How nurses and allied professionals can raise awareness and initiate action for more heart-healthy physical activity among our patients

Learning objectives

After watching this Talk, the participant will be able to:

• Gain insight in current exercise prescription habits in the (secondary) prevention of CVD
• Understand the impact of different exercise modalities in the (secondary) prevention of CVD
• Get to know the ESC's EXPERT Training Tool, a digital educational tool for healthcare professionals for exercise prescription in the secondary prevention of CVD
• Learn about the published benefits of using the EXPERT Training Tool
• Consider the potential of physical activity screening and counselling by nursing and allied professions for tackling prevalent physical inactivity
• Learn about possible strategies for physical activity screening for different professions and roles

Programme

Chairs

Buket Akinci 

Presentations

Current approaches to exercise prescription in the (secondary) prevention of cardiovascular disease

Dominique Hansen

EXPERT Training Tool / Support System  

Karin Coninx

All hands on deck: physical activity screening and counselling by nurses and allied professionals for tackling physical inactivity

 Bruno Delgado, Portugal

Tino Kulnik, Austria

Questions and answers

During the Q&A, participants will have the opportunity to interact with the chair and speakers by asking their questions using the "Q&A" module. Chair and speakers can answer directly in the module (publicly or privately) or discuss live during the Q&A.

Registration

Free for everyone.

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Registration deadline: Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 13:00 CEST

The event recording will be accessible on demand a couple of weeks after the live event and will be reserved to ACNAP Silver Members.