Women (CREW) and CR for All (CR4ALL) workshops have been held in Port Lincoln on the 20th October and the Barossa on 28th October. We have upcoming workshops in Murray Bridge, Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Wallaroo before the end of the year. We are looking for introductions to patients who have completed, or are undergoing CR, and are either female, or of lower socioeconomic status. If you are a clinician working in CR and would like to refer someone, or just find out more about these projects, please email tania.marin@flinders.edu.au.
CATCH web (Online CR) Modules
CATCH web can further support your CR patients enrolled in CATCH telephone or face-to-face programs to provide further education on the CR Quality Indicators including:
"Assessment and goals… Fighting back" - the 6-minute walk test won’t help your patient’s waistline but changing their diet will. Patients can access healthy recipes in Module 4 and "Education and self-management… If it’s going to be…" - your patient’s heart may be in the right place but do they know what makes it happy? Module 7 has a video that can help your patients
learn how to reduce their risk of heart disease by managing their risk factors.
If you would like access to CATCH web or have any questions, please email us.
Her Heart Risk Assessment Tool
Her Heart have a 10 minute online Heart Risk Assessment Tool that can be used to identify when a person is at risk and when it's time to see the GP. You can now sign up here to become a member of Her Heart which will provide you with access to their online community, monthly updates and heaps of other resources.
PRESENTATIONS
28 October 2022 | SA Cardiovascular Showcase | SAHMRI
Prof Robyn Clark and Dr Alline Beleigoli were privileged to present during SAHMRI's Heart and Vascular Health Group's 2022 SA Cardiovascular Showcase on "Improving access to cardiac care for Australia’s most disadvantaged populations in 2022" and "Evaluating CR utilisation and clinical outcomes: a data linkage analysis in the CHAP Project".
Our team also had posters on display including Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza on "Predicting the implementation impact of RAPID AI in SA emergency departments" and Ms Anita Lymn on "Re-engineering the cardiology ward round to improve efficiency in care".
25 October 2022 | CR Business Model Workshop | Online
Dr Norma Bulamu in conjunction with Danny Haydon, Brentnalls Health and Dr Ken Wangugu from Waikerie Medical Centre provided a workshop on how to implement a CR business model into primary care, resulting in better health outcomes for patients and economic benefits to the practice. Click here to view recording.
19 October 2022 | HDCT Clinical Trial Intensive Workshop | FMC
Dr Alline Beleigoli and Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza shared their work during the Health Data and Clinical Trials (HDCT) Workshop on "Evaluating cardiac rehabilitation utilisation and clinical outcomes: a data linkage sub-project within the CHAP Project" and "New ways to solve complex problems and PROLIFERATE".
GRANTS
Early Career Researcher Grants
Five members of our team have submitted applications for Early Career Researchers (ECR) funding through Flinders University to pitch, present and publish their specific sub-project CHAP outcomes.
Tom Simpson Trust Fund
Dr Joyce Ramos has submitted an application for funding through the National Heart Foundation Tom Simpson Trust Fund to "Encourage and capture physical activity in patient's involved in CR programs" and Dr Lemma Bulto on "Support for the Tailored Telehealth Education And Counselling program to optimise secondary prevention of Heart disease for patients with cardiovascular disease living in Rural Australia (TEACH-RA study)" in collaboration with iCCNetSA.
UPCOMING CPD SESSION
Our monthly Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions are now available to anyone with an interest in cardiac rehab. For a list of upcoming sessions for the remainder of the year and recordings of previous sessions, please visit our website.
Wednesday 9 November 2022 | 1.00 pm ACDT | Zoom
The November CPD session will be with Professor Carol Maher on "Helping inactive post cardiac patients be active" along with Susan Sierp from our Service of the Month: Lyell McEwin Hospital, Northern Adelaide LHN. To register for this session, click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2 November 2022 | FREE Public Seminar | Online
The CHAP team in conjunction with the Freemasons Centre for Male Health & Wellbeing will be hosting this free public seminar for consumers and clinicians to be part of a discussion around sexuality and intimacy after a cardiac event. The session will run from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Click here to be involved.
5 - 7 November 2022 | AHA Scientific Sessions | Chicago
Prof Robyn Clark will be representing the CHAP Team in Chicago for the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
17 - 22 November 2022 | NHMRC Research Translation Symposium | Hybrid
Dr Alline Beleigoli and Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza will be sharing their work on "Implementation of an evidence-based clinical pathway to improve cardiac rehabilitation attendance in rural Australia (The Country Heart Attack Prevention Project)" and "Un-siloing allied health practice and interprofessional learning: A co-design and evaluation case study".
22 - 25 November 2022 | 2022 55th AAG Annual Conference | Adelaide
Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza will be presenting on "ENLIGHTEN: homEbouNd peopLe agInG witH TEchNology" AND "Holding the suspension bridge of ongoing high-quality care" at the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference.
