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Heart Health Community Forum


HEART HEALTH COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM

The Heart Institute is please to host an annual Heart Health Community Symposium in partnership with Clear One Foundation. This is an event designed to educate the public about risk factors, warning signs and prevention of heart disease.

Fall 2009 Symposium: "Learning Through Movement"
Tuesday, October 13th, from 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Mountain View High School Auditorium
2755 NE 27th St
Bend, OR 97701-9539
(541) 383-6360

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At this two hour Symposium, you will learn:

  • How having children move facilitates brain development and cognition
  • New research on the importance of having physical activity opportunities available to children during the school day
  • The effects of movement and enriched learning environments on the developing brain
  • The importance of using movement in the learning process for all subject areas
  • How incorporating movement in classroom and home activities impacts heart health
  • Strategies to implement in the classroom and at home

About Derrick Mears: Dr. Mears has spent the past 20 years as a teacher and researcher in the field of education at the public school and higher education levels. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Western Washington University specializing in preparing Health and Physical Educators to teach in today's schools. He serves on the Health Care Advisory Committee for the National Childhood Obesity Foundation as a managing editor for PE Central.org, one of the largest on line resources for Health and Physical Education curriculum and as Chair of the Physical Education Steering Committee for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. He has authored numerous articles on the relationship between physical education and lifetime physical activity including the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement, educational technology and national policy statements relating to physical education and physical activity.



Past Symposium Speakers and Topics include:

June, 2008:  Robert Sweetgall returned to Bend to lead a Sunset Stride and present "Motivation to Move - the five best physical activities to reduce weight, stress, low-back pain, heart disease, diabetes and your rate of aging."

February, 2007:  The Symposium was geared toward the general public and all topics were presented at an accessible, basic medical level. 

Event Highlights

  • Stupid Reasons People Die:  The Need for Medical Screenings
    by John Corso, MD
  • The French Paradox:  Wine, Chocolate and Lifestyle Factors in Coronary Risk
    by Gavin Noble, MD, and Teresa Tioran, MD
  • Heart Catheterization:  It's all in the wrist
    by Bruce McLellan, MD