OU-COM Presents Cardiac Rehabilitation Seminar May 7

Contact: Kevin M. Sanders, (740) 593-0896

ATHENS, Ohio (April 23, 2001) -- Thomas Murray will present "Cardiac Rehabilitation as Secondary Prevention" from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, May 7, at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room B-9.

Murray will be discussing the role of cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease patients. Rehabilitation is the recovery process, including physical activity and education, of cardiac patients -- those who have suffered heart attacks and angina - as well as helping them to understand heart disease. This is one of a 12-part series of lectures Murray is presenting on rehabilitation, including risk management and physical training.

Health-care professionals are invited to attend the seminar. Brown bags are welcome. For more information, call the Geriatric Education Center at (740) 593-2258.

This seminar is part of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine's (OU-COM) spring 2000 continuing education series on geriatric medicine and gerontology. Seminars are held from noon to 1 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room B-9.

Edward Gotfried, D.O., chairman of OU-COM's Department of Specialty Medicine, will present "Progress on Prostate Cancer" May 21.

Past seminars in the spring series were "Sources of Stress in Long-Term Care," "Substance Abuse in the Older Adult," "Coronary Arty Disease: Hypercholesterolemia Beyond the LDL Level," and "Normal Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment vs. Dementia."

"The seminars are designed for an interdisciplinary audience," said Ellen Peterson, R.N., OU-COM geriatric education coordinator. "Health professionals from the community regularly attend, in addition to interns, residents and medical students. The diversity of disciplines represented by the participants makes for an interesting exchange of ideas." Continuing education credit for attendance will available for nurses, social workers and counselors.

The sponsors of the seminars include the Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology, the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center and Area Health Education Center and OU-COM.

Peterson said the seminar series was started by a federal grant that established OU-COM as a contributing site to the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center in September 1994 and has supported many continuing education programs. Provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, the grant supports educational programs in geriatrics and gerontology for physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors and health-care providers to 22 Southeastern Ohio counties.