WomenHeart Science & Leadership Symposium at Mayo Clinic:

A Special Training for New Patient Support Group Leaders

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

October 11-14, 2013

Are you are a woman living with heart disease? Would you like to learn more about heart disease and educate women in your community about heart health? Would you like to establish and lead an in-person patient support group for women living with heart disease in your local hospital? Then find out how you can apply for this exciting training program through WomenHeart's National Hospital Alliance and become a WomenHeart Champion. It is one of the most meaningful things you can do for yourself and others in your community.

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

As the leading voice for the 42.7 million American women living with or at risk of heart disease, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease is the only national patient-centered organization dedicated to promoting women's heart health through advocacy, community education and patient support.

Founded in 1999 by three women heart attack survivors, WomenHeart's founders transformed the isolation, confusion and ignorance about women's heart disease into a call to action to save women's lives. WomenHeart's goal is to make sure that all women heart patients can receive quality health care and have access to education and emotional support.

To further this goal, in 2012, WomenHeart developed the National Hospital Alliance. Comprised of hospitals committed to advancing women's heart health, the WomenHeart National Hospital Alliance is a partnership that seeks to ensure that women heart diseasepatients in every community have access to information, education and patient support services. Hospitals that join the Alliance have access to educational materials and programs developed by the nation's medical leaders in women's heart health, and are eligible to send two women from their community who are living with heart disease to attend the WomenHeart Science & Leadership Symposium at Mayo Clinic.

Science & Leadership Symposium

The focus of the 2013 Science & Leadership Symposium is to train women with heart disease to establish and lead patient support groups for women with heart disease in their local hospitals through the National Hospital Alliance. The goal is to have two women from each National Hospital Alliance member's community attend the training and return to their community to lead and manage this new WomenHeart Support Network at the hospital host site. You will learn about the medical aspects of heart disease, how to educate women in your community, and how to lead a patient support network. You will also learn how to tell your personal heart story to inspire and empower other women to take charge of their heart health. You will meet and bond with other women living with heart disease, and learn from the nation's leading health care professionals, cardiologists, experts in women's health, and communications professionals.

 Please click through the links below to learn more about the WomenHeart Science & Leadership Symposium to determine if it is the right opportunity for you.

Learn More About WomenHeart Support Networks and Coordinators 

The Application Process - Who, What, Where, When, Why

If you are applying through your hospital’s National Hospital Alliance, please click here for the 2013 Science & Leadership Application Form (deadline: June 3, 2013)

How can I bring the National Hospital Alliance to my hospital?

If you are a woman living with heart disease who would like to become a WomenHeart Champion but your hospital is not a member of the National Hospital Alliance, it is not too late! WomenHeart accepts members for the National Hospital Alliance throughout the year on a rolling basis.  It is WomenHeart’s vision to bring this great program to every community in need across the nation and with your help this vision can come to fruition!  If you are interested in working to develop relationships with local hospitals in your community to spread awareness of this program, please contact WomenHeart’s Chief Operating Officer, Mary McGowan. Through this partnership, you will have the opportunity to apply to an upcoming Science & Leadership Symposium and lead a patient support group. Learn more about WomenHeart's National Hospital Alliance here!