AACVPR News & Views - April/May 2015 - (Page 4)

LETTER FROM >> THE EDITORS Message From the Editors Tracy Herrewig, MS, RCEP, FAACVPR Steven Lichtman, EdD, MAACVPR "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." - Robert McCloskey H ave you ever said to your patients, "I know what you are going through" or "I understand?" struggle to accept their current or future with a chronic disease. Cardiac and pulmonary rehab is unique in its design because of the repeated interaction with patients. We Do we really understand what get to know these people as more they are feeling physically or than just a diagnosis or a billing code. emotionally? Not likely. Even if we We develop relationships with our have gone through something patients or family members who give us a glimpse of what they are going similar, we cannot understand what through, what they is going through the know vs. what they "Any fool can minds and hearts of each of our patients. know. The point understand. The group interaction and support "'Knowing' is the is to understand." between patients expertise and skill and between family acquired by an Albert Einstein members is usually individual from his as important as any monitoring or experiences and education, while education/counseling we can provide. 'understanding' is a psychological process that requires an individual We as cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation professionals have a to think and use concepts to deal vast knowledge of anatomy and with a person, object, message, or physiology, pharmacology, exercise situation." (DifferenceBetween.net). physiology, behavior change Sometimes people cannot put into strategies, national guidelines, and words what they are truly feeling. even billing and reimbursement Patients are often confused, regulations. We can be an fearful, overwhelmed, or simply incredible resource to our patients putting up a good front for the and their families - but we need to benefit of family members. Some stop long enough to listen to what patients know a great deal about they need. What do we know vs. heart disease or lung disease but what do we understand?  4 News&Views APRIL/MAY 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Glenn A. Feltz, PsyD, FAACVPR President-Elect Adam T. deJong, MA, FAACVPR, FACSM Immediate Past President Barbra A. Fagan, MS, RCEP, FAACVPR Secretary Mike McNamara, MS, FAACVPR Treasurer Zachary Klint, MS, CES Director-at-Large Jensen Chiu, MHA Directors Bonnie Anderson, MS, CES, RCEP, FAACVPR Todd Brown, MD, MSPH Eileen Collins, PhD, RN, FAACVPR Tracy Herrewig, MS, RCEP, FAACVPR John T. Pellicone, MD, FCCP, FACP, FAACVPR Kate Traynor, RN, MS, FAACVPR MISSION STATEMENT Founded in 1985, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) is dedicated to our mission of reducing morbidity, mortality and disability from cardiovascular and pulmonary disease through education, prevention, rehabilitation, research and disease management. Central to the core mission is improvement in quality of life for patients and their families. AACVPR Headquarters 330 North Wabash Avenue Suite 2000 Chicago, Illinois 60611 Phone: 312/321-5146 Fax: 312/673-6924 Connect with AACVPR http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9810.Albert_Einstein http://www.differencebetween.net https://www.facebook.com/pages/aacvpr/184263105039567?hc_location=timeline https://www.facebook.com/pages/aacvpr/184263105039567?hc_location=timeline

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