Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Course
Cardiac Rehabilitation –A new frontier
Develop your capacity to deliver Cardiac Rehabilitation and facilitate to get International Certification. It is a Hybrid program especially for students outside Karachi.
Program Description:
ICCPR is an association dedicated to promote Cardiac Rehabilitation and preventing cardiovascular diseases. It is not for Profit Corporation. ICCPR is an international member of WHO and certified from American College of Sports and Medicine (ACSM). The goal of ICCPR CRFC program is to enhance capacity of cardiac rehabilitation delivery among health care professionals. For this purpose it offers different training courses depending upon level of education and setting to practice. However ICCPR with the help of experts develop a policy statement on promoting cardiac rehabilitation use in patient (enrolment, adherence and completion). It works on evidence based practice guidelines.
The goal of this program is to augment capacity for CR delivery in different hospital settings. At Tabba Heart Institute we have the only certified program by ICCPR in our region where our competent staff will help you to get knowledge and develop skills for Cardiac Rehabilitation at our state of art set up. This program will help you to develop your capacity to deliver Cardiac Rehabilitation. We will facilitate you to get international certification. Key features of program are:
- Hands on training in state of art Cardiac Rehabilitation setup
- Capacity building of health care professional from multiple discipline for cardiac rehabilitation and CV prevention
- Hybrid program especially designed for students outside Karachi.
- Internationally certified faculty will conduct workshops.
- Graduate will be capable of delivering basic prevention and rehabilitation service.
Program Detail: Total duration of program is 3 months:
Theory Classes: 25 hrs (Weekend Classes).- Supervise Clinical: 80 hrs at Tabba Heart Institute.
- Class Timing: 4pm-6pm (preferably Friday and Saturday), However some classes can be change subjected to need.
(Theory classes will be hybrid to accommodate students from outside Karachi)
(Supervised clinical of 80 hours can be completed in 3 months from start of classes)
This certification requires both physical/online classes and self-directed learning. Once eligibility is confirmed and after admission granted learners will be provided access to the certification curriculum. There are 9 modules, each modules corresponds roughly to the core components of CR outlined in ICCPR consensus statement. Completion of this scheme only certifies foundational knowledge in the field and signifies capacity to practice clinically. However further skills and knowledge is required in field for advance Cardiac Rehabilitation Training. Classes will be hybrid but for clinical practice each student has to complete contact hours in Rehabilitation department at Tabba Heart Institute (THI) based on their convenience. Classes will be conducted on weekends / evening.
After completing all modules students can opt for certificate by Tabba Heart Institute (THI) at the end of 3 months or can proceed to appear in International exam by ICCPR, in either case passing grade of 70% is needed. After enrollment student will get access to course content separately. If a failing grades is received, learners will have the opportunity to re-appear in the exam. Each exam re-take will be charged separately as per ICCPR fee rules. THI will not charge any extra fee for exam, However if student appears for ICCPR exam through THI, They will get 50% fee discount in examination fee
- Registration Fee Rs. 75,000/- (Last date of Registration is 30th May’ 2023)
- For early Birds registration fee Rs.60,000/- (before dated: 15th May’ 2023)
- Fee includes theory classes, supervised training and exam by THI
- Commencement of classes will be form Mid of June’ 2023
- Separated examination fee will be paid for ICCPR exam.
- Physical Therapist (DPT)
- Doctors-working in cardiac setup
- Nurses-working in cardiac setup
COURSE CONTENT CRP TRAINING PROGRAM WITH INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION
FOUNDATION COURSE – LEVEL1
| DESCRIPTION | DURATION | FACULTY |
| MODULE # 1 | ||
1) Cardiac Rehabilitation Introduction and Benefits · Overview | 1 Hours | Dr. Farzana Amir |
| MODULE # 2 | ||
2) Art of Initial Assessment · Importance · Components / elements · Demographic · Patient history · Medication · Life style/function class · Risk factors and ranges · Risk stratification for assessment/primary prevention · Psychological status/well being | 2 Hours | Dr. Saleha |
| MODULE # 3 | ||
3) Dietary Module · Overview · Main food groups · Carbohydrates group · Protein group · Fat group · Sodium/salt intake · Heart healthy diet plans (special diet plans) · Case studies | 3 Hours | Ms. Noor Zehra |
| MODULE # 4 | ||
4) Exercise training and plan activity · Assessment for exercise planning · Ex testing and setting individual targets · Components of exercise plan · Risk stratification · Exercise prescription (Indication and Contraindication) · Resisted Training · Exercise prescription for case of special consideration · Case discussion | 3hrs | · Dr. Farzana Amir · Dr. Qurat / Dr. Umbreen |
| MODULE # 5 | ||
5) Tabacco cessation · Overview · Epidemiology · Level of exposure with harms · Assessment, dependence evaluation and Therapy; guidelines to practice · Implementation and support system · Prevention of recurrence · Case discussion | 1 Hour | · Dr. Farzana Amir · Dr. Munazza Qureshi |
| MODULE # 6 | ||
6) Mental Health · Depression · Anxiety · Stress · Assessment at non psychiatry set up · Return to work · How to develop support system · Skill pack to learn your control | 5 Hours | Dr. Farzana Amir |
| MODULE # 7 | ||
7) Medical Risk Factor and their Management · Introduction · Controllable Risk Factors · Uncontrollable Risk Factors | 2 Hours | · Dr. Kiran Amir Ali · Dr. Adan Shabbir |
| MODULE # 8 | ||
8) Component of Patient education and counseling · Key components for different categories · Functional class and functional capacity · Indication / Contra indication · Limitation / special precaution · Documentation | 2 Hours | Dr. Kiran Amir Ali |
| MODULE # 9 | ||
| 9) Different Modes and Setting of Cardiac Rehabilitation | 2 Hours | Dr. Farzana Amir |
