British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation

British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation commonly known as BACR is the multi-disciplinary organizing body which represents and serves the interests of all professionals who are involved with cardiac rehabilitation directly or indirectly. There are diverse members related to cardiac rehabilitation such as nurses, phase IV instructors, general practitioners, exercise physiologists, special cardiologist physicians, special cardiologist surgeons, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and academics etc. Founded in 1993, the association is also an affiliated group member of the British Cardiovascular Society. Similar to the British Association there is American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation for the people of USA.

The idea of the association came up with many aims in mind. Some of them are follows:

british association of cardiac rehabilitation

Promoting the philosophy and practice of cardiac rehabilitation throughout the world
Developing an professional training system and educational program for new, existing and upcoming rehabilitation practitioners
To spread the new discoveries in the field in front of professionals from around the globe which in turn can help the patients
Producing national guidelines for cardiac rehabilitation
Improving safety and standards of rehabilitation programs throughout the United Kingdom
To act as a resource center which holds a national register and information on regional groups
To produce BACR newsletters every quarterly as a use of communication means and resource tool for all the members of the organization
Working towards the overall improvement of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Process

Associating with the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation serves many purposes. The benefits of association to this organization are as follows;

Participation in BACR Annual Conference
Discount rates for registration to BACR as well as BCS (British Cardiac Society) annual conferences
You can perform the National representation and policy development of your research in an effective manner
You can get International exposure to the leading Cardiac Professionals
Free affiliation to the BCS who are the platinum members of the association; which include admin support, conference and cardiology back-up
Specialist interest groups
A free Newsletter at every fourth month which has latest updates in the cardiac field
Regular email updates on cardiac rehabilitation
Receiving the British Journal of Cardiology every month
Involvement in the awareness of cardiac rehabilitation regionally, nationally and even internationally
Viable political base
Access to the up-to-date Website

The British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation also offers some cardiac rehabilitation related course. BACR's Education branch coordinates both the BACR Exercise Instructor Training course along with a range of short term and distance learning courses for health and exercise professionals who are involved in the cardiovascular rehabilitation and prevention. Currently the annual subscription for the BACR is £40 from April 2011 - March 2012. If you are interested in joining the association, you can contact the association on the addresses given below:

1.For General and membership queries:

BACR
c/o BCS
9 Fitzroy Square
London
W1T 5HW
Contact Number: 020 7380 1919
E mail id: bacr@bcs.com
Website URL: www.bcs.com/bacr

2.Education and training queries:

BACR Education
Town Hall Exchange
Town Hall Buildings
Castle Street
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 7ND
Contact Number: 01252 720 640
E mail id: info@bacreducation.co.uk
Website URL: www.bacreducation.co.uk

Right from the establishment, the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation has benefited many cardiac patients.